Philip Powers
Simpsonville, SC
*************@*****.***
Manage the recruitment strategy and execution for multiple openings, from the initial Intake meeting to offer.
Develop and maintain partnerships with stakeholders 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.
Partner with Stakeholders, sourcing team, HRBP and hiring managers to implement strategic recruitment plans and ensure best practices.
Work Experience:
Klockner Pentaplast-Remote 7/24-pres
Manager, Talent Acquisition (Contract)
Report to Head of Talent Acquisition in the UK
Placing STEM,BDM, KAM, in North America and Europe.
Dechra Pharmaceutical-Remote 12/23- 4/24
Talent Acquisition Specialist (Contract)
Report to the Global Head of Talent Acquisition in the UK.
In charge of hiring both contractors and FTE for their remediation project in California.
Negotiated Contracts with Temporary agency resulting in a 12 % reduction in markup costs.
Involved from Intake meeting through offer.
Fluor Corporation-Hybrid 3/23-12/23
Project Recruiter (Contract)
Lead recruiter on the Eli Lilly Project a 600-acre multi building facility.
In charge of 3 recruiters and 100 open requisitions
Streamlining old procedures and creating new procedures
Novavax-Remote 5/22 – 1/23
Senior Talent Acquisition (Contract)
Recruiting mainly Scientist, Engineers and upper-level management for Vaccine Development.
Work directly with Hiring Officials for workloads of 18-25 requisitions.
AstraZeneca-Remote 6/21 –5/22
Recruitment Relationship Manager (Contract)
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-Remote 6/ 20 – 6/21
Senior Recruiter/Senior Technical Account Manager (Contract)
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 -Hybrid 2/ 19 – 4/ 20
Corporate Recruiter / Manager, Talent Acquisition
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.
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.
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
Owner
Provided full life cycle recruitment as vendor.
360 recruiter/Full Desk Recruiter
Work with manager level and above daily.
Partner with sourcing team, HR and hiring managers to implement strategic recruitment plans and ensure best practices.
The Newell Group 4/14 – 4/ 15
GMP / FDA Recruiter
Started a new discipline for company.
Work with manager level and above daily.
Specifically worked with GMP /FDA regulated companies.
Powers Recruiting Group, Inc. Owner 10/ 99 –10/13
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.
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.
Recruiting Tools:
ATS –Workday, Success Factors, UKG, Clear Company, BrassRing, Dash
Microsoft Office Suite - Excel, Word, Outlook.
Expertise - Recruitment Lifecycle, Stakeholder Management, Sales Management, Teambuilding, Training, Public Speaking, Simplify Difficult Tasks, Hire Fire Review Responsibility, Contract Management and Negotiations, Recruiter Training & Mentorship, Reducing Time to Hire, Process improvements.