Recruitment Specialist

Sonepar Canada, Inc.; Surrey; On-site; CAD 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading distributor in the electrical industry as a Recruitment Specialist. This role is pivotal in sourcing and engaging top talent while enhancing employer branding. You will manage the full recruitment cycle, collaborate with business leaders, and develop a pipeline of qualified candidates. This is your chance to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment that values diversity and inclusion. With a commitment to sustainability and innovation, this position offers opportunities for career growth and development across multiple business departments. Embrace the chance to thrive in a fast-paced, rewarding workplace.

Benefits

Career Development Opportunities

Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives

Accommodation for Accessibility Needs

Qualifications

• 3+ years in recruitment with a focus on delivering results.
• Experience with behavioral interviewing and candidate assessment.

Responsibilities

• Manage full life cycle recruitment for various positions.
• Collaborate with leaders to build recruitment plans.

Skills

Recruitment Process Management

Candidate Sourcing

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Social Media Recruiting

Behavioral Interviewing

Networking

Education

Post-secondary degree in Human Resources

Degree in Business or related discipline

Tools

Applicant Tracking Systems

Job Boards

Social Media Platforms

Job description

****Please note this is a 12 month contract position****

About Us:

Sonepar Canada is an independent family-owned company with global market leadership in the business-to-business distribution of electrical, industrial and safety products and related solutions. In Canada, we are represented by 9 locally managed electrical and industrial distributors and have over 100+ locations with coverage in 8 provinces.

We are a proud member of the Sonepar Group, the world's largest privately-held electrical distributor. The Sonepar Group is present in more than 40 countries with over 45,000 employees.

What’s In It For You?

• You will be joining a market leader with over 40 years of experience to help you elevate your potential.
• You will be working for the world's #1 privately held business to business distributor of electrical products and related solutions.
• A chance to get involved in the forever growing electrical industry.
• We house the largest inventory to better service our customers and deliver on sales commitments.
• An opportunity for career development across many business departments within our organization.

Scope of the Position:

The Recruitment Specialist plays a central role in building and developing a qualified pool of candidates and will act as a talent scout, by being actively engaged in the external labour market, targeting individuals to consider working at Sonepar Canada. Additionally, this role will support the company’s employer branding.

Responsibilities:

• Drives a high volume, full life cycle, recruitment and hiring process for a wide range of positions. This includes: requisition creation, job ad creation, website postings on various job boards & networking sites, ATS management, advertising, database mining, cold calling, networking, pipelining, market and competitor research, career fairs, sourcing, screening, interviewing, assessing and presenting a diversified and high quality pool of candidates to the business leaders in a timely manner, offer process, and onboarding.
• Collaborates with business leaders to build a recruitment plan to address their position requirements as well as any gaps within their team.
• Develops and maintains internal relationships with other HR team members and hiring managers to understand career levels, compensation, business requirements, and deliverables.
• Build up a network and pipeline of qualified candidates and leads for present and future needs by sourcing active and passive candidates through a variety of traditional and creative techniques.
• Negotiate and extend job offers while coordinating with the hiring manager and HR.
• Establish, maintain and manage relationships with agencies, professional associations, universities, and colleges.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the recruitment process through collecting recruitment metrics, feedback from candidates, market trends, documenting the process, generating regular recruitment reports and advising the business of updated market trends & opportunities.
• Other related duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• 3+ years in a Recruitment position in a fast paced environment with a focus on understanding business requirements and delivering results.
• Post-secondary degree in Human Resources, business or other related discipline preferred.
• Experience with interpreting position requirements, conducting a hiring plan discussion and assessing candidates against the position profile.
• Adaptable, resilient and able to drive the full cycle recruitment process, including proactive candidate sourcing, networking, qualifying, assessing, interviewing and identifying target markets.
• Well versed in Social Media Platforms specifically Facebook and Instagram, various job boards and other recruiting portals in order to develop and execute marketing initiatives to continuously expand potential candidate pipeline and employer brand.
• Experience with internet search, job board posting, and applicant tracking systems.
• Proficient in the use of behavioral interviewing and candidate assessment.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Excellent organizational and execution skills and the ability to work in a high volume, fast paced environment while driving a consistent recruitment process.

Sonepar places the planet and diversity and inclusion at the core of its vision driving our business ethos.

Today, Sonepar is the leading distributor of energy-efficient products, pioneering the energy transition and making sustainability a priority. At Sonepar, we firmly believe that every action is crucial in safeguarding the environment, driving our commitment to a more sustainable future. We have accelerated our own transition to efficient generation and use of electrical energy across our business and champion the innovation of sustainable solutions in the market.

This commitment is tangible in our detailed Global CSR report, to learn more please visit https://www.sonepar.com/en/commitments/sustainability.

Sonepar has been recognized as a Diversity Leader by the Financial Times’ 2024 Diversity Leaders ranking and was awarded GEEIS Certification in 2022. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, welcoming submissions from all candidates. We believe in creating a work environment where everyone can feel safe, use their voice, and know that they belong. Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) is a central focus of our global, strategic impact plan. We value diversity and inclusion in the workplace because it allows us to better meet the needs of the communities we serve. It helps us foster greater creativity, breadth of experience, and it’s essential to our success as an organization. All qualified individuals, regardless of race, ethnic or national origin, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, neurodiversity, disability status, gender identity, veteran status or any other aspect which makes them unique are encouraged to apply.

For more information about our Inclusion and Diversity initiatives, please visit https://www.sonepar.com/en/commitments/diversity-and-inclusion.

Sonepar is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes submissions from all candidates. Accommodation is available to all applicants upon request. If selected for an interview, please advise the Sonepar representative of your accommodation needs at that time. We will work with all applicants to accommodate their accessibility needs.

Next steps:
We are interested in knowing more about you. Start an exciting new career and enjoy a number of benefits by applying online. While we are very grateful for your interest in joining the team, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.