Regional Retail Recruiter

Advantage Solutions; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Advantage Solutions in Cincinnati seeks a Regional Retail Recruiter supporting Mars Snacking to help build high-performing retail teams. You will partner with leaders across markets to align talent with business needs and deliver an exceptional candidate experience.

The role emphasizes full lifecycle recruiting, stakeholder collaboration, and data-informed recruiting strategies to drive growth in consumer products retail.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience in a professional services environment or related field.
• Experience with applicant tracking systems (ATS) and internet sourcing tools.
• Ability to partner with hiring managers and leaders to forecast talent needs and build talent pipelines.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills with a consultative approach.

Responsibilities

• Consult and guide hiring managers on full lifecycle recruitment from sourcing to offer and closing.
• Identify target candidate pools using various sourcing methods and assess fit based on job specs.
• Provide market salary data and guidance to hiring managers.
• Recommend candidates and negotiate offers in light of market conditions.
• Partner with leaders to prioritize recruiting activities for current and future needs.
• Deliver a high-quality candidate and client experience with professionalism and integrity.

Skills

Full lifecycle recruiting

Candidate screening

ATS experience

Stakeholder management

MS Office / analytics

Tools

iCims

Workday

Paradox

LinkedIn Recruiter

Job description

As a Regional Retail Recruiter supporting Mars Snacking, you will play an important role in helping build high-performing retail teams that bring beloved brands closer to consumers every day. This is an opportunity to work at the intersection of talent and business strategy, partnering with leaders across a dynamic retail organization to support growth, strengthen teams, and create exceptional candidate experiences. You'll be part of a collaborative recruiting organization that values innovation, relationship-building, and continuous improvement while making a measurable impact on business outcomes.

What Makes This Opportunity Unique?

• Support a nationally recognized consumer products organization with a strong market presence.
• Influence hiring outcomes that directly support retail execution and business growth.
• Partner with leaders across multiple markets and functions.
• Contribute to workforce planning and talent initiatives that shape the future of the organization.
• Join a team that values collaboration, accountability, innovation, and customer service.
• Build meaningful careers while helping connect consumers to the products they know and love.

We're looking for someone who is:

• Passionate about connecting people with opportunities.
• Driven by results and motivated by building strong partnerships.
• Skilled at navigating a fast-paced, evolving business environment.
• Curious about talent trends and committed to delivering a best-in-class hiring experience.
• A strong communicator who thrives on collaboration and relationship building.

The Company is one of North America’s leading sales and marketing agencies specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers and producers of food products and consumer packaged goods. The Company services a variety of trade channels including grocery, mass merchandise, specialty, convenience, drug, dollar, club, hardware, consumer electronics and home centers. We bridge the gap between manufacturers and retailers, providing consumers access to the best products available in the marketplace today.

Position Summary

The Recruiter is responsible for formulating the development of and implementing search strategies for active and passive candidates for professional positions in the organization. This person engages in a consultative role and in this regard extensively interacts with hiring managers to understand hiring needs for talent and provides guidance on realistic expectations for acquiring such talent, and what the available level of talent is likely to be. This person exercises discretion and independent judgment to identify possible matches of talent, and later recommends which candidate(s) best fits the criteria developed in consultation with the hiring manager for these key decision-making roles in the organization.

Essential Job Duties And Responsibilities Client Development

• Consult and provide guidance to hiring managers concerning full lifecycle recruitment, including identifying position(s), determining job specifications, developing sourcing strategy, assessing talent, recommending candidates for hire, negotiating offer, and closing acceptance. Act as expert advisor on sourcing, interviewing, and selection strategies and best practices.
• Exercise discretion and independent judgment in formulate search methodology and sources of potential candidates (e.g., proprietary database systems), and identify target pool of candidates through independent analysis and screening of prospective candidates.
• Provide guidance to hiring manager relative to market salary data, organizational development opportunities (internal employees), and potential target pool of candidates, as well as which candidates on which to focus.
• Make recommendations for hiring from pool of candidates from pool of talent identified and gathered by Professional Recruiter.
• Partner with hiring managers, review business plans to effectively prioritize recruiting activities to meet business needs with an eye to both current and future needs and competencies.
• Deliver a consistent, high quality candidate and client experience through professionalism and integrity in all contact with applicants, hiring managers, and colleagues.

Candidate Development

• Consult with hiring leader to establish job specifications, qualifications and a realistic skills profile and establishing candidate ranking criteria in light of market conditions and available pools of talent, as known to Recruiter and based on exercise of discretion and independent judgment.
• Develop and implement appropriate talent acquisition strategy to reach and attract a diverse pool of high quality candidates.
• Review information provided by prospective talent, and assess written qualification versus job specifications for appropriate skill sets to qualify or disqualify candidates.
• Conduct pre‑screening interviews based on criteria developed specifically for that role or position. Interviews candidates for core competencies, leadership competencies, cultural fit and future potential. Provides information on the company and job opportunities.
• Exercise discretion and independent judgment to evaluate candidates against job requirements, and criteria jointly established through consultation with hiring leader, engage candidates on the opportunity and select best qualified candidates for the hiring leader.
• Make recommendation to hiring manager regarding appropriate offer(s) in light of market conditions.
• Negotiate offers with candidates. Manage candidate expectations in regards to pay, benefits, culture, and career path.

Search Strategy

• Proactively conduct independent research to gain full understanding of market internal business client operates within to ensure correct search methodology, including the source(s) of potential talent is formulated. Explore new, creative and unique way(s) of sourcing candidates.
• Develop an individualized 360‑degree approach based on critical thinking skills to identifying potential candidates from advertising, database mining, cold‑calling, industry networking, and referral sources to include a full, diverse scope of potential candidates for each individual job sourced.
• Reflective problem solving, and thoughtful decision‑making skills are required to, among other things, build individual search strategies. Anticipate recruitment problems, consider new sources of labor supply, and improve recruitment methods.
• Actively participate in providing feedback and recommendations for improvement.

Travel and/or Driving Requirements

• Travel and Driving are not essential duties or functions of this job.

Field of Study/Area of Experience

• 4+ years of full cycle recruiting experience in a professional services environment, or related field
• Experience working with tools of the trade, including resume databases and internet sourcing tools, must be web savvy—Applicant Tracking System (ATS) experience highly desirable (iCims/Workday/Paradox)
• Level of recruiting including Senior Managers, Directors, and Executive levels is preferred.

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

• Strong computer skills including proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, and web‑browsers.

Environmental & Physical Requirements Office / Sedentary Requirements

Incumbent must be able to perform the essential functions of the job. Work is performed primarily in an office environment. Typically requires the ability to sit for extended periods of time (66%+ each day), ability to hear the telephone, ability to enter data on a computer and may also require the ability to lift up to 10 pounds.

Additional Information Regarding Advantage Solutions Job Duties and Job Descriptions

Job duties include additional responsibilities as assigned by one’s supervisor or other manager related to the position/department. This job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for the position. The Company reserves the right at any time with or without notice to alter or change job responsibilities, reassign or transfer job position or assign additional job responsibilities, subject to applicable law. The Company shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable a qualified applicant or employee to apply for employment, perform the essential functions of the job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by the law.

Any estimate, schedule, or guideline provided to associates in this job description or elsewhere in connection with their jobs is only intended to help describe job duties and for planning purposes. Regardless of any such estimate, schedule, or guideline, associates must always record all time worked for our company (which includes but is not limited to on-site work time in an assigned store, office, or other work location; required waiting time; administrative time; and work‑related travel time).

Job Will Remain Open Until Filled