Talent Acquisition Manager

Scope:

The Talent Acquisition Manager is responsible for creating and executing a strategy to successfully attract, hire, and maintain a continuous pipeline of well-qualified talent with primary focus on manufacturing and distribution and secondary focus on remaining Heartland USA locations. In addition, the Talent Acquisition Manager is responsible for new employee orientation and onboarding.

Essential Duties and Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with functional leaders to identify and develop talent management strategies, identify gaps and plan processes to support business initiatives and priorities
• Develop and execute a comprehensive plan to build a sustainable talent pipeline and foster a talent mindset across the business unit 
• Responsible for applicant tracking system tools and develops, analyzes, and reports on recruitment performance metrics
• Responsible for recruitment, selection, and interviewing of professional staff including Technical and Operations roles.  This also includes attracting passive candidates through sourcing activities. 
• Responsible for recruitment, selection, and interviewing of plant employees and works jointly with supervisory and department heads in the hiring of employees
• Develop relationships with community programs and schools to promote Heartland career opportunities
• Leading the recruitment function including leading teams, managing direct reports, and making recommendations for improvements
• Manage the Heartland Recruiter function and positively partner with Plant Human Resources team
• Participate in additional Human Resource activity as needed, including, but not limited to employee relations, audits, luncheons, picnics, recognition, etc.
• All other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or related field required, PHR or SPHR strongly preferred
• Minimum of 6 years HR experience in a fast-paced manufacturing or distribution environment, preferably in food, with emphasis on talent acquisition
• Demonstrated sense of urgency, passion for people and the ability to partner with the business
• Working knowledge of Applicant Tracking Systems and Microsoft Office Products

Physical Demands: 

• Must be able to work seated using a computer and phone for long periods of time
• Must be able to work extended hours as needed/required 
• Must possess visual acuity to document company records

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