Samuel Phillips

• Provide leadership and direction for overall pre-hire process (salaried & hourly) efforts within central United States to ensure recruiting targets are achieved and efficient onboarding practices are met
• Responsible for 13 districts and 151 properties across 12 states
• Create and implement comprehensive sourcing plans for open requisitions, including posting on external job boards, generating staff referrals, finding passive candidates, and executing other creative strategies to promote healthy, diverse talent pools
• Leads team of 4 Talent Acquisition Specialist (TAS) to provide consistent delivery of recruitment services that elevates capability and drives accountability for workforce planning.

• Provided leadership and oversight for all pre-hire processes including talent acquisition hourly efforts within Louisville, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Nashville, and Milwaukee markets
• Responsible for 5 districts (listed above) and 57 properties across those markets
• Partnered with hiring managers and department heads across 5 districts to establish minimum qualifications and experiences required for all open positions and conduct all preliminary processes as needed to forward qualified candidates to hiring managers for review

• Managed valet operations for both Conrad Indianapolis and Capital Grille with roughly 15+ team members
• In charge of scheduling, forecasting, auditing, training, and revenue management for both properties
• Created game plans for large city wide events, weddings, dinners, fundraisers, and/or any special events

• Assisted in managing valet and bell operations with roughly 25+ team members
• In charge of operational oversight, scheduling, forecasting, auditing, training, and revenue management
• Created game plans and partnered with clients for events such as: Indy 500, Gen Con, Colts Football Season, and FDIC Expo