Talent Acquisition candidate in Lockport, New York, United States

Summary

An accomplished recruitment professional with over six years of experience spanning manufacturing, engineering, and technical industries. Throughout his career, he has built a strong reputation for designing efficient, data-driven hiring systems and strengthening organizational talent pipelines. His expertise bridges both large corporations and smaller businesses, enabling him to bring strategic insight and adaptability to every stage of the recruitment process.

Currently serving in HR Recruiting & Staffing at Saint-Gobain Adfors, they provides HR generalist support for more than 200 employees. He manages end-to-end recruitment and onboarding for production, engineering, and office roles, contributing directly to workforce stability and performance. At Saint-Gobain, he led a complete overhaul of the recruitment processintroducing KPI tracking, analytics, and an improved onboarding structure that evolved from a single-day formality into a comprehensive three-day program focused on HR, safety, and continuous improvement. His collaboration with senior leadership, including the Operations Director, ensured that hiring strategies aligned with organizational goals and department needs. His success in hiring high-impact roles such as Polymer Formulation Engineers and Business Unit Controllers underscores his ability to recruit top-tier technical talent.

Before his current position, they briefly served as HR Recruiting Specialist at Saint-Gobain, where he was quickly promoted for his leadership and process-improvement skills. In this role, he developed a new metrics platform to track recruitment KPIs and provided on-site HR supportestablishing the groundwork for his transition to department lead.

Earlier in 2024, they consulted for Buffalo Biodiesel, where he was brought in to revitalize their talent acquisition strategy. He successfully tripled the companys monthly hiring rate and doubled 30-day retention figures by redesigning internal processes and integrating new tools through Indeed and ADP. They also trained internal staff on modern recruitment techniques and performance tracking, strengthening the companys HR foundation and long-term hiring capacity.

From 2022 to 2023, he served as a Senior Technical Recruiter at Raeder Landree, supporting infrastructure clients such as Hitachi Rail and Armstrong Group. His work involved proactive sourcing through LinkedIn Recruiter and mentoring junior recruiters, emphasizing metrics-driven performance and consistent process improvement.

Prior to that, at Affinity Personnel Solutions (20192022), They specialized in high-volume hiring for logistics and light industrial clientsoften managing over 50 open roles at once. His success came from balancing efficiency with personal relationship management, directly overseeing 12 client accounts, advising on HR policy changes, and refining internal training programs.

Their core strengths include full-cycle recruitment, manufacturing and skilled trades hiring, talent retention strategy, and ATS optimization. Proficient with tools like Bullhorn, ADP, and Workday, he blends operational rigor with a human-centered approachstriving to make every candidate experience engaging, transparent, and efficient. With a B.S. in Marketing from SUNY Brockport, he brings a balance of analytical and creative thinking to modern recruitment challenge

Expectations

Strong and cohesive management team. Powerful toolset for recruitment including things like LinkedIn Recruiter license, powerful and customizable ATS, and AI screening support tools.