Toby Trail
Tiffin
Summary
Results-driven professional seeking the opportunity to utilize my experience in corporate development, marketing, project management, recruiting, and human resources. Leveraging my expertise in the following areas
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Human Resources & Business Operations
Big Country Seeds/Warehousing
Tiffin, IA
01.2021 - Current
- Provide human resources support in the areas of new hire onboarding, employee relations, payroll, benefits, employee records and recruiting
- Manage new employee onboarding ensuring all pre-employment forms are completed on time
- Interpret and explain human resources policies, procedures, laws, standards, or regulations to employees and leadership
- Assist with employee relations matters and provide coaching and support
- Business Operations
- Responsible for identifying and implementing process improvement opportunities within the company
- Transitioned manual data tracking systems for productivity and profitability, to EXCEL resulting in increased efficiency, functionality and accuracy of data
- Run and review sales reports for all business lines, identifying gaps in customers and/or products
- Manage the invoicing process for all services provided by Big Country Warehouse businesses (warehousing and hauling)
- Develop marketing campaigns and make recommendations to increase revenue and create awareness of the brick-and-mortar business
- Establish new relationships with local/regional businesses to identify consistent freight hauling opportunities that maximize business operations
- Identified a business prospect that converted to a new client, resulting in additional annual revenue over $250,000 annually
- Account manage a key client ensuring accuracy of order delivery, billing....
- Manage weekly Procter & Gamble supplier tasks including invoicing, receipt of goods, bill of lading and inventory adjustments.
- Oversee bi-weekly payroll by verifying timecards, ensure health insurance premiums, 401(k) contributions and any court-ordered garnishments are updated and process payroll in QuickBooks
- Responsible for ensuring all invoices, credit memos, and cash receipts have been posted to the correct customer accounts; calculating and sending month-end account receivables statements for all business lines.
- Collaborate with controller to ensure daily accounting functions such as deposits, sales orders and invoicing and accounts payable/receivable are completed.
Manager of Talent Acquisition
To The Rescue
Cedar Rapids, IA
01.2019 - 01.2021
- Responsible for directing the talent acquisition department and managing a team of five
- Oversee all aspects of full life recruiting which includes conducting the initial intake, developing a recruiting strategy, sourcing, recruiting, interviewing, referencing, extending offer to final candidate, background check, and initiating onboarding
- Work with department managers to identify current and future critical staffing needs required to achieve high quality hires and create talent pipelines
- Establish monthly recruiting activities and consistently remain within the allocated budget
- Engage perspective applicants using a variety of channels and events to market open opportunities
- Manage and actively recruit for an average of 10 open positions at the corporate or leadership level
- Maintain an average departmental time to fill of 30 days or less for 90% of all open positions
- Developed a comprehensive weekly report of recruitment activity that includes applicant flow, number of phone and in-person interviews, offers extended including acceptance and fall-offs; report is shared with executive leadership
- Established new relationships with local colleges and universities allowing To The Rescue staff to provide students with career guidance along with available open positions, resulting in a new pipeline of talent
- Collaborated with each hiring manager to ensure job descriptions reflected current role responsibilities
- Improved retention rate by 10% by revising the recruiting process to more thoroughly screen applicants
- Oversaw the develop of a social media schedule detailing timing, content and platform selection
Associate Director of Corporate Development, Full-Time MBA Program
University of Iowa Tippie College of Business
Iowa City, IA
01.2017 - 01.2018
- Oversaw career services corporate development and engagement initiatives for the full-time MBA program
- Responsible for building and developing corporate relationships and creating opportunities for students and program
- Developed relationships with local, regional, national and global businesses that resulted in an increase in brand recognition, employment opportunities and partnerships
- Managed effective corporate relations tracking system and prepared related reports
- Identified target company list and conducted new business calls to make direct candidate referrals, secure site visits, schedule on-campus recruiting/information sessions and promote the program to new potential corporate partners
- Collaborated with Iowa MBA Consulting, Academic Departments and others who have external facing roles to ensure targeted communication efforts and to present a full portfolio of programmatic offerings
- Maintained and tracked pertinent career (placement/salary) rankings data to inform program participation of various national and international rankings
- Conducted in-person development trips and served as liaison between industry and the full-time MBA program
- Created and managed corporate outreach budget
- Placed 100% of 1st students with summer internships; placed 75% of 2nd year students with full-time positions
Project Coordinator – Client Services
Pearson
Iowa City, IA
01.2010 - 01.2017
- Project Coordinator – New York State Program Management 2016 – 2017
- Project Coordinator – Florida State Program Management 2012 – 2013
- Project Coordinator – Virginia State Program Management 2011 – 2012
- Marketing Project Manager 2013 – 2016
- Project Manager – RediStep 2011
- Human Resources Coordinator 2010 – 2011
- Provided employee relations services to over 3,000 employees, which included assistance with benefits, policy and procedure requirements, and inquiries, logging nearly 1,000 emails and opening over 600 phone tickets during scoring season
Director of Recruiting
Thomas L. Cardella & Associates
Cedar Rapids, IA
01.2009 - 01.2010
- Developed and implemented recruiting strategy for award-winning contact center with four locations
- Coordinated customized recruiting and branding activities and expanded corporate visibility at Career Fairs
- Identified recruitment approaches, such as social networks, to ensure a continuous flow of quality applicants
- Managed the recruiting process utilizing an applicant tracking database
- Developed and managed annual recruiting budget
- Exceeded recruiting goal by 52% in 2009 and by 61% in 2010
Director of Marketing
University of Iowa Athletic Department
Iowa City, IA
01.2000 - 01.2008
- Assistant Director of Marketing 2000 – 2005
Education
Master of Science - Athletic & Sports Administration
INDIANA UNIVERSITY
Bloomington, INBachelor of Arts - Double Major - Business Administration & Sports Management
BLUFFTON UNIVERSITY
Bluffton, OHSkills
- Recruiting & Human Resources
- Marketing & Brand Development
- Corporate Relations
- Budget & Resource Allocation
- Customer Relationship Management
- Student & Volunteer Management
- Strategy & Implementation
- Event Management & Promotion
- Sales & Sponsorship
Affiliations
- Board of Directors, Cedar Rapids Prairie Softball Club 4 years
- Board of Directors, Grace C Mae Advocate Center 8 years
- National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators 10 years
- Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce 7 years
- Big Brother through the Johnson County Big Brothers & Big Sisters Program 5 years
- Young Leaders Society of the United Way Committee 3 years
- Greater Iowa City/Coralville Area Sports Authority Board 3 years
Timeline
Human Resources & Business Operations
Big Country Seeds/Warehousing
01.2021 - Current
Manager of Talent Acquisition
To The Rescue
01.2019 - 01.2021
Associate Director of Corporate Development, Full-Time MBA Program
University of Iowa Tippie College of Business
01.2017 - 01.2018
Project Coordinator – Client Services
Pearson
01.2010 - 01.2017
Director of Recruiting
Thomas L. Cardella & Associates
01.2009 - 01.2010
Director of Marketing
University of Iowa Athletic Department
01.2000 - 01.2008
Bachelor of Arts - Double Major - Business Administration & Sports Management
BLUFFTON UNIVERSITY
Master of Science - Athletic & Sports Administration
INDIANA UNIVERSITY