Lead IT Recruiter OR Senior Technical Recruiter OR Recruiting Manager

Steve Cooper

Staffing SME/IT/Engineering Recruiting Lead

”Player Coach”/Mentor/Trainer

Key Attributes

• Passion for Recruiting, Primary Motivators: "Accomplishing the Mission“/Recognition by Clients/Candidates/Colleagues/Peers

• Executing with “Transactional Excellence”, Deadline/Results Driven, with a sense of urgency; proven ability to manage time and priorities.

• A Top Producing Individual Contributor and Strong Team Player, with a great work ethic, demonstrating integrity, and valuing diversity!

• Outstanding People Skills (flexible, compassionate, great listener and rapport builder, instilling trust by establishing credibility and always practicing transparency; expertise in De-escalation/Conflict Resolution)

• Expert Negotiation/Closing Skills, outstanding English/Comm./Presentation Skills (verbal and written)

• A Resume-Writing Expert

Areas of Expertise:

• Staffing Augmentation/Lead/Senior Recruiting including Onshore/Offshore Team Building/Management

• Full Lifecycle Recruiting for Contract, Contract to Hire, and Permanent Placements

• Talent Sourcing/Acquisition in a High-Volume Requisition/Vendor Neutral Space

• Active/Passive Candidate Identification through Referrals, Boolean Searches, “Deep Dive”/X-Ray Google Searches, Specialized Job Boards/Websites, Dice, ClearanceJobs, Monster, CareerBuilder, indeed, LinkedIn Recruiter, Developer Portals, User Groups, Professional Networking, and Old-fashioned "Headhunter-Cold Calling" into Client Competitors

• MSP/VMS Staff Aug. Procurement experience working with Connecting-Expertise Kelly, Tapfin, AgileOne, Yoh, Pontoon, Bartech, ZeroChaos; IQNavigator, Beeline, SAP Fieldglass Tool, etc.

• ATS experience: Salesforce ATS, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Job Diva, Bullhorn, Bond, Proprietary, etc.

• PC, Microsoft Office, all Internet Browsers

• Internal Corporate Talent Acquisition

Summary:

• A Staffing SME/ IT/Engineering Lead,, with 20+ years of Industry experience, including supporting Global Clients in the Commercial and Non-Profit Sectors, and US Government Clients (DOD/IC/Civilian/Cleared), with expertise in Legacy, Evolving and Emerging Technologies, including Cyber Security, ERP Legacy/Cloud

(SAP, Oracle, Microsoft), Cloud Computing Platforms AWS, Azure and GCP, Cloud Engineering, DevSecOps, DevOps, Data Science & Engineering, AI/Gen AI/ML, Application Development and Quality Assurance, Program/Project Management, Business Analysis, and in all technical and non-technical roles, supporting Digital Transformation and Modernization Initiatives, maintaining a proactive awareness, of Industry/Market trends!

• As the Lead Recruiter driving the BayerUS Account for a National Staffing Agency, achieving the #1 Supplier Ranking for IT Staffing Augmentation in the United States for 2018, receiving the highest overall scores in all performance metrics categories, surpassing all other competing suppliers, including Adecco Staffing USA, Yoh, and Randstad USA! ("Supplier Performance Review", issued by Liz Zimbicki, Sr. Procurement Specialist, Contingent Labor, on behalf of the Bayer USA Procurement Team, Friday, July 18th, 2018)

• Other prior successes include at RED Global, a UK based SAP ERP Staffing Agency as a Senior Technical Recruiter on the US SAP Delivery Team, at Alpha Consulting as a Senior Life Sciences and IT Recruiter supporting BIG PHARMA, and at Revolution Technologies as the Lead SAP Recruiter for the Scotts Miracle Gro and Consumers Energy Accounts

Clients Supported:

• FinTech/Financial Services/Banking: S.W.I.F.T., Raymond James, Fidelity, T. Rowe Price; Deutsche Bank, BOA, Wells Fargo

• Aerospace/DoD/IC Civilian Government: HP, Rockwell Collins, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Aviall, Command Cyber Solutions, Accenture Federal Services DoD/IC, IRS, DHS (Cleared-Public Trust to TS/SCI Poly/non-Cleared)

• IT Consulting: Accenture, Deloitte, IBM, HP, Grant Thornton, Cognizant, Infosys, etc.

• Technology: ABB Power and Automation, Lexmark

• Life Sciences/Healthcare and Medical Device Companies/Biologics: Bristol Myers Squibb, Merck, Novo Nordisk, Bayer, Baxter Healthcare, Shire, Abbott Labs, Allergan, AbbVie, Hospira, Novartis, Takeda, the American Red Cross, etc.

• Healthcare: BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, Broward Health

• Telecom/Digital Media/E-Commerce/Entertainment: AT&T, Avaya, Verizon, Time Warner Cable, Turner Broadcasting, Experian, Sony Entertainment, NBCUniversal, Disney, Electronic Arts, etc.

• Energy/Utilities: World Fuel Services, PGW, Consumer’s Energy, Schneider Electric, ExxonMobil, NiSource, American Water, etc.

• Chemical: Scotts Miracle Gro, Chemical Abstracts etc.

• Transportation: Navistar, CSX Transportation, etc.

• Automotive Manufacturing: Lear Corporation, Dana Inc., etc.

• CPG/Food and Beverage: Timex, Cargill, Kroger, Diageo, DSW, L. Brands, John Deere, MillerCoors, McDonalds, Burger King etc.

• Higher Education: University of North Carolina (UNC), Montclair State University, etc. Work History

Smoothstack/Fedstack 10/22-Present Staff Aug. TeamManager/Trainer, Staff Aug. IT and Engineering Lead for Smoothstack and Federal Arm, Fedstack 100% Remote

• Working in both Commercial and Federal (DOD/IC and all Civilian Agencies, Cleared/Non-Cleared) space, with Onsite, Hybrid and 100% Remote Roles.

• Headhunting /Acquiring Senior Level Talent for Corporate Internal Roles

• Internal Recruiter Training

Red Global 100% Remote 06/22-09/22

Senior SAP Recruiter- U.S. SAP Delivery Team

• Recruiting Consultants with expertise in S/4 Hana and ALL SAP Modules, for Brownfields, Greenfields, Bluefields, On-Premises and Cloud Implementations, Upgrades, Migrations, Conversions, and Integrations, for Contract Assignments with Leading Global SAP ERP Clients!

• Delivering Consultants with expertise in Data & Analytics, Salesforce, Cloud, Development & Architecture, AI & Machine Learning, & Cyber Security, etc. Alpha Consulting 100% Remote 02/21-03/22

Senior Life Sciences Recruiter

• High Volume Sourcing/Full-Cycle Recruiting, w2/MSP/VMS and C2C, supporting BIG PHARMA,

• Supporting BIG PHARMA: Bristol Myers Squibb, Merck, Novo Nordisk, Abbott Labs, Allergan, AbbVie, Novartis, and Takeda

• Niche recruiting for Roles in IT, HR, Clinical Research, Scientific, Drug Safety, Regulatory, Biologics and Medical Device Manufacturing, Engineering, Validation and Quality

Revolution Technologies (Re-Org/RIF, compensated separation, observing 1 Year-non-compete), 11/19-10/20) Lead/Senior Technical Recruiter (100% Remote) 4/13-11/19

• Lead IT and Engineering Recruiter for the Bayer Pharma Account 2016-2019

• Lead SAP Recruiter for the Scotts Miracle Gro (SMG) and Consumers Energy Accounts 2016-2019 o High Volume Sourcing/Full Cycle IT/Engineering Recruiting, C2C and w2/MSP/VMS, supporting a vast array of Private/Public Sector Direct Clients, Systems Integrators, and Implementation Partners o Interacted directly with the Bayer Procurement Team, filling IT and Engineering requisitions, functioning like an “In-House” RPO/Corporate Recruiter, achieving the highest overall scores in all performance metrics categories, resulting in Revolution Technologies being ranked by Bayer Procurement as their

#1 Supplier for IT Contract Staffing in the United States for 2018 o Placed SAP ERP, Technical/Functional Consultants at Scotts

• Supported Bayer, Baxter Healthcare, Shire, Abbott Labs, Allergan, AbbVie, Hospira, Novartis, Takeda, the American Red Cross, etc.

• Supported ERP group presenting SAP/Oracle/Microsoft/IBM Solution Architects to Accenture, Deloitte,

• Supported HP, Rockwell Collins, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Aviall, Patrick Airforce Base/DoD (Security-Cleared) AIMIC 100% Remote 5/05–4/13

• SAP, Oracle, Microsoft ERP, and all technologies/roles-High Volume Sourcing/Full Cycle C2C and W2 Recruiting for Direct Clients, Prime Vendors, and Implementation Partners, representing the Private and Public Sectors

Education

• Liberal Arts Program, Binghamton University

Harpur College of Arts and Sciences (45 credits)

• Advanced STEM (Science, Technology, Mathematics) Curriculum at Stuyvesant High School, NYC A Top 40 High School in the United States

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