Dennis Ivanov
Director, Global Talent Acquisition Unimacts Global
Dennis Ivanov is the Global Talent Acquisition Director at Unimacts, where he architected and scaled a Recruiting Center of Excellence that delivered over $2M in cost savings while supporting manufacturing expansion across the U.S., Mexico, India, and Europe. With a 15+ year career spanning Amazon, Microsoft, and global manufacturing, Dennis brings deep expertise in executive hiring, workforce planning, and recruiting operations. He is known for building high-impact TA systems from the ground up—merging employer branding, process excellence, and strategic advisory into a single function. At Amazon, he led technical and executive recruiting across 22+ countries and helped shape global TA strategy for Operations Technology and AI/ML organizations. At Unimacts, he embedded recruiting directly into P&L leadership, site launches, and M&A integrations. Dennis is also a member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council, contributing insights to shape cutting-edge research in leadership and organizational practices. He holds a BS in Business Administration from Montana State University and is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt.
Seminars
- Examining how manufacturers are applying AI across recruiting processes to evolve the role of the Recruiter while improving speed and quality of hire on the frontline
- Redesigning Recruiter workflows and capability models to clarify what should be automated, what requires human oversight, and where judgment remains non‑negotiable
- Separating high‑impact AI use cases from those creating friction, risk, or bias, with lessons on where automation is helping and where it is quietly undermining outcomes
- Identifying the inefficiencies of reactive, vendor-led hiring and pivoting to a centralized Recruiting Center of Excellence to support expansion across manufacturing hubs in the U.S., Mexico, Asia, and Europe
- Delivering $2M+ in cost savings, 300+ hires, including 100+ in hard-to-fill roles like Plant Managers, Directors of Engineering, and steel production experts, and reducing time-to-fill by up to 50%, while eliminating $30K-$100K per executive search
- Embedding recruiting into workforce planning, P&L leadership, and post-acquisition integration by deploying a modern ATS/HRIS, standardizing global SOPs, and transforming recruiters into strategic advisors who drive business outcomes
- What are the most effective ways to diagnose turnover at its source and translate insights into actionable changes in hiring and onboarding?
- How can behavioral and capability assessments be integrated into selection without slowing time-to-fill or creating bias?
- What strategies help align leadership traits with the realities of plant operations, and how can organizations sustain this alignment through ongoing development?
- How can HR and plant leaders co-own retention initiatives to ensure accountability and measurable impact?
