Contract Sales Recruiter

Tekion; Northern (KY); On-site; USD 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Tekion is a fast-growing, cloud-native automotive platform disrupting a 50-year-old industry. We are seeking a Talent Acquisition Partner II with a strong sales recruitment background to attract top talent for Tekion’s global teams.

You will own full-cycle recruiting, lead high-impact sourcing strategies, and partner with executive leadership to shape our employment brand and culture. This role requires comfort with fast-paced environments, remote collaboration, and tight hiring timelines.

Qualifications

• BS/BA degree or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years in recruitment and sourcing for Sales and related roles.
• Experience recruiting for a fast-paced technology software or tech company.
• Strong track record in full-cycle recruitment and AI-assisted sourcing.
• Comfortable leading team interviews and being on camera.
• Strong Boolean search skills and LinkedIn usage.
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building abilities.

Responsibilities

• Full-cycle recruiting across the organization.
• Passive sourcing using LinkedIn Recruiter and active sourcing.
• Interviewing, scheduling interviews, and coordinating hiring teams.
• Managing offers and onboarding processes with Greenhouse.
• Developing employment branding strategy with executives.

Skills

Sales recruitment

Passive sourcing

Interviewing

Stakeholder management

AI sourcing

Boolean search

LinkedIn usage

Sourcing strategy

Candidate experience

Forecasting budgets

Education

BS/BA degree or equivalent

Tools

Greenhouse

Ashby

LinkedIn Recruiter

Job description

Positively disrupting an industry that has not seen any innovation in over 50 years, Tekion has challenged the paradigm with the first and fastest cloud-native automotive platform that includes the revolutionary Automotive Retail Cloud (ARC) for retailers, Automotive Enterprise Cloud (AEC) for manufacturers and other large automotive enterprises and Automotive Partner Cloud (APC) for technology and industry partners. Tekion connects the entire spectrum of the automotive retail ecosystem through one seamless platform. The transformative platform uses cutting-edge technology, big data, machine learning, and AI to seamlessly bring together OEMs, retailers/dealers and consumers. With its highly configurable integration and greater customer engagement capabilities, Tekion is enabling the best automotive retail experiences ever. Tekion employs close to 3,000 people across North America, Asia and Europe.

MUST HAVE SALES RECRUITMENT EXPERIENCE WITH SAAS SOFTWARE OR A TECHNOLOGY COMPANY IN SALES AND RELATED ROLES

Summary

The Talent Acquisition Partner II will set the vision to attract, recruit, and retain the best people to join Tekion's team across all functions and levels within the organization. The ideal candidate has a passion for building a strong and unique company culture, loves interacting with different types of personalities, is business focused and is comfortable working with budgets and forecasts. You will be instrumental in building out the team in a period of high growth and, in doing so, working cross functionally with senior leadership across the organization.

This position is full-cycle recruiting; passive sourcing using LinkedIn Recruiter, active sourcing, interviewing, scheduling interviews, ensuring all active participants use Greenhouse, coordinating hiring teams, offers and onboarding

Serve as a strategic partner to the Executive Leadership team in developing our Employment Branding Strategy and establishing our Talent Acquisition Footprint via the internet

Help to build team structures, understanding the "right fit" in candidates and sourcing the very best talent to fill open positions

Understand our brand, culture, mission and values to effectively serve as an ambassador for Tekion and a welcoming first touchpoint to all new hires on their "employee journey" with us

Serve as the primary ambassador for Tekion at recruitment events if needed

Work to craft and manage interview processes for each role, coordinating interviews, preparing interviewers and managing required assignments / exercises

Manage hiring plan and pipeline in conjunction with other functional teams

Develop and manage externally facing recruitment channels such as job fairs, conferences and other events / channels to promote new and exciting opportunities as needed

Occasionally manage Talent Acquisition Search firms as needed

Skills & Experience

BS/BA degree or equivalent experience

5+ years of recruitment and sourcing for Sales and Sales related roles.

Experience working with a fast paced technology software of tech company and supporting various aspects of sales related roles.

Strong experience in working with leaders and executing full cycle recruitment and utilization of sourcing and AI strategies.

Comfortable with teams interviews and being on camera

Strong sourcing to do complex searches and AI skills

Track record of meeting and exceeding metrics and meeting deadlines

Ability to build trust and drive team effectiveness

Strong organization, project management, and communication skills

Experience working with Ashby is desired

Strong experience with Boolean searching and LinkedIn usage

Exceptional interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate a clear and compelling vision and develop effective working relationships

A "can do" attitude and the ability work as part of a team

Comfort with accountability and ability to absorb feedback and engage in self-improvement

A desire to make others successful and collaborate cross functionally

Demonstrated enthusiasm and optimism

Ability to reflect and adjust to a dynamic and rapidly changing environment

The opportunity to work with some of the brightest minds from Silicon Valley's most dominant and successful companies

Be part of an early stage, hyper-growth start-up with the opportunity to grow and prosper

Work on the latest and coolest technologies - everything is home-grown and built ground-up

A dynamic work environment with a strong sense of community and collaboration

The open and transparent culture that encourages innovation, rewards performance and discourages hierarchy

Exciting opportunities for career growth and development

Note: Tekion recently transitioned to a new recruiting tool and we appreciate your patience and feedback as we adjust to our new system!

Tekion is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, victim of violence or having a family member who is a victim of violence, the intersectionality of two or more protected categories, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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Compensation

$40 - $65 per hour

The salary range describes the minimum to maximum base salary range for this position across applicable US locations. The actual compensation offered may vary from the posted hiring range based on geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer. In addition to the compensation listed, this position may be eligible for equity compensation, and/or a bonus or commission whereby total compensation may exceed base salary depending on individual or company performance. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range during the hiring process.

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