Post Job Free
Sign in

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Location:
Chicago, IL
Salary:
$100,000/yr
Posted:
March 05, 2025

Contact this candidate

Resume:

Sarah Sumich

740-***-****

*********@*****.***

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



Contact this candidate