8:00 am Conference Registration & Networking

8:50 am Chair’s Welcome & Recap of Day One

Engaging Your Existing Workforce & Onboarding the Next Generation

9:00 am Discover: Re-engaging the Existing Workforce to Avoid a High Turnover Rate & Keep Employee Engagement High

  • Eva Liss Vice President - Human Resources, Harvest Food Group

Synopsis

  • What can be done to enhance the onboarding process and keep employees engaged throughout their career to avoid a high turnover rate?
  • Leveraging continuing internal support systems that will give employees a clear vision of progression and enhance their relationship with their employer
  • How forward-thinking TA leaders have refreshed onboarding and internal support systems to incentivise and retain their workforce whilst giving clear succession planning to maintain high levels of engagement

9:20 am Discover: Rethinking the Role of TA in Transforming the High Turnover Rate & Managing Employee Expectations in a Competitive Candidate Market

  • John Ganyard Chief Human Resources Officer, Norco Industries

Synopsis

  • What can be done to tackle employee expectations in a competitive market and alleviate the high turnover rate to retain a skilled workforce
  • Refreshing employee benefits packages to optimize your workforce by matching the offers of competitive employers to attract and build a loyal workforce
  • How Innovative TA leaders have incentivised their workforce with equal opportunity to significantly reduce the rate of turnover

9:40 am Develop: What More Can We Learn from Manufacturing TA Leaders Refreshing their Onboarding Processes?

  • Eva Liss Vice President - Human Resources, Harvest Food Group
  • John Ganyard Chief Human Resources Officer, Norco Industries
  • Dan Mattingly Owner and Vice President, NCW

Synopsis

Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Chair

9:40 am Discover: Engaging passive candidates: it’s a full contact sport

Synopsis

  • Best practice for full cycle success: from sourcing to counteroffer management, etc
  • Training internal TA staff on optimum mindset for passive candidate outreach
  • Hear directly from an industry leading relationship builder on how to have success on the phone

10:00 am Action: How Are You Going to Rethink your Onboarding Process to Better Attract New Talent into your Organization & Engage Existing Talent?

Synopsis

Output-focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair

10:20 am Networking & Refreshments

Re-thinking Traditional Recruitment Processes to Leverage Growth

11:00 am Discover: Re-imagining the Recruitment Process and Leveraging the Role of Employees with a Referral Bonus Scheme

  • Gina Brummels Senior Director - Learning, Talent & Change, Ardent Mills

Synopsis

  • What new thinking can be applied to the way we recruit and attract new talent whilst cutting time to hire
  • Leveraging the role of employees in internal recruitment processes with a referral bonus to keep engagement levels high and break into new talent pools
  • How forward-thinking TA Leaders are rethinking their recruitment processes to involve employees and give a fresh approach to hiring talent

11:20 am Discover: Re-designing Traditional Internal Recruitment Processes to Implement Continuity, Leverage Growth and Improve the Candidate Experience

Synopsis

  • What traditional recruitment processes can be challenged to refresh recruitment methods and engage high quality candidates?
  • Leveraging internal communication and refining the recruitment process to keep continuity and give candidates a clear insight whilst also attracting the younger generations
  • How progressive TA leaders are engaging hiring managers and streamlining processes to cut time to hire and hire high quality candidates

11:40 am Develop: What More Can We Learn from Progressive TA Leaders in Manufacturing Redesigning Their Recruitment Processes?

Synopsis

Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Chair

12:00 pm Action: How Are You Going to Rethink your Onboarding Process to Better Embed New Talent into the Organization?

Synopsis

Output-focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair

12:20 pm Lunch

1:20 pm Speed Learning

Synopsis

In this quick fire session, each table will be hosted by a TA or HR leader who will share the secrets of their most high-impact leap; you then get the opportunity to question the host before moving on to your next table.

Rethinking the Way That We Source Talent to Break Away from Traditional Methods and Diversify the Manufacturing Workforce

  • Mary Mason Senior HR Business Partner, Airboss of America Corporation

Re-thinking How to Manage Employee Expectations in a Competitive Candidate Market and Respond to the Rising Challenges of Inflation

  • John Ganyard Chief Human Resources Officer, Norco Industries

Re-thinking the approach of Leadership; Understanding when to Pose Challenges and when to Provide Answers?

  • Mike Boose Senior Director Human Resources & Organizational Development, Arthrex

2:30 pm Chair’s Closing Remarks & End of Conference