Project Manager Sales

Amber Cantu

E-mail: abme6z@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: 210-***-****

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Philips International (NYSE: PHG) 2009 – Current

Project Officer, Global Recruitment

Work with international team to manage projects and engage initiatives for Philips’ global recruitment teams.

Act as point of contact for colleagues in 60 countries and external customers regarding

corporate recruitment policies

Maintain and develop recruitment tools, templates and processes

Organize internal development activities, such as training sessions and conferences

• Actively participate in HR departmental management team, acting as subject matter expert for recruitment

Create POs and manage invoice approval workflow in SAP; maintain in MS Excel

• Document recruitment workflow processes for HR Simplified Project using MS Visio

Act as liaison for 12 MBA/EMBA programs in Europe, India, China and the US

Create and maintain career postings on 20 global platforms

Write corporate communication messages like mass e-mails, candidate newsletter, Q&As,

website content, etc.

Actively engage in the social media space and document social media guidelines for recruitment

Proactively network and benchmark with industry leaders for HR/Recruitment best

practices and labor market strategies

Achievements

Created Global Recruitment Audit Questionnaire and Best Practices Toolkit

• Attended course for certification in Value Based Interviewing (STAR method, negative/positive oriented

questioning and behavioral questioning)

• Member of project team for RFP and implementation of a new global Applicant Tracking System (People

Click, Taleo, Step Stone and SAP)

• Attended Social Media training (social crawling, starting/maintaining social media groups, communicate

brand values using on-line media, viral recruitment and defining recruitment target groups)

• Project Manager for creation of Philips Alumni Network on LinkedIn and Philips Recruitment Group on

Social Cast (created project appropriation request and business case)

• Member of Social Media Steering Team to establish Philips social media guidelines and align one “Philips

Message” for all groups

• Researched initiatives and created presentations to take Philips from a “Talent Buyer” to a “Talent Builder”:

- Internal Employee Mobility

- Next Generation Employee Referral Program

- Global Recruitment Matrix

- Recruitment Methods Using Social Media Tools

- Executive Search Firm Selection

- University Partnership Program

- Philips Alumni Network

Robert Half International (NYSE: RHI) 2004 – 2009

Senior Recruiter/HR Partner

Recruiting/HR based role for full time consulting program and direct hire placements.

• Recruit and conduct interviews with 30-40 full time financial and IT professionals per month

• Hire and place up to 10 candidates per month

• Attend workforce planning meetings with clients to define scope of project/vacancy and set expectations for

staffing plans

• Develop recruiting process to achieve the high level results:

- attract top talent using social media, on line advertisements and referrals

- attend career fairs and on-campus events

- screen and assess

- match with best position and company

- prepare for interview process

• Manage payroll, employee insurance, disability, leave of absence, and garnishments

• Created learning programs for continuing financial education (CPE courses, etc.)

• Negotiate hourly and salary rates

• Compile hiring documents and offer letters

• Provide market analysis and job review. Recommend appropriate salary range placement to align with market

and stay competitive

• Verify each candidate is compliant with Robert Half standards before placement: utilizing background checks,

360 reference checking, drug screening, etc.

• Establish and analyze recruitment KPI’s for consulting program: offer vs. acceptance, hire source, billed

hours vs. employee cost, etc.

• Manage communication between key stakeholders (hiring managers, candidates) to ensure timely and

accurate updates on status and feedback

• Created training internal program for staffing managers on new recruitment tools, labor market knowledge

and accounting/IT initiatives

Achievements

• Created University Recruitment Program (speaker series, on-campus presentations and student recruitment)

• Joined American Society of Women Accountants and was elected Dallas Chapter President. This directly

increased business contacts, recruiting efforts and name recognition in the market

• Nominated by Branch and Regional Manager to be an RHI Media Spokesperson

• Consistently produced an average gross margin/revenue of $50K per month

• Generated over $2.0 million in gross margin/sales revenue from sales and recruiting efforts

• Consistently ranked in the 10% in the Central Zone for overall hours and divisional cross selling

Frontier Investments 2001-2003

HR Assistant (Part time during studies)

• Processed payroll for 60 employees (including deductions for garnishments, retirement, health insurance and

taxes)

• Assist with delivery of HR duties including employee orientations, benefits management, performance

reviews, team communications, COBRA Administration and exit interviews

• Maintain personnel files and act as point of contact for employee questions

EDUCATION / AFFILIATIONS:

The University Of Texas at Austin (Red McCombs School of Business), May 2004

Bachelor of Business Administration

Areas of study: Risk Management, Human Resource Management, Organizational Strategy, International Finance,

Accounting Principles, Business Economics, Investment Management, Corporate Valuation and Database

Programming.

ADDITIONAL SKILLS :

Technical: All MS Office products, PeopleSoft; SAP; Taleo; People Click; QuickBooks

Languages: English – fluent, Spanish – basic, Dutch – basic

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