Sarah Sumich
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New York, NY
Skills & Certifications:
Six Sigma Green Belt Advanced Excel Skills Highly Detail Oriented Solution Focused Passionate Team Player US & UK Citizen Highlights
• Data-driven Talent Acquisition Specialist with proven experience being responsible for end-to-end recruitment
Currently the only Corporate & Sales Recruiter for a start-up division (Lactalis Heritage Dairy); previously the only Recruiter for the US division of a German IoT start-up (KINEXON)
• Built, Implemented, and Scaled processes to open requisitions, get approval for offers, and referrals (LHD)
• Created Dashboards to provide overviews to necessary C-Suite executives, Directors, and all Hiring Managers
• Project Management experience as the Lead for our on-time implementation of Greenhouse ATS (KINEXON)
• Event Coordination experience as Lead for Final Interview Days for up to 56 candidates at a time (KEYENCE)
• Strong ability to influence decision makers, educate Hiring Managers on best practices, and ultimately provide best-in-class candidate experiences from Opening a Requisition through Onboarding (through first 90 days) Experience
Lactalis Heritage Dairy, Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist Mar ’23 - Current
• Drive Recruitment for over 120 new hires since March 2023, through proactive sourcing on LinkedIn Recruiter, reactive recruitment through timely application review, Employee Referrals, and anything in between
• Responsible for Candidate Experience from reviewing applications, conducting phone screens, scheduling interviews, extending offers, potential negotiations, through into onboarding & Day 1 for New Hires
• Strategically partner with Human Resources and Hiring Managers to develop processes for predicting future recruitment needs, refine our best interview practices, and improve the candidate experience at each step
• Continually develop talent processes to use latest technology, follow market trends, and ensure we maintain alignment between Hiring Managers, C-Suite executives, HR, Candidates, and the organization’s needs
• Creation of Talent Acquisition Dashboard to track critical recruitment metrics, and lead the ongoing metric development & implementation of the dashboard to our other U.S. divisions KINEXON, Inc., Talent Acquisition Manager Feb ‘22 - Feb ‘23
• As sole Talent Acquisition team member for the U.S., responsible to Review and Qualify all applications, including proactively sourced through LinkedIn Recruiter, Handshake, Indeed, etc.
• Project Manager for an on-time launch of our new ATS (Greenhouse) and internal ATS expert o Tracking, reporting, analysis, and documentation of all new processes utilizing Greenhouse to determine ROI & success
• Determine & engage contacts to establish procedures that ensure scalability of our teams, while the company experiences investment rounds & fledgling product launches in the U.S.
• As sole native English speaker on global HR team, review all recruitment materials for clarity & understanding, including support of ad-hoc requests and training material as needed
• Reporting & analysis of key metrics regarding Talent Initiatives & recommendations for continued success KEYENCE Corporation of America, TA Business Partner II June ‘19 - Feb ‘22
• Campus recruiter to facilitate hiring over 300 Entry-Level Sales Engineers annually, across 38 different offices
• Head of our Final Interview team to coordinate successful Career Days for 56 Full-Time candidates per event o Improved conversion rate in placements from 22% to 44% in just one year
• Pre-event source, screen, and attract students to apply, including conducting On-Campus interviews as able
• Creation of updated career site to improve Employer Branding (www.KEYENCE.com/Careers) Education
The Ohio State University - BSBA with a focus in Human Resources and Operations Management June 2019