Talent Acquisition Partner

Talent Acquisition Partner

Massillon, Ohio | Weekdays (in person)

• Partner with business leaders as a strategic talent advisor through effective communication, listening, and influence to enable hiring managers to make smart hiring decisions.
• Build relationships with internal customers to understand business needs for new capabilities, talent profiles, and hiring.
• Consult with hiring managers and HR managers on talent acquisition strategies to develop comprehensive, proactive hiring plans.
• Build a strong understanding of labor market trends for functional and geographic areas of focus.
• Lead the end‑to‑end execution of the recruitment process from needs identification, strategy development, sourcing, attraction, and selection, through to offer, always providing insights, recommendations, and communication throughout.
• Source, attract, and select talent to meet current and future hiring needs.
• Define the target candidate profile and recommend a talent identification strategy through targeted advertising sources and active/passive recruiting.
• Utilize effective sourcing and messaging strategies to attract active and passive candidates; leverage employee referral programs, recruiting boards, internet, social media, industry and community organizations to build a strong talent pool, including diverse talent.
• Conduct passive and active sourcing for niche industry roles at all levels, including up to executive level.
• Guide internal and external candidates throughout the selection process through timely and effective communication.
• Foster a positive candidate and hiring manager experience through clear, timely communication of process expectations, timing, company culture, and our employee value proposition.
• Identify opportunities for continual improvement, make recommendations, and lead and implement change efforts with hiring managers at a department/plant level.

• Full life cycle recruiting experience.
• Strong investigative and research skills—knows where to find relevant talent, how to generate interest, network, and obtain referrals.
• Broad thinking and perspective of current talent acquisition trends and best practices, including learning and using new recruiting related tools and technology.
• Leadership presence and the ability to influence Hiring Managers, HR Business Partners and other stakeholders.
• Effective communication, presentation, and influence skills.
• Excellent relationship management and judgment skills.
• Preferred: experience in corporate, industrial, manufacturing, engineering, and/or supply chain recruiting.
• Preferred: experience transforming data into insights to develop actionable plans.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.