MICHAEL BROWN

Athletic footwear and apparel retailer, with 30,000 stores globally and three distribution centers in North America.

• Lead the Talent Strategy for all of Supply Chain, GTM Marketing and Sr level merchandising
• Drove initiative to save $2.4M in temp hiring for fiscal '25
• Built the Supply Chain early careers and internship program

Specialized telehealth company servicing 1.4M patients in the US through its digital platform; 800 employees

• Sr Recruiter for the Medical, GTM, Tech and G&A division, with a focus on Staff Physicians, RNs, Product, Finance and Legal
• Partnered with CEO and President on recruiting executive level positions and was instrumental in recruiting CFO, Chief Counsel and hard to fill Medical Director roles
• Implemented innovative annual role calibration strategy that pushed leaders to look at role requirements and qualification to ensure efficient hiring plans
• Led the Employee Branding initiative that drove candidate engagement across all candidate platform like Glassdoor, Built and Linkedin
• Facilitate company wide employee engagement events to promote DEI programming, employee referral programming and enhance overall company collaboration.
• Led all New Hiring Manager and Interview training for newly hired and newly promoted managers

Publicly traded (now private) social media company with approximately 7000 employees

• Managed recruiting for all G&A functions as part of the global talent acquisition team, devising innovative strategies to fill crucial, high-priority roles supporting major company objectives, such as new product launches, rebranding initiatives, and sales target achievements across 40 offices and hubs worldwide.
• Led the recruiting initiative for the Design team in Ireland and the U.S.
• Developed job board language around pay transparency laws in key hiring states.

On-Line Subscription Apparel and Retail Company

• Managed Recruiting for all function Corporate (Engineering, Developers, Legal) and field (retail)
• Launched our new Applicant Tracking System for the corporation.
• Developed and rolled out a new Talent Acquisition process for the NY and San Francisco offices.

$14 Billion Global Retail & Real Estate Company (Saks/Lord & Taylor/The Bay/OFF 5TH/HBC.com/Street-Works) with Offices in US, Canada, Bangalore & Germany

• Team Lead for a team of 5 (3 Recruiters/1 Researcher/1 Coordinator)
• Full-cycle recruitment for all Corporate, Tech, Digital, and Shared Services positions at Saks, Lord & Taylor, The Bay, Saks OFF 5TH, and Street-Works.
• Positions include Tech (PM, BA, QA, Developers), Finance, eCommerce (Site Merchants, Taxonomy, UX), Digital (SEO, Display Marketing), IT (Desktop Services), Marketing, Architectural Design, Real Estate, Buyers/Planners, Human Resources, Supply Chain/Logistics and Retail Managers
• Developed & facilitated corporate training class for how to recruit 'Best In Class Talent'
• Worked on seasonal post-mortem roundtable to improve hiring practices and drive efficiencies
• Sourced and helped launch new company wide ATS
• Won Team Award Fall 2016 'Best Recruiting Results'; Ranked #1 Recruiter

$14 Billion Global Retail & Real Estate Company

• Recruiter for the Tech, Corporate, Stores and Campus Recruiting groups
• Led monthly all company conference call on Talent Acquisition Initiatives
• Ranked #1 in remote/stores recruiting

$14 Billion Global Retail & Real Estate Company

• Recruiter for corporate offices and (SVP/VP/Director levels; Designers, Merchants; Buyers and Planners, E-commerce division, Public Relations, Finance & Human Resources) & Store Executives
• Managed start of season kick-off sessions with business partners to gear up for peak recruiting