Sourcing Specialist

FutureStep Korn Ferry; Addison (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

FutureStep Korn Ferry in Addison, Texas is seeking a Sourcing Specialist who will be responsible for ensuring a strong candidate pipeline through innovative sourcing strategies. You will collaborate closely with business partners to align your activities and understand recruitment needs.

The ideal candidate should have at least 2 years of relevant sourcing or recruiting experience, demonstrate excellent communication abilities, and be proficient in project management. This position offers an opportunity to work with leading global clients in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of Sourcing and/or Recruiting experience.
• Extensive experience in a research or sourcing function.
• Ability to manage and optimize multiple sourcing channels.

Responsibilities

• Develop a strong candidate pipeline strategy.
• Align sourcing activities with workforce plans.
• Define and implement Sourcing Strategy for talent pools.

Skills

Sourcing and Recruiting experience

Research or sourcing function

Project management skills

Verbal and written communication

Negotiation skills

Data analysis and interpretation

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Office applications

Job description

With 39 offices across 20 countries, Futurestep is the global industry leader in high impact recruitment solutions. As part of the Korn Ferry International organization, Futurestep provides its employees with a truly global opportunity to work with the best clients, and the best tools, technologies and expertise in the industry.

At Futurestep, we are passionate about what we do, and we strive to make a positive impact, not just on the lives of our clients and candidates, but our colleagues too. We work with the world’s leading companies - they come to us because they want to transform their business, and that requires trust. We listen, understand and develop solutions that make a difference for our clients, accelerating growth in our business and expansion into even more markets.

Job Description

As a Sourcing Specialist, you will be responsible for ensuring a strong potential candidate pipeline strategy for all Futurestep RPO/Project clients through indirect and indirect candidate sourcing, sourcing channel optimization and proactive development of talent pools.

Key Accountabilities

Work closely with Business Partners to align sourcing activities to workforce plans and understand recruitment needs.

Identify the channels and strategy to source candidates matching client requirements.

Define, design and help implement the Sourcing Strategy for building talent pools of specific candidate profiles.

Ensure the development and optimization of a broad range of sourcing channels that improve the quantity and quality of the Client talent pool.

Measure and monitor the effectiveness of the strategic sourcing framework against predefined outcomes.

Assist Client to clearly define and develop a compelling employee value proposition and incorporate this into the Sourcing Strategy framework.

Work with Client marketing / brand communications to develop relevant candidate communications and messages.

Source, secure and leverage relevant media and communication channels.

Ensure effective Candidate Relationship Management strategies are developed and utilized by the sourcing team to build strong relationships with the passive candidate community.

Ensure the active and effective promotion of sourcing programs as required, such as Employee Referral program, Alumni, Graduate Program, Internal Mobility.

Define and lead the framework for Client Sourcing Strategies: gathering competitive intelligence, developing targeted sourcing environments, conducting research into competing companies through multiple channels and creating talent maps.

Keep abreast of sourcing best practices (systems, tools and processes).

Partner with recruiters and team members to generate ideas and share information to facilitate an effective search process.

Utilize required systems to track candidates, workflow, sourcing data and screening information.

Provide responsive and proactive customer service via telephone, e‑mail, etc.

Provide support, advice, coaching to team members.

Qualifications

Skills & Experience

2+ years of Sourcing and/or Recruiting experience.

Substantial and extensive experience in research or sourcing function in recruitment context.

Ability to define, develop and deliver strategy on the management and optimization of multiple sourcing channels across geographies and sectors to ensure potential candidate pipelines.

Extensive specific sector or Center of Excellence experience in multiple markets/clients/projects.

Ability to consistently conduct interactions with internal and external clients in a timely, professional and responsive manner at all times, set and manage expectations and be able to provide recommendations and advice to client on continuous improvement opportunities.

Quality focused and able to drive continuous improvement.

Must be highly organized and demonstrate ability to multi‑task. High level program/project management skills; systems and process orientation.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Strong presentation and negotiation skills.

Able to identify potential obstacles, issues, roadblocks and proactively address and communicate to both internal and external clients.

Must be able to attend client briefing to understand job requirements and candidate profiles.

Ability to write concise, informative and compelling presentations to successfully market and generate interest in potential solutions.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and Internet usage.

Ability to analyse and interpret data and make informed decisions.

Creative & innovative approach to solving client problems.

Bachelor’s degree. Equivalent experience accepted in lieu of degree.