Central Michigan University

Director, Global HR Change and Communications at Stryker

Greater Kalamazoo Area

Stryker

Director, Global HR Change and Communications

Overall accountability for global talent attraction, including partnerships with the business and high-level projects involving labor analytics, branding, marketing, digital assets and delivery.
- Set strategy and direction for global team of regional employment brand and recruitment marketing, labor market/competitive intelligence, and digital attraction leaders
- Responsible for long-term planning and funding for global Talent Attraction function
- Partner with senior leadership to design scalable talent attraction strategies to support critical roles
- Future planning for technology and competencies that elevate our marketing and analytics capabilities
- Strategic planning for diversity recruitment marketing in order to reach a wide pool of exceptional talent
- Strengthen our company brand  through internal and external communications
- Oversee channel and job board methodologies and metrics to ensure ROI and ROE (return on engagement)
- Ensure a data-driven approach to workforce planning, location and labor markets projects, and marketing campaigns
- Facilitate talent supply/talent demand and labor market forecasting discussions with senior business leaders and HR partners
- Align external positioning and messaging to media and public relations work through critical partnerships with Corporate Communications and Public Relations
- Responsible for small, agile pipelining team aligned to critical functions within business to drive a culture of long-term engagement with potential talent
- Recognized on Comparably's "13 Standout Recruitment Marketing Leaders in the Midwest"


Tags: Talent Attraction, Employer Brand, Recruitment Marketing, Recruitment Media, Social Media,  Strategy, EVP, Brand Personality; Campaign Creation, Creative Development, Labor Market Analytics, Competitive Intelligence, Candidate Experience, Digital Marketing, Video, Diversity

Director, Global Talent Attraction

Director, Talent Branding and Recruitment Marketing

Partner with senior business leaders and human resources  leads to strengthen their organizations with top executive talent; also developed the company’s first executive recruiting COE.
- Provided partnership and advised executive hiring managers and HR leaders in decision making process
- Developed an executive recruitment function for enterprise-wide positions
- Customized advertising and conversations with active and passive candidates to sell Stryker’s benefits, opportunities and core values to high-level, external executives
- Worked with Talent Acquisition leaders to create employment branding both internally and externally
- Led social media content strategy and talent acquisition branding for 2015 and 2016
- Drove “Tiger Team” recruitment project for IS transformation working with CIO and IS leaders

Senior Manager, Executive Talent Acquisition

Partner with senior leaders to assist them with their executive talent acquisition needs including sourcing, screening, culture fit coaching and onboarding/orientation
- Work cross-divisionally with all US-based division Human Resources Business Partners and hiring managers for Director through VP level hiring
- Member of the Global Staffing Leaders team whose goal is designing the overarching concepts and processes for global talent acquisition
- Build talent pipelines of high-potential internal and external candidates that will meet upcoming talent planning needs of overall business
- Develop a full cycle executive recruitment function for enterprise-wide positions

Executive Talent Acquisition Manager

- Assisted in creating a centralized staffing function for the Stryker Midwest Center of Excellence
- Led team of functionally aligned non-technical recruiters and Candidate Care coordinators
- Sourced and hired top level talent across multiple divisions and functional groups, including Marketing, IT, Human Resources and Communications
- Established new training processes for team of recruiters

Associate Manager, Recruiting

- Fielded employee relations questions or concerns from employees or managers within the company global headquarters
- Created and implemented training programs for all employees and separate training for "Managers of People"
- Project Manager and System Administrator for learning management system: ComplianceWire
- Facilitator for Q12 feedback sessions -Answered all benefit and compensation related questions by employees of the global headquarters
- Input and calculate Compensation and Benefits costs for entire corporation including intercompany billings for healthcare costs and vendor payments
- Certified Gallup Strengths Coach.  Coordinated and lead teamblends as well as provided one-on-one coaching sessions

Human Resources

- Provded global technical support and training to all recruiters on the Applicant Tracking System (ATS)
- Established a tracking mechanism for past interns and "high potentials" to allow continuous communication
- Implemented Stryker Corporate Alumni Group on LInkedIn
- Created quarterly newsletter for finance departments for Stryker Alumni group
- Initiated new hire onboarding process

Corporate Recruiter

- Prepared, reviewed, analyzed and filed appropriate regulatory documents, ie 510K's, FDA Registration, Device Listings, Medwatch Reports
- Reviewed product complaints for adequate information and completed closures
- Reviewed labeling and literature for regulatory compliance
- Coordinated recalls and process documentation as required by FDA
- Provided regulatory guidance and appropriate training for all employees
- Performed regulatory and quality audits
- Identified potential quality issues through trending and reporting
- Provided resolution for product failure and delivered results to customers and sales representatives

Regulatory Affairs

- Monthly assessment of profit and loss statemetns including presentation to Executive Board
- Budgeted and held accountable for departmental expenditures
- Hired all Front Office employees, performance management, disciplinary actions and dismissals
- Performed quarterly Career Development discussions with all exempt/non-exempt employees
- Certified Talent Plus interviewer
- Leader/Trainer for YES I CAN! Customer Service Principles for orientation of all new employees
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Front Office Manager

- Hired and trained all new reservation agents, front desk associates and concierge
- Developed all training handbooks on Property Information System
- Trainer and project manager for implementation of new hospitality information system
- Created Standard Operating Procedures for front office and reservations departments
- Conducted performance discussions and evaluations for front office team

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