Recruiting & Retention Specialist

Recruiting & Retention Specialist – Nutrition 101 LLC

• Location:
  
  Pendleton, IN (HQ)
• Employment Type:
  
  Full‑time, Regular, Exempt from Overtime
• Salary: $55,000–$70,000 DOE
• Schedule:
  
  On‑call 24/7 as required
• Travel Requirement:
  Up to 10%
• Reports To:
  
  Human Resources Manager
• Direct Report:
  None

Nutrition 101 LLC – headquartered in Pendleton, IN – is a leader in eco‑friendly waste handling and innovative food lifecycle management solutions. We help food processors, manufacturers, and retailers maximize value by turning food byproducts into sustainable resources, from upcycled livestock feed to comprehensive waste management services. For more information, visit www.
101.us
.

The Recruitment and Retention Specialist role is responsible for full‑cycle recruiting, onboarding/benefits administration, and frontline retention efforts/workforce stabilization in a moderate‑turnover plant environment. In addition to day‑to‑day execution, this role will design and formalize corporate recruiting and retention processes, own employer branding and employment reputation, and partner with HR, Safety, and management teams to identify role‑based training needs and curriculum priorities.

• Manage full‑cycle recruiting for hourly, CDL, and selected salaried roles.
• Partner with management and leadership teams on workforce planning, hiring forecasts, seasonal and H‑2B labor cycles.
• Own requisitions, candidate pipelines, interviews, and offers within Paylocity ATS.
• Support referral, local outreach, and agency strategies as needed.
• Own the first 90‑day employee experience: conduct 30/60/90 day check‑ins, stay interviews, and exit interviews.
• Analyze turnover trends by role, department, supervisor, tenure and partner with HR and operations on retention interventions and supervisor coaching.
• Design, document, and maintain formalized corporate processes for Recruiting, Onboarding, and early‑tenure retention.
• Create SOPs, workflows, and standards that are auditable/scalable across sites, defining ownership, escalations, and exceptions.
• Conduct training exercises and ensure consistency across plants while allowing operational flexibility.
• Own the employer brand as it relates to recruiting and retention (work with IT/Marketing to build an interactive careers page).
• Ensure consistency of messaging across job postings, career pages, and hiring communications.
• Test and improve candidate experience and new‑hire perception.
• Monitor and report on employment reputational trends.
• Partner with HR leadership on branding improvements tied to hiring outcomes.
• Build out website careers page.
• Partner with HR and Management Teams to understand job‑specific skill requirements and to identify early‑tenure learning gaps.
• Support the development of role‑based training curriculums by providing recruiting and turnover insights and mapping skills to roles and tenure stages.
• Improve onboarding experience and align onboarding and training to retention outcomes.
• Support H‑2B workforce onboarding and coordination.
• Support recruiting and onboarding of CDL‑required roles.
• Ensure accurate records and audit readiness.
• Track and report on Recruiting/HR KPIs.
• Participate in ad‑hoc requests as needed.

• Associate’s Degree or greater (preferred). 3+ years of experience in recruiting or HR within manufacturing, logistics, or industrial environments (required).
• Proven experience in high‑turnover or high‑volume blue‑collar hiring.
• Experience supporting H‑2B programs; or interest in learning.
• Experience recruiting CDL drivers and familiarity with DQF/DOT compliance.
• Experience recruiting white‑collar, salaried roles (e.g., Office, Finance, Logistics, HR, Management, and Sales teams).
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) strongly preferred.
• Working knowledge of HRIS/ATS systems;
  Paylocity strongly preferred.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills with ability to use data to tell a story.
• Experience tracking KPIs and using data to develop and implement HR strategies that drive business success.
• Experience building or improving HR processes or SOPs.
• Comfortable communicating, collaborating, and training across all levels.
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