Recruiting Leader (Moderate Region)

Cummins Inc; Indiana; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Cummins Inc. in Indiana seeks a strategic Talent Acquisition leader to shape end-to-end recruiting across manufacturing and corporate functions. You will partner with HR and business leaders, drive market intelligence, and elevate candidate experiences through data-driven processes.

This exempt, on-site role focuses on building a high-performing team, improving efficiency, ensuring compliance, and delivering impactful hiring outcomes aligned with enterprise priorities.

Qualifications

• Experience shaping end-to-end recruiting strategies.
• Ability to translate workforce insights into actionable hiring strategies.
• Strong collaboration with business leaders and HR partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead the recruiting lifecycle from sourcing through placement.
• Partner with senior leaders, HR, and cross-functional stakeholders to anticipate talent needs.
• Translate workforce insights into hiring strategies that strengthen organizational capability.
• Use data and analytics to guide hiring decisions and improve performance.
• Coach and develop a high-performing recruiting team.
• Drive continuous improvement across recruiting processes and tools.
• Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion in all strategies.

Skills

Talent Acquisition Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Data Analytics

Change Management

Strategic Advisory

Team Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or related field

Job description

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:

• Serve as a trusted recruitment advisor and subject matter expert , leveraging market intelligence, talent analytics, and workforce trends to influence business decisions, improve hiring outcomes, and enhance the candidate experience.
• Build strong partnerships across HR, business leaders, and external stakeholders , creating alignment on talent strategies and accelerating the organization's ability to attract and secure top talent.
• Establish and drive recruiting excellence , implementing scalable processes, technologies, and standards that improve efficiency, consistency, compliance, and overall hiring performance across the region.
• Lead and develop a high-performing recruitment team , fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement while consistently exceeding operational and strategic recruiting goals.
• Optimize recruitment investments and resources , ensuring effective budget management, strong financial stewardship, and full compliance with applicable employment laws and corporate policies.
• Champion innovation and digital transformation in talent acquisition , identifying and implementing advanced recruiting technologies and data-driven solutions that streamline processes and improve hiring effectiveness.
• Design and execute forward-thinking recruitment strategies , aligning talent acquisition initiatives with business priorities, regional market dynamics, and long-term workforce planning needs.
• Lead organizational change and continuous improvement efforts , driving adoption of new recruiting practices, building team resilience, and ensuring the recruitment function remains agile, competitive, and future-ready.

To be successful in this role you will need the following:

• Lead change effectively by applying structured change management principles to engage stakeholders, drive adoption of new recruitment initiatives, and sustain business outcomes during periods of transformation.
• Leverage data and analytics to inform decisions , transforming recruitment metrics and workforce insights into compelling data stories that influence strategy, measure success, and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Act as a strategic HR consultant , partnering with business leaders and HR stakeholders to diagnose talent challenges, provide balanced recommendations, and deliver solutions that meet both organizational and employee needs.
• Execute HR processes with excellence , ensuring recruiting operations are efficient, compliant, accurate, and agile while balancing process requirements with business priorities to achieve optimal hiring outcomes.

Education, Licenses, Certifications

College, university, or equivalent degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related field, or equivalent experience is required.

Experience

Extensive experience in Talent Acquisition or other HR Business Partnership or Operations roles.

Additional Responsibilities

This role is responsible for shaping and delivering end-to-end recruiting strategies that drive business impact across diverse functions and geographies. The leader will combine operational excellence with strategic talent advisory, ensuring our hiring outcomes strengthen workforce capability and align to enterprise priorities

Key responsibilities.

• Full cycle recruiting : Lead the recruiting lifecycle from sourcing through placement, ensuring speed, quality, and candidate experience excellence.
• Stakeholder management : Partner with senior business leaders, HR, and cross-functional stakeholders to anticipate talent needs, influence decisions, and deliver aligned outcomes.
• Strategic talent advisory : Serve as a trusted advisor, translating workforce insights into actionable hiring strategies that strengthen organizational capability.
• Advanced analytics : Use data, market intelligence, and predictive insights to guide hiring decisions, advise leaders, and continuously improve recruiting performance.
• Team leadership : Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing recruiting team, fostering accountability, collaboration, and professional growth.
• Drive continuous improvement across recruiting processes, tools, and candidate experience.
• Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion in all recruiting strategies and outcomes.

Preferred Experience

• Talent Acquisition experience supporting manufacturing environments, with demonstrated success recruiting skilled trades, engineering, operations, and production.

Job

Human Resources

Organization

Cummins Inc.

Role Category

On-site with Flexibility

Job Type

Exempt - Experienced

ReqID

2431599

Relocation Package

Yes

100% On-Site

No

Cummins and E-Verify

At Cummins, we are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer dedicated to diversity in the workplace. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, gender, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity and/or expression, or other status protected by law. Cummins validates the right to work using E-Verify and will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. Visit http://EEOC.gov to know your rights on workplace discrimination.