Senior Talent Acquisition Partner - Skilled Trades & Manufacturing

BHP, Inc dba Global Power Components; Burnham (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Power Components in Milwaukee, WI is seeking a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner to lead agency partnerships and multi-site recruitment strategy for skilled trades & manufacturing. The role emphasizes mentorship, workforce readiness, and driving hiring results across the organization.

The candidate will design recruiting strategies, manage complex staffing challenges, analyze metrics, and partner with Site HR Managers to forecast needs while ensuring service levels with staffing agencies

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience managing staffing agency relationships in a high-volume or production environment.
• Ability to lead multi-site requisition strategy and drive decisions with limited oversight.
• Strong analytical skills with experience translating hiring data into strategic recommendations.
• Experience mentoring or guiding less-tenured recruiters or specialists.
• Excellent stakeholder management across HR, site leadership, and agency partners.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage a broader portfolio of staffing agency partnerships across multiple sites.
• Lead agency performance reviews and partner discussions, with recommendations to the TA Manager.
• Serve as the senior escalation point for agency issues affecting staffing.
• Design and drive recruiting strategy across a multi-site production portfolio.
• Identify systemic staffing challenges and recommend strategic solutions.
• Analyze hiring metrics and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
• Mentor Talent Acquisition Partners and share sourcing best practices.
• Partner with Site HR Managers and Operations leaders on staffing priorities across sites.
• Build relationships with supervisors to forecast workforce needs.
• Support contingent workforce conversion efforts with the Contingent Workforce Coordinator.

Skills

Agency management

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Mentoring teammates

Workday Recruiting experience

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent recruiting experience

Tools

Workday Recruiting

Job description

Title: Senior Talent Acquisition Partner Company: Global Power Components – www.globalpowercomponents.com Location: Milwaukee, WI (onsite 5-days/week) Hire Type: Direct Hire Position Summary: The Senior Talent Acquisition Partner – Skilled Trades & Manufacturing owns a broader agency portfolio and recruiting strategy across multiple sites, bringing seasoned judgment to complex staffing decisions and agency relationships. This role goes beyond day-to-day pipeline management to include mentoring Talent Acquisition Partners, shaping production hiring strategy at a multi-site level, and serving as an escalation point before matters reach the Talent Acquisition Manager. Reporting to the Talent Acquisition Manager, this role is a trusted advisor to Site HR Managers and Operations leaders on staffing strategy and a key partner in driving hiring results, workforce readiness, and agency performance across the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Agency Partnership Leadership Own and manage a broader portfolio of staffing agency partnerships across multiple sites.
• Lead agency performance reviews and partnership discussions, bringing recommendations to the Talent Acquisition Manager.
• Serve as the senior escalation point for agency issues that Talent Acquisition Partners are unable to resolve independently.
• Hiring Strategy Design and drive recruiting strategy across a multi-site production portfolio, adapting approach for varying volume, urgency, and role complexity.
• Identify systemic staffing challenges and recommend strategic solutions.
• Analyze hiring metrics, including fill rate, time-to-fill, agency performance, and conversion rates, translating findings into actionable recommendations.
• Drive accountability for production hiring results and workforce readiness across assigned sites.
• Mentorship & Team Support Mentor and support Talent Acquisition Partners, sharing best practices on sourcing strategy, agency management, and stakeholder partnership.
• Serve as a resource for complex recruiting and staffing situations.
• Site & Stakeholder Partnership Partner with Site HR Managers and Operations leaders on staffing priorities across multiple sites.
• Build strong relationships with supervisors to anticipate workforce needs before they become urgent.
• Support contingent workforce conversion efforts in partnership with the Contingent Workforce Coordinator.
• Escalation & Manager Support Escalate complex staffing, agency, or workforce issues with well-developed recommendations.
• Support broader talent acquisition initiatives and process improvements.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience managing staffing agency relationships in a high-volume or production/industrial hiring environment, including contract and performance discussions
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex, multi-site requisition strategy and drive decisions with limited oversight
• Strong analytical skills, with experience translating hiring data into strategic recommendations
• Experience mentoring or informally guiding less-tenured recruiters or specialists
• Excellent stakeholder management skills across HR, site leadership, and agency partners
• Ability to work onsite full-time in a manufacturing environment
• Bachelor's degree preferred, or equivalent recruiting experience
• Bilingual (Spanish) strongly preferred
• Experience with Workday Recruiting or comparable ATS preferred
• Manufacturing or industrial environment experience strongly preferred

At Global Power Components, our mission is simple: Inov8OrDie Driven by this mindset, GPC has grown from 200 to more than 2,000 employees in just five years, expanding from one manufacturing facility to four locations across the Milwaukee area, including our new 500,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in West Milwaukee. We design and manufacture the critical infrastructure that surrounds and supports power generation. But what sets GPC apart isn't just what we build — it's how we work. We move fast. We make decisions. We solve problems. We challenge ourselves to continuously improve, raise the bar and deliver quality work on time. We look for ways to remove unnecessary complexity and make work easier for our customers, our partners and each other. And through it all, we protect our people, our workplaces and the reputation we've built. GPC isn't a traditional corporate environment — and we don't want to be. We expect people to take ownership, speak up, make decisions and get things done. As GPC continues to grow, our people have opportunities to take on significant responsibility, solve bigger problems and make a visible impact on the business. If you're energized by growth, comfortable with change, willing to roll up your sleeves and want to help build what's next in power generation, GPC is a place where you can make an impact.