David Gilchrist

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ABOUT DAVID GILCHRIST

An enthusiastic, tenacious and highly solution driven people leader, championing process design to deliver a best in class Candidate, New Hire and Employee Experience. I have over 22 years’ experience in HR and Talent Acquisition/ Recruitment, including over 18 years operating within the pharmaceutical industry. Professional Highlights Direct line management and operational development of up to 12 team members (remote) 4+ Years’ experience in business process design and optimization, and Project implementation within a global Clinical Research Organisation of more than employees. 4+ Years’ experience building ground-up solutions for resource information, guidance and training as part of global Applicant Tracking System and Human Capital Management rollout initiatives, including associated integrations with vendor service systems. Successful delivery of process improvement and automation projects within the Global Employee Onboarding function, reducing delivery turnaround time and maximizing human output. Experience in the preparation for, and execution of migration from multiple legacy systems and processes to a single HCM system across the global HR function. Substantial experience in project management, collaborative partnering and service delivery. Led the ground-up global design and implementation of company-wide Background Check programme. Spearheaded the ground-up global design and implementation of Sourcing Hub function utilizing existing technologies, maximizing our candidate engagement ability in line with maximizing the Candidate Experience. Project managed a number of initiatives to implement and manage change through new technology and vendor services implementations. Over 19 years’ experience in Search/ Headhunting and Talent Mapping within technology-led and pharmaceutical vertical markets and 5+ years’ experience in delivering boutique services to horizontal markets. PharmaTimes Recruiter of the Year Finalist 2010 (client-nominated entry) Led the creation and development of internal resourcing functions from the ground up, initiating cost-savings in excess of £700k by year 2, including implementation of company-wide referral incentive schemes as part of the Talent Mapping initiative; Champion business social networking and company profile within the passive jobseeker marketplace; Consulting and leading collaboration with business senior leadership and human resources to maximize staff retention, and pioneering the creation and strategic marketing of Employer Brands and Employee Value Proposition.