TA Partner Early Careers

Illinois Ag; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 66,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

McCain seeks a Talent Partner, Early Careers to lead a high-volume internship, co-op, and rotational program hiring across North America. This role develops campus strategies, partners with universities, and delivers an exceptional candidate experience.

You will manage the intern-to-full-time conversion pipeline, align workforce needs with sourcing, and collaborate with leaders to build a robust early-careers pipeline while supporting corporate and manufacturing hiring during off-peak periods.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of recruiting experience in a corporate environment; agency experience is an asset.
• Experience leading campus, early-careers, high-volume, or program-based recruitment; rotational program recruitment is a plus.
• Ability to translate workforce needs into proactive sourcing, campus and pipeline strategies.
• Strong relationship-building with candidates, hiring managers, HR partners, and university/community partners.
• Excellent interviewing, assessment, influencing, consultation, and offer-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, locations, stakeholders, deadlines, and cycles with high-quality candidate experience.
• Experience with applicant tracking systems; SuccessFactors and Phenom are assets.

Responsibilities

• Lead early-careers recruitment with full-cycle, high-volume hiring for interns, co-ops, and rotational programs across North America.
• Shape campus strategy by partnering with business and supporting events and employer-brand activities.
• Grow the conversion pipeline by managing internal pipelines and connecting to future opportunities.
• Deliver an exceptional hiring experience with diverse talent pipelines and transparent offers.
• Flex across Talent Acquisition to support corporate, plant, manufacturing, and other priority roles.
• Maintain accurate activity in SuccessFactors and Phenom; share progress with stakeholders and improve outcomes.

Skills

Campus recruitment

High-volume recruiting

Relationship building

Sourcing strategies

Candidate assessment

Offer management

Stakeholder management

HR partnerships

Campus events coordination

Data-driven recruiting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field

Tools

SuccessFactors

Phenom

Applicant tracking systems

Job description

In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.

About the role.

As a key member of the Talent Acquisition team, the Talent Partner, Early Careers plays a critical role in shaping McCain's future talent pipeline across North America. This is not a traditional recruiting role. You will lead high-volume hiring for interns, co-ops, and rotational programs while bringing our campus strategy to life through university partnerships, exceptional candidate experiences, and workforce-aligned hiring plans.

You will also build and manage our intern and rotational talent conversion pipeline, partnering with business leaders to move high-performing talent into future opportunities. Outside of peak campus recruiting seasons, you will support broader corporate, plant, and manufacturing hiring needs. This unique blend of campus strategy, high-volume recruiting, talent pipeline development, and enterprise recruiting makes the role highly visible and impactful.

This position is based in our Oakbrook, IL corporate office, with a minimum of three days per week onsite.

What you’ll be doing.

• Lead early-careers recruitment.Own full-cycle, high-volume hiring for interns, co-ops, and McCain’s full-time rotational programs across North America.
• Shape campus strategy.Partner with business and execute the campus recruitment strategy by participating in and supporting the coordination and candidate flow of events and employer-brand activities.
• Grow the conversion pipeline.Manage the internal pipeline for returning interns, co-ops, and rotational talent, supporting timely decisions and connections to future opportunities.
• Deliver an exceptional hiring experience.Build diverse talent pipelines, assess candidates, advise hiring managers, and manage offers with transparency and care.
• Flex across Talent Acquisition.During non-peak campus periods, recruit for corporate, plant, manufacturing, and other priority roles across the North America TA portfolio.
• Strengthen operations and results.Maintain accurate activity in SuccessFactors and Phenom, share progress with stakeholders, use data and feedback to improve outcomes, and contribute to TA projects and best practices.

What you’ll need to be successful.

• 2+ years of recruiting experience in a corporate environment; agency experience is an asset
• Demonstrated experience leading campus, early-careers, high-volume, or program-based recruitment; rotational program recruitment experience is an asset
• Ability to translate workforce needs into proactive sourcing, campus, and pipeline strategies
• Experience building trusted relationships with candidates, hiring leaders, HR partners, and external university or community partners
• Strong interviewing, assessment, influencing, consultation, and offer-management skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, locations, stakeholders, deadlines, and recruiting cycles while maintaining a high-quality candidate experience
• Experience with applicant tracking systems and recruiting technology; SuccessFactors and Phenom experience is an asset
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field preferred, or equivalent experience

About the team.

You’ll join a collaborative Talent Acquisition team of 20 supporting hiring across our Manufacturing, Corporate, and Early Careers functions. Our team is spread across the US and Canada, working as one unified group to deliver a consistent, high-quality hiring experience. We value partnership, curiosity, and a service-oriented mindset as we work together to attract and engage top talent across North America.

Leadership principles.

At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.

AI & Digital Capabilities

At McCain, AI and digital capabilities are part of how we work and innovate. We value curiosity toward emerging technologies and the thoughtful, responsible use of AI-enabled tools to improve outcomes as part of our future-ready culture

The McCain experience.

We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you’ll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we’re better together.

Compensation Package: $65,500.00 - $87,400.00 . USD annually + Bonus eligibility

The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education and training, and other organizational needs. This posting is for an existing vacancy.