Kim Pence

Continue to lead CONMED's Global Talent Acquisition function while also taking on the role of HR Leader for our Foot & Ankle business: ✔ 2024 CONMED Leadership Award Winner ✔ HR Business Partner to the VP/GM and Foot & Ankle organization ✔ Evaluate organizational design ✔ Build management fundamentals ✔ Create a best-in-class culture ✔ Drive our Recruitment, Engagement, and Development (RED) philosophy ✔ Gallup Certified Strengths Coach

Head of the Global Talent Acquisition function at CONMED, leading our team and strategy both domestically and across our international markets. ✔ Relentless Talent advocate, advisor and partner to our HR Leaders, Business Leaders and TA Team. ✔ Lead the global recruiting strategy, designing and driving the adoption of consistent recruiting, interviewing and hiring practices that support a strong candidate experience and translate to excellent business outcomes. ✔ Dedicated to the individual development and engagement of the Talent Acquisition teams; including Managers, Recruiters, Talent Acquisition Business Partners and Candidate Care Specialist. ✔ Long term strategic planning for each TA function: Sales recruiting, Internal Technical & Corporate recruiting, University Relations & Campus Recruiting, Direct Labor and Workforce Planning. ✔ Drive global talent and interview training. ✔ Strengthen our employment branding across the globe. The Talent Acquisition team is committed to delivering excellent customer care to our managers and candidates, relentlessly focusing on talent, and driving exceptional results.

Focused on leading the CONMED TA Function for the U.S. Market. This includes: ✔ Leading the recruiting strategy, development of the Recruitment team, and workforce planning for the domestic market. ✔ Personally recruit Executive Leadership positions across all business units; commercial, operations, HR, and corporate functions.

As a Talent Acquisition Manager I lead the strategic sales and marketing recruitment in the U.S. Market. This includes the hiring of sales leadership positions, as well as sales force expansions. I also hire, manage and develop a team of sales recruiters. ✔ 2020 CONMED HR Excellence Award Recipient Join CONMED's Talent Community to receive automated alerts as new positions open across the company, in your specific area of interest. Talent Community: https://careers.conmed.com/jointalentcommunity?applyType=JTC

As a Principle Corporate Recruiter, I have a primary focus in full Lifecyle recruiting of our Sales professionals (associate to executive level). I'm responsible for sourcing candidates through various niche industry platforms and LinkedIn using Boolean search techniques. Proactively networking with and pitching passive candidates on our career opportunities. ✔ Additional areas of focus have included Marketing, Product Management, Human Resources Leadership, Clinical, Medical Education and Creative positions internally ✔ 2019 LinkedIn Recruiter Top 5% User ✔ 2019 CONMED HR Excellence Award Recipient ✔ 54 reqs filled in 2019 with an Agency usage of 5% (Goal of < 20%) ✔ 26 reqs filled in 2018 (6 months) with an Agency usage of 0% ✔ Personally filled a 12-person sales force expansion in Q4 of 2018/Q1 2019 ✔ Spearheading a 24-person sales force expansion in Q4 2019/Q1 2020 ✔ Deliver formal interview training to our Sales Managers nationally, promoting best practices in candidate experience, interviewing, legalities and biases CONMED is a global medical technology company that specializes in the development and sale of surgical and patient monitoring products and services that allow our physician customers to deliver high quality care and as a result, enhanced clinical outcomes for their patients. With products that are recognized as technological leaders by the specialties they serve, healthcare professionals within the Orthopedic, Laparoscopic, Robotic & Open Surgery, Gastroenterology & Pulmonology and Cardiology & Critical Care specialties have come to value the CONMED name across the world.

As the senior member of the Talent Solutions division, my goal was was provide a fluid partnership between marquee clients and Athlete Network. Athlete Network partners with regional, national and global companies, in all industries, to enhance their Talent Acquisition strategies. I provided added efficiency and value through a personalized and hands-on approach. Every business has different needs and challenges. My goal was to help create customized plans for success. We truly partner with our clients at Athlete Network. My clients included Fortune 500 and mid-sized companies in a variety of industries including automotive, mass media & communications, transportation/freight, education, logistics, financial services, healthcare, hospitality, art, technology and non-profit. In addition to ensuring client success I also served as an addition talent acquisition team member for some. Diving deep into their unique culture and needs, I worked to connect top talent and quickly close top priority requisitions. I also guest spoke or conducted breakout sessions at national HR conferences with a number of partners nationally. Topics covered include diversity and inclusion, aggressive sourcing and recruiting strategies and pipe-lining.

In 2013 I was promoted to the Accounts Division at Career Athletes supporting national partner employers gain greater value and recruiting efficiency from the network. I also support and coach current and alumni student-athletes with their professional careers.

Originally brought onto the Career Athletes team to develop and launch a National On-Campus Internship Program. While personally overseeing the program, over 590 interns participated, representing 280+ NCAA Division I, II, III and NAIA institutions across the country (over 5 total semesters). My responsibilities covered all aspects of the program from curriculum development, to recruitment, screening/interviewing, training, on-boarding and supervision of all Career Athletes interns.

Planned and executed programming, tracking and reporting for the UMKC CHAMPS/Life Skills student-athlete development program. Mentor individual at-risk student-athletes by tracking academic progress on a weekly basis and by providing learning strategies, time management techniques and study skills. Provide counseling to student-athletes in the areas of course enrollment, major selection, university requirements and progression towards graduation requirements. Assist with the collection and reporting of Academic Progress Rate (APR) data.