In this role I am responsible for initiatives that promote strategic business transformation, workforce planning/shaping, talent strategy, leadership support and coaching. Duties of this role include sourcing, full cycle recruiting, screening, interviewing and skill evaluation of candidates applying for roles within the FedEx organization, creating dynamic candidate pipelines and on-boarding. I work with hiring managers to create job descriptions and post job requisitions to several external outlets and the organizations ATS. In this role I use unique sourcing strategies to create a diverse pool of candidates through social networking, electronic media, external job boards, job fairs and other avenues as needed. This position requires building a strong collaborative relationship with hiring managers throughout the company and guiding internal and external candidates throughout the selection process through timely effective communication. This position also requires extensive knowledge of company policies and compliance regulations. I currently lead the enterprise recruiting events program for Talent Acquisition in Legacy Services, provide leadership and direction to a team of 12 recruiter consultants. I am a dedicated people and culture professional bringing over 25 years of combined human resources, recruitment, employee engagement and project management experience.

Worked on two City of Memphis initiatives Blue Path and Best in Blue to recruit and hire Police Service Technicians and Police Officers for the upcoming spring 2017 class. Successfully built a pipeline of high school seniors to become Police Service Technicians, therefore creating a surplus of candidates eligible to convert to Police Officers filling a backlog of over 100 officers the force requires. I also cultivated over 50 strategic partnerships with business, high schools and community organizations interested in supporting the City of Memphis Police Department recruiting efforts to get the program information to over 9,000 high school seniors in the county. I also worked on a project to identify and resolve pain points in city policies and retirement strategies.

Provided top tier candidate pipelines for multiple business lines within the Thomas & Betts Corporation. Successfully accomplished in this position by working closely with talent acquisition colleagues, hiring managers, and human resources to create, modify, and post job openings. This position was also responsible for maintenance of the company’s applicant tracking system by sourcing applicants submitted to various jobs daily. The primary focus of this position existed in the front-end aspect of the recruiting process by identifying, filtering, qualifying, and presenting candidates to build a robust talent pipeline. This position required logical and creative thinking to devise out-of-the-box strategies to find candidates for specialized and hard-to-fill positions. Some of the proven search strategies engaged included traditional avenues such as career fairs, resume and keyword searches via the company’s ATS and cold calling, coupled with creative avenues such as Boolean search strings, data mining through career and professional databases, and social media tagging. I also partnered with universities such as Ole Miss and Mississippi State to harness developing engineers into the ABB intern and candidate pools.

This position managed the contingent worker suppliers for several clients and worked directly with client management on requisition creation, full life-cycle recruiting, and high volume temp-to-hire fulfillment. This position encompassed the following elements on a daily basis: assist hiring manager in creating requisition and entering into VMS tool (Fieldglass), broadcasting job posting/requisition via VMS tool, monitor daily progress of requisition and follow up accordingly, research industry for talent, source, screen, and referral of high quality candidates to hiring manager, schedule interviews for hiring managers, and counseling workers on performance when needed. In this position I also provided strategic sourcing and vendor management support to our customers by reviewing and processing Request for Services (RFS’s), Purchase Orders (PO), and Contingency Work Orders (CWO).

Maintain a collaborative relationship with business partners to ensure maximum business development, human resource strategy, promotion of positive customer experience, and employee retention. Work with Center of Excellence (COE) and Shared Business Services (SBS) to analyze and implement updated processes and procedures for efficacy and compliance. Responsible for the execution of HR strategies and programs to support business and corporate strategic goals for 1500+ employees in Logistics, Consumer Care, and Global Services environments. Counsel senior management on employee relation's issues and ensure the appropriate actions are taken to achieve positive resolutions. Serve as liaison between management and bargaining unit employees. Represent organization at personnel related hearings and investigations to include Worker's Compensation, Unemployment and EEO hearings. Delivered diversity and inclusion training to employees via classroom and on-line modules. Facilitated monthly meetings and workshops focused on sharing progress toward organization wide diversity and inclusion efforts. Oversee procurement, invoice tracking, approvals, servicing, and budget for on-site Childcare center. Worked with approved vendors by obtaining bids for various construction and workforce planning and redesign projects. Worked with IT department to procure resources for new employees, and replacement of obsolete equipment and software applications. Provide monthly updates to the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) regarding in-house and outsourced departmental projects.