Ken Roberts

About Ken Roberts

McKesson Corporation is an American company (Irving, TX) involved in healthcare supply…

Experience

1. Sr Talent Advisor

   McKesson

   Apr 2022 — Present

   Talent acquisition consultant to the McKesson Tech organization and is responsible for assisting in identifying the best candidates to fill open positions and deliver on organizational objectives. Position Description • Partners with IT hiring managers to drive the talent acquisition process for their open positions. • Gains agreement on service level agreements and sets clear expectations with hiring manager. • Conducts thorough in-take sessions, clarifying hiring roles and responsibilities, and ensuring hiring job descriptions reflect accurate knowledge, skills and abilities required. • Gains understanding and visibility of internal candidate pool and skill sets by reviewing possible internal candidates with Talent Management. • Engages in the proactive sourcing and successful identification of top talent for open requisitions. • Suggests and executes effective and efficient recruitment strategies needed to acquire top talent, including diverse and military candidates. • Conducts a full in-depth Interview with qualified candidates to determine level of qualification and assesses and vets out top talent for open positions. • Delivers slates of qualified and diverse talent for current and anticipated roles in the organization. • Utilizes a consultative approach with hiring teams for assessment and selection ensuring business needs are met. • Educates hiring managers on conducting behavioral interviewing, and facilitates selection process and discussion, in order to ensure effective, legal interviewing practices. • Manages positive candidate and employee experience throughout the recruitment process. • Influences overall hiring process to achieve timeliness of SLA’s. • Provides hiring manager accurate and timely update on candidate activity, tracks talent acquisition metrics and reports trends and issues to TA leadership, providing recommendations for improvement

Education

• Rotary International Leadership Institute

  Graduate

• Illinois Institute of Technology

  Electrical and Electronics Engineering

• Leadership Plano

  Class XV

  1995 — 1996

Skills

• Applicant Tracking Systems
• Oop
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Human Resources
• Talent Acquisition
• Start-Ups
• Unified Messaging
• Cloud Computing
• Hris
• Storage Solutions
• Change Management
• Workforce Planning
• Sourcing
• Interviews
• Object Oriented Design
• Business Development
• Temporary Placement
• Recruiting
• Strategy
• Performance Management
• Scrum
• Deferred Compensation
• Employee Relations
• Program Management
• Network Engineering
• Benefits Negotiation
• Screening
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Enterprise Software
• Networking
• Employee Benefits
• Telecommunications
• C#
• Management
• Internet Recruiting
• Onboarding
• Sql Server 2000-2008
• Project Management
• Java
• Hadoop