Jason Smith

About Jason Smith

Business Strengths:• Extremely results oriented• Aptitude for recognizing and exploiting new business opportunities • Develop and maintain strong business relationships• Experience working in both large and small organizations

Experience

1. Head of Global Recruiting at Western Digital

   WD

   Jan 2022 — Present · Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, US

   Currently leading a global recruiting team across the United States, EMEA, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, China, and Japan, responsible for Executive, Professional, Early Talent, and Direct Labor hiring. Overseeing the recruitment of employees over three years, while driving cost savings and operational efficiencies.Team Leadership: Manage a high-performing, geographically distributed team, ensuring alignment with business goals and regional talent needs.Talent Acquisition Strategy: Lead the development and execution of scalable, data-driven recruitment strategies across diverse talent segments, improving time-to-fill and quality of hires.Cost Optimization: Achieved an 80% reduction in agency recruitment spend by transitioning to an in-house model, leveraging technology and internal talent pipelines.Diversity & Inclusion: Champion diversity and inclusion initiatives, ensuring recruitment processes are inclusive and aligned with global diversity goals.Technology Integration: Oversee the adoption of AI-driven tools and advanced ATS to streamline recruitment workflows and enhance the candidate experience.Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with senior leadership to align hiring strategies with business priorities, delivering top talent quickly and efficiently.Driving recruitment excellence, operational efficiencies, and global talent strategies, while positioning Western Digital as a preferred employer worldwide.

Education

• Pepperdine University

  B.S., Business Administration

  1994 — 1997

Skills

• Integration
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Sap Products
• Data Modeling
• Sap Netweaver
• Business Intelligence
• Sap HR
• Enterprise Resource Planning (Erp)
• Sap R/3
• Sap Bi
• Business Objects
• Erp
• Requirements Analysis
• Sap Implementation
• Sap
• Master Data Management
• Business Analysis
• Data Warehousing
• Sap Netweaver Business Warehouse (Sap Bw)
• Sap Erp
• Solution Architecture
• Business Process
• Abap
• Sap Businessobjects
• Crm
• Sap Bw