Michael J Romanowski
Fort Edward,NY
Summary
Dynamic Talent Manager offering Number-year progressive career across diverse industries. Proven history of designing and implementing recruitment, training and conflict-resolution initiatives for companies up to Number employees. Insightful and creative with strengths in partnering with cross-functional business executives to strategize personnel-management solutions. Known for identifying improvement opportunities and spearheading projects to drive effectiveness.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Human Resources/ Talent Acquisition Manager
Protrans @ Irving Tissue (JDI Limited)
12.2022 - Current
- HR responsibilities
- Payroll - managed and verified 178 person weekly payroll
- - 60 CDL drivers and 118 skilled labored employees
- Employee discipline - manage and maintain the work force that was hired
- Created and implemented an Onboarding process for new employees
- Administering OSHA safety training
- Developing and implementing HR policies and procedures
- Creating strategic HR plans
- Administering compensation and benefits programs
- Acting as a liaison between upper management and employees
- Supporting the performance review process
- Ensuring compliance with local, state and federal employment laws in both NY and GA
- Forecasting future staffing needs
- Established and maintained a strong relationship with any outside venders
- Recruiting (Direct Hire / Traditional agency recruiting)
- Transportation - developed working fleet of drivers for Midland Trucking
- Labor - working directly with our onsite client, for develop a labor force
- Engineering - special request for direct hires
- Skilled Labor - engineering, machinists, fork truck operators
- Administering OSHA safety training
- Team Management
- Managing, mentoring, coaching, counselling, and guiding employees on processes, policies, and procedures
- Managing and supporting team to reach business KPIs and goals
- Developing team and supporting their growth and development
- Updating current and identifying new recruiting procedures
- Continuous improvement
- Following hiring practices, training new team members
- Serving as a liaison between clients, newly hired employees, and Protrans
- Promoting a positive relationship between the three all involved parties
- Supporting return to work employees and documents
- Ensuring time capture is submitted accurately and on time
- Reporting
- Supervising the recruiting team and reporting on its performance
- Keeping track of recruiting metrics (e.g., time-to-fill and cost-per-hire)
- Maintaining applicant database and ensure completion of daily goals
- Building and presenting presentations for subject matter
- Speaking to metrics and team development and status
- Auditing team numbers and data
- Having regular team check-ins to review expectations, processes, and metrics
- Participating in monthly management meetings
Manager, National Recruitment Center
Pride Global
10.2021 - 12.2022
- Develop talent acquisition strategies and build the staff to leverage company growth and success.
- Execution of the recruitment process managing job postings, position development and maintenance, application review, pre hire and post hire success.
- Manage a team of 8 and their full cycle recruitment activities across multi locations and states.
- Manage leadership expectations at every level of engagement
- Work closely across teams to complete documents for hires and internal movement, promotion, and transfers.
- Conduct competitive rate analysis, build reports, and make recommendations for management decision making to maintain competitive advantage.
- Direct & assist teams in performing recruitment procedures, utilize various sourcing techniques, and utilize multiple systems within talent acquisition processes.
- Build relationships with candidates possessing excellent communication, decision-making, analytical, and leadership skills.
- Monitor the job market and prepare analyses and summaries of the main job market movements
- Created an onboarding process to use throughout the hiring process.
- Trained team on new procedures
- Russell Tobin Associates
eBay Sargent
Revolution Lighting LLC
10.2014 - 06.2022
- Responsible for creating, designed and maintained 7.2 million-dollar online eBay store lightauction.
- Developed a strong understanding for International Logistics, working with clients from China, Japan and the UK
- Development an understanding of the niche market and using market research data to allocate marketing funds
- Developed and executed online, social media, and direct marketing efforts.
- Development an understanding of the niche market
- Managing two teams of six - east coast team and a west coast team
- Reporting, maintaining directives and company goals
- Work directly with upper leadership on recruitment on high profile positions
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist (Tech)
Freedom Forever
02.2021 - 10.2021
- Sourcing and identifying talent through creative recruiting campaigns
- Manage Offer Letter preparation through New-Hire Onboarding
- Hiring positions such as CSM, PM, engineers, and architects
- Work with and advise C-suite executives throughout their recruiting process
- Maintain internal systems including appropriate ATS to ensure candidate records
- Correspond with job applicants to notify them of opportunities
- Coordinate travel and accommodations for candidates and New-Hires with respective Office Managers
- Work directly with vertical leaders on recruitment strategy relating to high profile positions
- Facilitate onboarding including reference checks and background screenings, as well as running any custom licensing checks required.
- Partner with additional internal support teams such as Operations, Accounting, IT and Human Resources to ensure a seamless on-boarding and Day 1 experience for New Hires
- Attend Job Fairs to gain face-to-face interaction with candidates and other competitors within the Solar Industry, gaining brand awareness for the organization.
SAO – Commercial Recruiter
Kelly Services Inc.
05.2016 - 02.2021
- Responsible for working on Strategic Accounts and Operation
- Work directly with the customer's HR department and Hiring Managers.
- Managing relationships with fortune 500 companies such as AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, and Medtronic.
- Solid understanding of customers’ needs based in their given local markets
- Work with C Suite, HR and vertical leaders to coordinate high volume strategic initiatives.
- Research audience and geographies to gain deeper understanding of needs to ensure targeted, relevant, and efficient delivery.
- Acting as consultant to hiring managers, advising on hiring solutions and execution plans.
- Strong understanding of labor laws in each area we are working
- Having knowledge of Human Resource laws and regulations of each business I am working with.
- Managing needs across multiple geographies.
- Working with management teams to bring new employees up to speed.
- Introduced my clients to different virtual job markets to attract the highest quality candidates.
Lead CSR
True Blue Inc. – Labor Ready
02.2012 - 12.2015
- Responsible for operations at branch level
- Increase yearly revenue 2.6 million dollars for the Schenectady Branch
- Talent Acquisition Team involved in operations and management.
- Manage and maintain between 150 employees
- Managed the daily payroll for all employees
- Responsible for negotiation of contracts 100k plus
- Create and execute multiple contracts with major clients.
- Generated new leads by using all aspects of CSP training
- Recruited for all positions using multiple strategic initiatives.
- Assist with marketing and development of the
Education
Bachelor - Business and Professional Communications, Concentration in Public Relations and Advertising
SUNY Plattsburgh
Plattsburgh, New York01.2007
Skills
- Bull Horn, FieldGlass, Magent, Rocket
- ADP, Kronos, Microsoft Suite, UKR and several other
Affiliations
- 2008-2014 Glens Falls Kiwanis -Board of Directors
- 2010- 2013 Adirondack Chamber of Commerce - member
- 2011- Present Saratoga Chamber of Commerce -member
- 2013- Present Schenectady Chamber of Commerce - member
- 2016- Current Freedom Machines NY (nonprofit) owner/operator
- 2020 Awarded the “20 under 40 for Up State” for the Adirondack New York region 2023-current
- VP of Queensbury Youth Football LLC
Timeline
Human Resources/ Talent Acquisition Manager
Protrans @ Irving Tissue (JDI Limited)
12.2022 - Current
Manager, National Recruitment Center
Pride Global
10.2021 - 12.2022
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist (Tech)
Freedom Forever
02.2021 - 10.2021
SAO – Commercial Recruiter
Kelly Services Inc.
05.2016 - 02.2021
eBay Sargent
Revolution Lighting LLC
10.2014 - 06.2022
Lead CSR
True Blue Inc. – Labor Ready
02.2012 - 12.2015
Bachelor - Business and Professional Communications, Concentration in Public Relations and Advertising
SUNY Plattsburgh