Senior Specialist, Strategic Sourcing

Join Charter Next Generation

At CNG, we are owners. We empower every individual to make a significant impact — because every moment matters. Whether you're starting your career journey or aiming for the next level, we foster a supportive environment where your contributions are valued and celebrated.

Employee Ownership:
Every employee receives equity shares, enabling you to participate in our company's growth and prosperity.

Work-Life Balance:
We support true work-life integration for all CNG employee owners.

Career Growth:
Advance your career within our expanding network of manufacturing facilities with comprehensive training and development programs.

Purpose-Driven Work:
Help create sustainable packaging solutions that reduce food waste and protect our environment for future generations.

From supporting internal teams to developing next-gen materials, our professional roles span strategy, innovation, and purpose. At CNG, you'll do work that matters—and own it all.

Schedule:

Monday - Friday, Business hours

• Lead full-cycle recruitment efforts for salaried exempt positions across all departments and locations, with specialized focus on SG&A functions including Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, Sales, Marketing, Procurement and Legal.
• Partner with HR leadership and Hiring Managers to understand business priorities, organizational strategy, and capability gaps to develop targeted recruitment and talent attraction plans.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to leadership by providing external talent market intelligence, compensation trends, competitor hiring activity, and workforce insights that inform hiring and organizational decisions.
• Proactively identify future talent and capability requirements based on business growth strategies, succession planning needs, organizational transformation initiatives, and emerging skill demands.
• Build and maintain talent pipelines for critical and hard-to-fill positions through strategic sourcing, networking, industry engagement, and relationship management.
• Develop talent mapping and competitive intelligence strategies to identify high-potential talent within target organizations and industries.
• Collaborate with business leaders to support workforce planning discussions, translating future-state business objectives into actionable talent acquisition strategies.
• Own salary recruiting metrics, labor market trends, and hiring effectiveness data to identify opportunities, risks, and process improvements.
• Provide expert coaching and guidance to Hiring Managers throughout the recruitment lifecycle, including interview effectiveness, candidate assessment, selection decisions, and market realities.
• Leverage Linked In Recruiter and other sourcing tools to execute proactive search strategies and build diverse candidate pipelines.
• Drive employer branding initiatives by promoting CNG's culture, career opportunities, and value proposition through social media, networking events, industry associations, and professional communities.
• Represent the organization at industry conferences, recruiting events, networking functions, and career fairs to strengthen brand awareness and talent attraction efforts.
• Establish and maintain strategic partnerships with universities, professional organizations, trade associations, and industry groups to support long-term talent pipeline development.
• Prioritize hiring activity based on business impact, organizational goals, and operational requirements.
• Ensure an exceptional candidate and hiring manager experience through proactive communication, efficient process management, and timely execution.
• Drive continuous improvement and innovation within talent acquisition processes, tools, and sourcing methodologies.
• Manage contingency or retained search agency relationships, job board spend, and/or sourcing tool budgets.
• Additional duties as assigned

Essential

Qualifications:

• Proven success recruiting mid-to-senior-level professional and leadership talent across multiple business functions.
• Demonstrated experience using talent market data, competitive intelligence, and workforce insights to influence hiring decisions and talent strategies.
• Experience supporting workforce planning, organizational growth initiatives, succession planning, or capability-building strategies preferred.
• Strong sourcing expertise utilizing Linked In Recruiter and other talent identification platforms.
• Proven ability to build trusted partnerships with HR Business Partners, hiring managers, and senior leaders.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to understand operational priorities and align talent acquisition strategies with organizational objectives.
• Exceptional consultative, influencing, and coaching skills, with the ability to challenge thinking and provide data-driven recommendations.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret recruiting metrics, labor market trends, and talent insights to drive decision-making.
• Demonstrated ability to manage…