Enterprise Talent Acquisition Leader

Hilmar Cheese Company; Hilmar (CA); On-site; USD 119,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Hilmar Cheese Company seeks a strategic Talent Acquisition Manager to lead enterprise recruiting across California, Texas, and Kansas. You will build a high-performing team, strengthen employer branding, and align talent strategies with workforce planning and business needs.

You will oversee full-cycle recruiting for hourly to executive roles, develop standardized processes, and drive metrics and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, business administration, organizational development, or related field.
• 8+ years of progressive talent acquisition experience, including leadership responsibility within a multi-site organization.
• Demonstrated success recruiting across manufacturing, operations, engineering, technical, professional, and leadership functions.
• Experience leading recruiting teams, developing workforce planning strategies, establishing recruiting metrics, and implementing process improvements.
• Experience overseeing employment branding, university relations, internship, and early-career strategies.
• Experience partnering with senior leaders on talent strategy, organizational growth, and workforce planning.
• Strong leadership, coaching, stakeholder relationship skills, with the ability to influence and build credibility at all levels.
• Expertise in talent acquisition strategy, sourcing methodologies, labor market analysis, workforce planning, recruiting technologies, applicant tracking systems, talent analytics, and employment branding.
• Strong business acumen, analytical, project management, change management, communication, and process improvement skills.
• Ability to balance strategic leadership with operational execution in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute enterprise-wide talent acquisition strategies and recruiting operations to meet current and future workforce needs.
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing Talent Acquisition team across multiple locations.
• Partner with HR teams and senior leaders to align recruiting priorities with business goals and workforce plans.
• Oversee full-cycle recruiting for hourly to executive roles across locations.
• Establish standardized recruiting processes, workflows, tools, and service standards.
• Develop and monitor recruiting metrics, dashboards, and analytics to inform decisions.
• Lead employment branding and talent attraction efforts with Marketing and business leaders.
• Oversee Early Careers & University Relations initiatives and evaluate internship and campus programs.
• Build partnerships across HR, Operations, Engineering, Finance, and leadership as a trusted advisor.
• Manage recruiting systems, vendor relationships, and external talent partners with compliance.

Skills

Leadership

Talent acquisition strategy

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Project management

Change management

Communication

Employer branding

University relations

Early careers programs

Education

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or a related field

Tools

Applicant tracking systems

Recruiting technologies

Job description

Hilmar Cheese Company seeks a strategic Talent Acquisition Manager to lead enterprise recruiting across California, Texas, and Kansas. You will build a high-performing team, strengthen employer branding, and align talent strategies with workforce planning and business needs.

You will oversee full-cycle recruiting for hourly to executive roles, develop standardized processes, and drive metrics and continuous improvement.