Philip Powers

Simpsonville South Carolina

803-***-****

ad0q7r@r.postjobfree.com

15+ years’ experience in performing talent acquisition responsibilities for premier life sciences recruitment and consulting firms and delivering high quality and timely full-cycle recruitment and staffing.

Specialized in providing talent acquisition services to clients within the Biopharmaceutical, Biotech, Pharmaceutical, Life Science, Medical Device, and Combination products.

Full life cycle recruiting and maintaining excellent relations with hiring officials and candidates.

Manage the recruitment strategy and execution for multiple openings, from the initial Intake meeting to sourcing and candidate identification, assessment, offer, close and pre-boarding.

Develop and maintain partnerships with hiring officials and leadership to influence recruiting strategies, ensure clarity in the recruitment process, eliminate barriers, drive efficiency, and move for results.

Responsibilities included managing all phases of recruitment for exempt level pharmaceutical positions in various departments.

Provided staffing leadership to accounts such as AstraZeneca, Novavax. Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Novartis, Celgene, Boehringer Ingelheim, Stryker, Zimmer, Biomet, Terumo Vascular Systems, Beckton Dickinson, Philips Medical, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals…

Utilized various resources to efficiently source the local market including LinkedIn, CareerBuilder, Monster, Internal Databases, and social media.

Leverage’s sourcing methodologies to identify and acquire specialized talent across with focus on diverse talent pipelines and strategies.

Partner with sourcing team, HRBP and hiring managers to implement strategic recruitment plans and ensure best practices.

Sourced and placed qualified professionals predominantly with companies within the FDA / GMP Regulated environments.

Performed full cycle nationwide recruiting, including sourcing/screening and submittal of candidates.

Work Experience:

Fluor Corporation 3/23-Present

Project Recruiter (Contractor via RPO)

Lead recruiter on the Eli Liilly Project a 600-acre multi building facility

In charge of 3 recruiters and 100 open requisitions

Streamlining old procedures and creating new procedures

Advising on Talent acquisition Tools

Positions filled: All Levels of: Structural Engineers, Piping Designer, Mechanical, Construction Managers, Building Systems Design, Contract Management, Process Engineers, Project Engineers/Managers….

Novavax 5/22 – 1/23

Senior Talent Acquisition (Contractor via RPO)

Recruiting mainly Scientist and upper-level management for Vaccine Development.

Work directly with Hiring Officials for workloads of 18-25 requisitions.

Departments I support: Vaccine Development, R&D, Discovery, Clinical Immunology, Virology, Clinical Operations, Global Vaccine Safety, Pre-Clinical.

Involved from Intake meeting through offer.

AstraZeneca 6/21 –5/22

Recruitment Relationship Manager (Contractor via RPO)

Recruiting mainly Scientist, Engineers, and upper-level management for (BPRD) Biopharmaceutical Research & Development, and Combination Products.

Work directly with Hiring Officials with an average workload of 20 plus requisitions.

Supported sites in MD, MA, CA.

Departments I supported: R&D, Clinical Biologics, Discovery Sciences, Oncology, Device Development, Drug Delivery, Combination Products.

Involved from Intake meeting through offer.

Medical Engineering Consultants 6/ 20 – 6/21

Senior Recruiter/Senior Technical Account Manager (Contractor)

Provided full life cycle recruitment for all Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical/ Bio/Medical Device positions.

New business development.

Full life cycle recruiting and maintaining excellent relations with hiring officials and candidates.

Manage the presentation, selection, offer, negotiations, closing.

In charge of business development for the Carolinas and Mid Atlantic.

Recruiting of Contractors and FTE employees for current openings and pipelines.

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals 2/ 19 – 4/ 20

Corporate Recruiter / Talent Acquisition Specialist

Report directly to the Associate Director of Human Resources

Manage the recruitment strategy and execution for multiple openings, from the initial research and planning phase, to sourcing and candidate identification, assessment, offer, close and pre-boarding.

Leverage’s sourcing methodologies to identify and acquire specialized talent across with focus on diverse talent pipelines and strategies.

Vendor Management.

Reduced the number of external recruiting agencies from 35 to 5.

Renegotiated contracts with external staffing to reduce placement fees from 25%-30% to 20%. Resulting in 5% to 10% savings per placement.

Streamlined recruiting proceed from initial requisition release to placement.

Develop and maintain partnerships with hiring officials and leadership to influence recruiting strategies, ensure clarity in the recruitment process, eliminate barriers, drive efficiency, and push for results.

Participate in development of annual recruiting budget.

Partial list of placements made. Director on Microbiology, Validation Mgr., Sterile Manufacturing Technicians, EH&S Mgr., Maintenance/utilities mechanics, Validation Engineers, Document Control specialists…

Build rapport with internal and external candidates and deliver a positive applicant experience through proactive, authentic communication and efficient process management.

Phil Powers LLC 6/15 – 2/19

Recruiter (Pharma / Medical Devices)

Provided full life cycle recruitment for all Pharma/Scientific/Medical device positions.

360 recruiter specializations in manufacturing facilities.

Work with manager level and above daily.

The average transition was $22,500 per sale.

Specifically worked with GMP /FDA regulated companies.

Partner with sourcing team, HR and hiring managers to implement strategic recruitment plans and ensure best practices.

Create and deliver employment offers based on experience, internal equity, and company compensation guidelines.

The Newell Group 4/14 – 4/ 15

GMP / FDA Recruiter

Started a new discipline for company.

Billed for 150k in first 9 months.

Work with manager level and above daily.

Specifically worked with GMP /FDA regulated companies.

Responsibilities included managing all phases of recruitment for exempt level pharmaceutical positions in various departments including, Regulatory Affairs, Regulatory Compliance, C Level positions.

Powers Recruiting Group, Inc. Owner 10/ 99 –10/13

Nationwide recruiting firm focusing on identifying top talent in the Medical Device/ Pharmaceutical/Life

Sciences industries- full cycle recruiting/inside, outside/outside sales.

Sourced and placed qualified professionals predominantly with companies within the FDA / GMP Regulated environments.

Managed a team of 6+ recruiters, wrote all policies, and managed all aspects of company.

Built strong rapport with companies, candidates, and employees.

Performed full cycle nationwide recruiting, including sourcing/screening and submittal of candidates.

Cold calling potential candidates and client companies, client contract and employment offer negotiations.

Building, managing, qualifying, and maintaining a portfolio of candidates and clients aligned with PRG marketing strategy.

Effectively recruiting, interviewing, coaching, and developing candidates while understanding their needs and helping them to meet their professional goals.

Identified and interviewed prospective recruiters, prepared offer letters, processed new hire paperwork,

and set training schedule, continually trained.

Developed new hire orientation, recruiter training program.

Initial and ongoing sales training of staff.

Education:

Peabody Veterans Memorial High School: Diploma

United States Marine Corps

Skills:

ZoomInfo Certified.

Stake Holder management.

Talent pipelines and strategies.

Human Resources.

Marketing strategy.

Senior Talent Acquisition responsibilities.

Corporate Recruiter.

Positions Filled FDA Regulated industries, all levels of:

STEM, Scientist, Research and Development, Regulatory Affairs, Research Associate, Laboratories, Engineering, Microbiology, C-Level, Packaging, Validation, Clinical Project Management, Global Vaccine Safety, Manufacturing, QC/QA/QE, Maintenance, EH&S, Manufacturing, Upstream and Downstream…

Recruiting Tools:

ATS –Workday, UKG, Clear Company, BrassRing.

Microsoft Office Suite - Excel, Word, Outlook.

Job Boards - Internal Databases, ATS, Indeed, Diversity Sites, Various Associations, Monster, CareerBuilder...

Expertise - Recruitment Lifecycle, Stakeholder Management, Sales Management, Teambuilding, Training, Public Speaking, Simplify Difficult Tasks, Hire Fire Review Responsibility, Contract Management and Negotiations, Operation Management, Recruiter Training & Mentorship, Reducing Time to Hire, Process improvements.

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