Executive Recruiter

We are seeking an Executive Recruiter to join our highly collaborative and energized Talent Acquisition team at Kohler. We are looking for self-motivated & experienced individuals with a passion for identifying, engaging, and hiring top leaders for executive level positions. This role will support key searches within Kohler and play a critical role on the build of the Executive Recruitment team.

Specific Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end executive recruiting for multiple, complex searches.
• Conduct consultative intake calls, partnering with Human Resources and hiring managers to understand business priorities, role requirements, and target profiles.
• Perform effective research and sourcing, leveraging Executive Researchers when needed.
• Actively engage in diversity and inclusion hiring strategies.
• Lead recurring search progress meetings on active searches to update and calibrate with key stakeholders. Provide strategic guidance and advice in a true partnership.
• Act as the driving force for progressing candidates through the process, advising leaders to keep on track and moving forward in decision making.
• Establish talent networks in the market, tapping knowledgeable industry sources to develop an ongoing pipeline and to ensure connection to the greater market.
• Continually contribute to the knowledge base of the broader executive recruiting function by sharing profiles, intelligence, and best practices.
• Establish and maintain meaningful relationships with key internal stakeholders, including Human Resources, Talent Acquisition, Comp & Ben, and Business leaders.
• Succeed in a performance and metric-driven environment, where quality and quantity of hires, hiring manager and candidate experience, time to fill, and diversity of slates are measured.

Skills/Requirements

• 5+ years of progressive corporate and/or search firm recruiting experience
• 2+ years of experience in Executive Recruiting
• Experience leading a portfolio of requisitions, either at an agency or in-house
• Experience managing the Executive Search process, including building relationships with candidates
• Bachelor’s degree

Preferred:

• Executive search firm/agency experience
• Experience creating and executing sourcing strategies across a variety of disciplines
• Effective communication and organizational skills
• Demonstrated experience working with senior executives and their teams
• Ability to partner with and influence multiple key stakeholders
• Project management skills