Heather Thomas
Yankton, SD
Heather Thomas
Yankton, SD
Summary: [email protected] | 605.665.0469 | @SodexoHeather
Old Fashioned people person meets High Tech recruiting skills! I am direct, honest, and informative.
Aiming to be an positive influcencer in the Facilities | Food | Environmental Services marketplace.
Strategic Sourcer/Senior Recruiter/Avature Lead Administrator
Sodexo USA (www.sodexo.jobs)
January 2013 – Present
Corporate Recruiting:
Developing relationships with top talented people in the Food, Faciltiies and contract management industry. Interviewing and developing candidates for leadership and management postions across North America. Member of WFF (Women's Food Service Forum) as an Emerging Leader. Associate Member of ASHE (American Society of Healthcare Engineers).
Comprehensive recruitment search: Directors Plant Operations, Facility Management, General Managers (Food, Facilities, Environmental Services, Soft FM, HardFM), District Manager, Directors of Engineering, VP of Business Development, Director of Business Development, and Senior National Client Executive.
Strategic Sourcing responsibilities:
Developing a strategic external sourcing program focusing on passive candidate relationships.
Assessing internal strategic talent acquisition needs; and executing recruitment strategies.
Managing multiple strategic priorities and candidate relationships.
Avature CRM Implementation Team and Lead Avature Administrator
--Develop workflows, processes and custom fields
--Assist with developing and delivering Avature training
--Technical Avature (SME) Subject Matter Expert
--Presented at the 2014 Avature users conference
--Leading Avature SuperUsers group
Duffy Group, Inc.Senior Recruiting Project Manager
February 2005 – January 2013 (8 years)
Executive research, recruiting and networking. Specializing in position within Lean, Continuous Improvement and Toyota Production System environments. Qualified to recruit for Operations Managers, Plant Managers, Directors of Quality and CI, Lean Managers, and Lean or Six Sigma Specialists. Broad United States experience plus International clients: Asia, South America, Mexico, Europe.