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Cary, Il, Us

Cary, Il, Us

Schaumburg, Illinois, United States

Responsible for full-cycle recruiting for a rapidly growing global Japanese manufacturer and distributor of factory automation and die and mold components. Areas of expertise include engineering, procurement, sales, marketing, product management, customer service operations, corporate planning, and data management. Helping the organization to scale talent acquisition processes to meet the growth and development of the company, including interviewing skills training, continuous process improvement, and leveraging of technology.

Oak Brook, Il

Responsible for full-cycle recruiting for sales, supply chain, finance, information technology, engineering, operations, and human resources roles for Mauser Packaging Solutions in the US and Canada. Also developed a front-line leadership training program for 500+ production, maintenance and warehouse supervisors and managers. Mauser is a $4B private equity-owned global leader in solutions and services across the packaging lifecycle, providing large and small metal, plastic, fiber and hybrid packaging worldwide to companies in industries from food, beverage, personal care and pharmaceuticals to chemicals, petrochemicals, agrochemicals and paints.

Schaumburg, Il

From 2000 - 2008, served as Senior Director of Talent Acquisition; designed and built the first full-cycle recruiting function for a system of 80 accredited colleges and universities in the US and Canada, annually filling 3000+ vacancies for executives, directors of major service/academic units, faculty, and staff in student services, admissions, financial aid, and academics; recruited back to organization in 2017 following corporate restructuring to design and implement modern strategies for talent attraction, high-volume recruitment, compliance, and candidate experience; cultivated relationship with Managed Service Provider to improve new hire training class fill rates, extend average length of assignment, and boost productivity for high-volume call center positions; introduced technology-based recruiting solutions including a social media job distribution system, and an employer advocacy program to amplify our brand and generate referrals; implemented solutions for validated candidate assessment, behavioral interviewing, campus recruiting, diversity recruiting, on-boarding, employer branding, vendor management, and employee retention; selected and implemented RPO solution which decreased early stage turnover in admissions function by 40% while increasing annual revenue by $20 million; and implemented the company’s first applicant tracking system, integrating online pre-employment assessments, multimedia realistic job previews, resume scoring, employee referral and mobility programs, web-based talent hubs, source-of-candidate tracking, and social networking

Greater Chicago Area

Managed recruiting for two of the three SBUs for a 22,000 employee privately operated passenger railroad providing intercity service to 500 locations in 46 states; consistently achieved a one-hundred percent training class fill rate for mission-critical mechanical, operations, and customer service positions, thereby reducing overtime costs related to vacancies; oversaw campus recruiting program in Long Distance Services for engineering, hospitality, and mechanical positions; and supported the organization’s efforts for diversity and military hiring for Long Distance Train Services, State Corridor Services, and the Amtrak Police Department

Schaumburg, Il

Led the talent acquisition function for a marketing services firm specializing in customer engagement & media strategies for CPGs and retailers; designed, built, and managed a high-volume in-house staffing agency that recruited for more than 5,000 field positions across the contiguous 48 states, including brand ambassadors, in-store product demonstrators, merchandisers, field auditors, and operations roles; and conducted full-cycle recruiting for all professional, management, and executive positions in sales, business development, operations, project management, and finance

Lisle, Il

Responsible for all facets of plant and corporate recruiting for the North American Truck, Parts, and Custom segments of a $12 billion Fortune 200 manufacturer of commercial and military vehicles and diesel engines; achieved a 40% reduction in time-to-fill by redesigning the service delivery model and creating strategic talent adviser and sourcing specialist roles; led efforts to improve college relations and diversity recruiting with key higher learning institutions; supported campus recruiting strategy for Navistar’s prestigious national sales leadership development and supply chain management development programs; implemented competitive research, workforce planning, and candidate pipelining processes; conducted searches for key professional roles in supply chain, finance, IT, sales and marketing; and provided outplacement and career counseling services for displaced professional and hourly workers

Downers Grove, Il

Provided strategic direction and oversight for site selection, construction and opening of accredited nursing colleges, and for development and launch of eLearning programs for a leading global provider of career-oriented educational services

Schaumburg, Il

Used rigorous and detailed account plans to deliver fully integrated eLearning services to premier higher education institutions; and managed key stakeholder relationships, client and student retention strategies, quality assurance, and business process optimization for a $25M portfolio of online graduate degree and certificate programs at Vanderbilt University, George Washington University, Northeastern University, and Abilene Christian University

Chicago, Il

Led US recruitment efforts for three SBUs in a $10 B global provider of risk management, insurance brokerage, and human capital management consulting; reduced expenses on a $3M budget by 15% through more effective use of human capital analytics and department restructuring; and introduced a “talent broker” concept in which recruiters prioritized career advancement opportunities for employees with disabilities and members of culturally diverse employee affinity groups

Bachelor, Business Management

Activities and Societies: Active volunteer for local Junior Achievement program, teaching high school students principles of business.

Master Of Science, Human Resources & Labor Relations

Miami, Florida