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Roseland, New Jersey, Us

Abbott Park, Illinois, Us

Provided a consultative Talent Acquisition approach to senior leadership across Core Labs and drove the recruiting process which included initial business need discussion, phone interviewing candidates, debrief calibration, coordination with BHR on offer recommendations and pre-employment processing for 71 positions

Dublin, Ireland, Ie

Provided a consultative Talent Acquisition approach to senior leadership across Commercial Operations and drove the recruiting process which included initial business need discussion, phone interviewing candidates, debrief calibration, coordination with BHR and Compensation on offer recommendations and pre-employment processing.

North Chicago, Illinois, Us

Provide a consultative Talent Acquisition approach to senior leadership across Medical Affairs Operations and our Physician Development Program.• Responsible for partnering with R&D leaders on a recruitment strategy for their hiring opportunities which includes managing any contingent or retained searches as well as participating in the interview process.• Drove the recruiting process from initial business need discussion, interviews, candidate debrief calibration, selection, offer, pre-employment process and onboarding.• Partner with Business HR partners on metrics and provide hiring updates for each of their respective client groups.• Established a collaborative and trusted partnership with senior leaders.• Coached hiring managers through the hiring process.• Utilized Taleo Enterprise Edition.

North Chicago, Illinois, Us

Provide HR Strategy and Support for several business clients in the areas of Talent Management, Performance Management and Total Rewards. Drive alliances and initiatives across the HR landscape in areas such as Talent Acquisition and People Analytics.

North Chicago, Illinois, Us

• Provide a consultative Talent Acquisition approach to senior leadership across all finance functions including: Tax, Treasury, Audit, Commercial Finance, R&D Finance, Corporate Finance, Operations Finance as well as ATO, Foundation, Financial Services and Creative Network.• Responsible for partnering with Finance leaders on a recruitment strategy for their hiring opportunities which includes managing any contingent or retained searches as well as participating in the interview process.• Drove the recruiting process from initial business need discussion, interviews, candidate debrief calibration, selection, offer, pre-employment process and onboarding.• Partner with multiple Business HR partners on metrics and provide hiring updates for each of their respective client groups.• Established a collaborative and trusted partnership with senior leaders.• Coached hiring managers through the hiring process.• In addition to supporting the Finance function, previous client groups included Manufacturing, Purchasing, and IT client groups.• Member of a 3 person team to test and rollout the new electronic offer letter process in Taleo.• Utilized BrassRing and Taleo Enterprise Edition.• In 2013, filled 224 full time positions across multiple functions.• Through October of 2014, was responsible for filling 158 full time positions within the Finance organization.

Valby, Copenhagen, Dk

Lundbeck is an international pharmaceutical company highly committed to improving the quality of life for people suffering from brain disorders. The company’s products are targeted at disorders such as depression and anxiety, psychotic disorders, epilepsy and Huntington’s, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.As a member of the Human Resource's team, I was responsible for providing Talent Acquisition support and consultation for the Deerfield office. This included:• Coordination and management of an outside vendor to facilitate a sales force expansion in anticipation of a new product launch. The expansion consisted of 52 new territories, doubling their current US sales force. • Responsible for conducting interview training prior to each regional sales hiring event o Trained interviewers on compliance, behavioral based interviewing, STARs, assessment and interviewing strategies.o Worked with finance, sales leadership and the HR team on compensation recommendations and extended all offers after each weekly event.• Successfully hired 55 new sales representatives in a 6 week period to start at the company POA with a 100% acceptance rate.• In conjunction with Business HR, provided the staffing strategy and full life cycle recruitment for all Commercial, Regulatory and Clinical positions.

Deerfield, Illinois, Us

Baxter’s BioScience division is a leading producer of both plasma-based and recombinant clotting factors for hemophilia, as well as biopharmaceuticals used to treat immune deficiencies, alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency and other blood-related disorders. Baxter also produces vaccines for the prevention of infectious diseases, as well as biosurgery products used for hemostasis and tissue-sealing in surgery. Responsible for the staffing strategy and sourcing for five separate sales forces, US and Global marketing, clinical, engineering, R&D, business development, and project management professionals for the BioScience division. Provide leadership to internal client management by establishing SOPs, performance metrics and processes to recruit the right mix of talent to the organization. Work directly with the hiring managers to determine a recruiting plan to fill their open positions per the service level agreements and determine an interview process and selection process. Responsible for proactive sourcing, maintaining a candidate pipeline, responding to external applicants and the management of agencies for external candidates. Work with hiring managers to formulate internal and external employment offers, including internal equity analysis. Work closely with Business Human Resources, Compensation and the Staffing COE team to ensure a smooth and consistent hiring process. Average position load has been between 40-60 full time jobs.

· Worked with client managers and human resources to determine and better understand what they were looking for in either a contractor or an FT employee.· Ensured accurate and timely data was recorded in the requisition and applicant tracking system for compliance and reporting metrics.· Recruited general administrative, scientific, engineering and information technology candidates for high volume contract and full time opportunities.· Was responsible for the day to day management, training of new hires (sales and recruiters), mentoring of recruiting employees, sales development, and recruiting techniques. · Was awarded several recruiting/sales promotion awards. · Worked with several VMS and client vendor programs. Assisted clients with setting up vendor neutral programs and metrics.

· Responsible for increased sales revenue at both new and existing accounts and full life cycle recruiting of information technology resources.· Excellent negotiation skills. Acted as a mediator for contracts with new and existing customers, third parties and independent vendors.· Was responsible for the day-to-day management of over 100 consultants once they were placed. This included follow-ups to ensure customer satisfaction, performance reviews, salary reviews and customer assessment of the employees’ performance.

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Responsibilities included all new client development and the management of all billable consultants. Assisted with the staffing of other team members resource needs. • Opened 3 new clients that generated over $650,000 in revenue for the organization that resulted in an increase of 20% of the company’s total sales.• In addition to my sales duties, I was also responsible for recruiting technically qualified resources for other clients. Successfully recruited and placed 10 consultants. This increased the company’s billable resources by 18%.• Created an internal database for their candidate tracking to eliminate and automate their current paper process. The database allowed us to respond quicker to customer requests because we could search based upon an individual’s previous work experience, specific technical skills, availability, work status, general comments and references.

Responsible for growing this New York based company’s Chicago office. To achieve 50% growth, it was necessary to cold call previous client contacts, update our database and source new client contact information.• Opened 2 new clients and generated over $350,000 in gross profit for the company from those clients.• Cultivated relationships with customers that were previously maintained from New York.• In addition to my sales duties, successfully recruited and placed 5 consultants for other client projects (both locally and out of town).

Oak Brook, Il, Us

Responsibilities included sales and marketing of IT consulting services. Develop new business while supporting and expanding the existing client base.• Re-established client trust, preferred vendor status and increased revenue from a major client.• Responsible for 6 clients that generated sales revenues that averaged $1.5 million annually. Responsible for increased sales at these clients approximately 81%.• Managed approximately 40 consultants at numerous client locations.

Bachelors Of Science, Computer Information Systems

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Information Technology