Sourcing Generalist

McMaster-Carr; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 103,000 - 118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition reimbursement

No-premium health plans

Company retirement plans

Employee resource groups

Inclusive benefits

First-time home buyer assistance

Parental leave

Adoption and surrogacy assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

McMaster-Carr in Chicago, IL is seeking a Sourcing Generalist to shape how we identify and evaluate talent across industries. You will build context for talent markets, assess potential, and surface insights to help us hire great leaders and build high-performing teams.

You’ll engage candidates, coordinate interviews with leaders, and continuously learn from hiring outcomes to improve our processes. A bachelor’s degree is required, and successful candidates bring curiosity, judgment, and

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree is required for this role.
• Discerning Judgment & Assessment: Demonstrated ability to assess complex and varied backgrounds, synthesize information from multiple sources, and make thoughtful decisions based on capabilities, potential, and long-term success rather than relying solely on conventional indicators.
• Comfort with Ambiguity & Strategic Adaptability: Navigates uncertainty with confidence, adjusting strategies and evaluation criteria to align with evolving team goals and candidate profiles.
• Insight-Driven Decision Making: Skilled at turning nuanced observations into actionable insights that inform hiring decisions.
• Collaborative Relationship Building: Builds trust across teams through clear communication and a shared commitment to thoughtful, high-impact hiring.

Responsibilities

• Talent Identification & Evaluation - Develop expertise in our pipeline goals. Assess candidate potential by using research to gather credible context, thinking critically, and applying nuanced judgment to make sound sourcing decisions.
• Candidate Engagement & Coordination - Support candidates’ exploration of our opportunities through thoughtful, responsive correspondence that builds understanding and maintains engagement. Coordinate interviews that connect candidates with our leaders and maintain forward momentum, building excitement about pursuing a career here.
• Insight Development - Turn observations into ideas. Share candidate insights that help hiring managers assess fit and long-term impact.
• Continuous Learning - Reflect on hiring outcomes and share feedback that helps us refine how we assess and engage talent.

Skills

Discerning Judgment & Assessment

Comfort with Ambiguity & Strategic Ad.

Insight-Driven Decision Making

Collaborative Relationship Building

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Who We Are

McMaster-Carr is an innovative e-commerce company helping customers build anything because we offer everything. We’ve thrived for over 120 years thanks to our relentless focus on the customer experience, adaptability, and world-class operations. Our curious, exceptional people are always at the center of our evolution, turning new challenges and disruptive technologies into opportunities to learn new skills and get important work done that makes our customers' lives better.

What You'll Do

We’re growing our team to meet ambitious goals, and we know that great people are the key to our success. As a Sourcing Generalist, you’ll play a critical role in shaping how we identify and evaluate talent. You will build context for relevant talent markets, thoughtfully assess potential, and surface insights that help us make strong hiring decisions.
Your work will help us build high-performing teams by identifying exceptional leaders across a range of industries, companies, and professional backgrounds. You’ll bring curiosity and adaptability to learning new talent markets and candidate archetypes, recognizing meaningful indicators of capability, and making sound hiring decisions. You’ll evaluate candidates’ contributions, growth, progression, and accomplishments with a discerning eye for their potential to succeed here. You’ll also help candidates understand our opportunities and discover what a career here could look like while creating a seamless, meaningful experience centered on their needs.
Your key responsibilities as a Sourcing Generalist will include:

• Talent Identification & Evaluation - Develop expertise in our pipeline goals and target talent markets. Assess candidate potential by using research to gather credible context, thinking critically, and applying nuanced judgment to make sound sourcing decisions. This work goes beyond resume review.
• Candidate Engagement & Coordination - Support candidates’ exploration of our opportunities through thoughtful, responsive correspondence that builds understanding and maintains engagement. Coordinate interviews that connect candidates with our leaders and maintain forward momentum, building excitement about pursuing a career here.
• Insight Development - Turn observations into ideas. Share candidate insights that help hiring managers assess fit and long-term impact.
• Continuous Learning - Reflect on hiring outcomes and share feedback that helps us refine how we assess and engage talent.

Who You Are

A bachelor's degree is required for this role.

We’re looking for curious, thoughtful professionals who are energized by people and ideas. Ideal candidates demonstrate:

• Discerning Judgment & Assessment: Demonstrated ability to assess complex and varied backgrounds, synthesize information from multiple sources, and make thoughtful decisions based on capabilities, potential, and long-term success rather than relying solely on conventional indicators.
• Comfort with Ambiguity & Strategic Adaptability - Navigates uncertainty with confidence, adjusting strategies and evaluation criteria to align with evolving team goals and candidate profiles.
• Insight-Driven Decision Making - Skilled at turning nuanced observations into actionable insights that inform hiring decisions.
• Collaborative Relationship Building - Builds trust across teams through clear communication and a shared commitment to thoughtful, high-impact hiring.

Cash Compensation

• Total cash compensation is generally around $103,000 to $118,000 and includes a profit sharing based on company profitability.

Be Rewarded

We are committed to comprehensive benefits to support employees and their dependents, such as:

• 100% tuition reimbursement
• Medical, dental, pharmacy, and vision plans with no monthly premiums
• Industry leading company-funded retirement accounts
• Employee resource groups
• Inclusive, all-gender benefits
• First-time home buyer assistance
• Paid parental leave for all new parents
• Adoption and surrogacy assistance
• Paid time off for vacation and personal time

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Equal Opportunity Employer

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and dedicated to providing employees a workplace with reasonable accommodations and free of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. At McMaster-Carr, we do not make employment decisions based on age, ethnicity, citizenship status, military status, gender identity and expression, race, religion, disability status, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected group.

This position is not eligible for work authorization sponsorship by McMaster-Carr.

Data We Collect

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