Melissa Thompson
Global Head of Talent AcquisitionFord
Prior to joining Ford, she was SVP, Talent Acquisition for media organization Nielsen, where she transformed the TA team to meet business needs for fast paced, innovative talent acquisition. As VP, Talent Acquisition role at McGraw-Hill Education, she built the Global TA team from the ground up, including an improved user experience through implementing Lever ATS onboard and introducing Passport to Recruit, a manager training program. In her career she has held recruiting leadership roles at Dell, Citrix, Siebel, and Lenovo. Melissa is an engaging, results-oriented, strategic leader who has a passion for how Talent Acquisition can drive business results.
9:30 a.m.–10:10 a.m. PT —
In this engaging fireside chat, Melissa Thompson, Global Head of Talent Acquisition at Ford will discuss how the TA team partnered with stakeholders in HR, the business and COEs to drive continuous improvement. This year they have utilized the lean tool, Kaizen, to identify bite-sized solutions for streamlining TA. Melissa will share quantitative and qualitative examples of how she has used lean methodologies and principles maximize impact and results for TA and the business. Join us for this insightful case study on how a 120 year old company successfully implemented an operational overhaul and understand the critical data improvement in key TA metrics.