Strategic Sourcing Partner

Busey Bank; Champaign (IL); On-site; USD 63,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Profit sharing

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid time off

Medical, dental, vision

Job summary

Busey Bank is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Partner to identify and engage top talent across markets by building strong candidate pipelines. You will craft innovative sourcing strategies and maintain an authentic employer narrative to attract passive candidates.

In collaboration with recruiting and hiring managers, you will enhance candidate engagement, manage brand presence on major platforms, and continuously monitor sourcing tool performance to stay ahead in evolving talent markets.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of talent sourcing, recruiting and/or hiring experience preferred.
• Experience building candidate pipelines and passive candidate engagement.

Responsibilities

• Create sourcing strategies to identify qualified candidates.
• Collaborate with Recruiting Team and hiring managers to understand position requirements.
• Source a talent pool through diverse channels (online databases, search engines, social media, email campaigns, cold calling, networks).
• Screen and evaluate candidates to determine suitability for open positions.
• Maintain accurate candidate records in databases.
• Develop and manage employment brand strategies across platforms (Busey Career Page, LI, Indeed, Circa).
• Train hiring managers on LinkedIn Recruiter usage.
• Monitor performance metrics of sourcing tools.
• Maintain relationships with Talent Acquisition Team and passive candidates.
• Stay updated on talent market trends and AI sourcing tools.

Skills

Sourcing strategies

Relationship building

Communication

Teamwork

Problem solving

Education

Associates degree

Tools

Workday

CRM

Job description

Position Summary

The Strategic Sourcing Partner identifies and engages top talent through creating and implementing innovative sourcing strategies, ensuring consistent messaging focused on passive candidates. This talent partner builds strong candidate pipelines for positions across all markets while shaping a compelling, authentic narrative about Busey as an employer. The partner works cross-functionally with recruiting and hiring managers to increase talent attraction, candidate engagement and differentiate the organization in competitive talent markets.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Create sourcing strategies to identify qualified candidates to convert into interested candidates.
• Collaborate with the Recruiting Team and hiring managers to understand position requirements and develop effective sourcing strategies.
• Source a talent pool through various creative sourcing channels, including online databases, search engines, social media platforms, email campaigns, cold calling, and professional networks.
• Screen and evaluate candidates’ profiles to determine their suitability for open positions as well as contacting the candidate to determine their suitability for open positions.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date candidate records on all candidate interactions in the various databases.
• Develop, execute and manage the employment brand strategies to further drive the talent brand initiatives including managing Largely, Busey Career Page, LI, Indeed and Circa.
• Work closely with the branding team on social media posts such as Facebook, LI, and Instagram.
• Conduct regular trainings with hiring managers on how to use LI recruiter
• Monitor performance metrics of sourcing tools utilized.
• Maintain a strong relationship with the Talent Acquisition Team to provide qualified candidates for open positions.
• Maintain contact with existing talent pool candidates to obtain and capture up to date market intelligence and briefing them on potential current and future opportunities.
• Keep up to date with future talent needs and proactively source; develop talent pool and pipeline as needed.
• Monitor latest trends and developments of sourcing tools and technologies including the AI resources.
• Provide feedback to the Talent Acquisition Manager on the recruitment marketplace and trends.
• Promote our talent brand as a great place to work and drive to present a compelling story.
• Gather data around competition and market conditions or trends that may impact the ability to attract talent.

Education & Experience

Knowledge Of

• Experience using Applicant Tracking Systems, CRM and various other recruiting platforms; Workday is a preferred.
• Building relationships, sourcing candidates and filling positions timely.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and teamwork skills; ability to build working relationships.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to identify hiring challenges and develop effective solutions.
• Self-starter who can remain flexible and comfortable with ambiguity

Ability To

• Handle multiple tasks at the same time with frequent interruptions and strict time constraints.
• Utilizing social media tools such as LinkedIn, for sourcing and recruitment.
• Maintain confidentiality; adhere to Busey’s policies and procedures; comply with laws, regulations and industry best practice

Education And Experience

• Associates degree with 3-5 years of talent sourcing, recruiting and/or hiring experience preferred.
• Previous Human Resources or related experience required.
• Requires knowledge of Microsoft Office.

Compensation And Benefits

Salary offered is based on factors, including but not limited to, the job duties, required qualifications and relevant experience, and local market trends. The role may be eligible for bonus or incentives based on company and individual performance.

(Base Pay Range: $63,000 - $75,000/yr)

Busey provides a competitive Total Rewards package in return for your time, talents, efforts and ultimately, results. Your personal and professional well-being—now and in the years to come—are important to us. Busey’s Total Rewards include a competitive benefits package offering 401(k) match, profit sharing, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, company-paid life insurance and long-term disability, supplemental voluntary life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, wellness incentives and an employee assistance program. In addition, eligible associates may take advantage of pre-tax health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts. Visit Busey Total Rewards for more information.

Equal Opportunity

Busey values a diverse and inclusive workplace and strives to recruit, develop and retain individuals with exceptional talent. A team with diverse talent, working together, is essential to Busey’s commitment of delivering extraordinary excellence. Busey is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets. Visit Busey.com/Careers to learn more about Busey’s Equal Opportunity Employment.

Unsolicited Resumes

Busey Bank, and its subsidiaries, does not accept any liability for fees for resumes from recruiters or employment agencies ("Agency"), without a binding, written recruitment agreement between Busey and Agency describing the services and specific job openings ("Agreement"). Busey may consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume and explicitly reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the Agency, unless an Agreement is in place. Any email or verbal contact with any Busey associate is inadequate to create a binding agreement. Agencies without an Agreement are requested not to contact any associates of Busey with recruiting inquiries or resumes. Busey respectfully requests no phone calls or emails.