TA Partner Early Careers

McCain Foods; Oakbrook Terrace (IL); On-site; USD 66,000 - 87,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Retirement benefits

Leave support

Well-being programs

Volunteer time

Mental health resources

Job summary

McCain Foods USA, Inc. in Oakbrook Terrace, IL seeks a Sr. Talent Partner, Early Careers to lead high-volume onboarding for interns, co-ops, and rotational programs across North America.

This role blends campus strategy with enterprise recruiting, partnering with business leaders to shape pipeline development, enhance candidate experiences, and convert top interns into future opportunities. Based at the Oakbrook office, the position requires a minimum of three days onsite and collaboration

Qualifications

• 2+ years of recruiting experience in a corporate environment.
• Experience leading campus, early-career, high-volume, or program-based recruitment.
• Ability to translate workforce needs into proactive sourcing and pipeline strategies.
• Experience building trusted relationships with candidates, hiring leaders, HR partners, and university or community partners.
• Strong interviewing, assessment, influence, consultation, and offer-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, locations, stakeholders, and recruiting cycles with quality candidate experiences.
• Experience with applicant tracking systems; SuccessFactors and Phenom are a plus.
• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, or related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead early-careers recruitment across North America for interns, co-ops, and rotational programs.
• Shape campus strategy by partnering with business and coordinating events and employer-brand activities.
• Grow internal conversion pipelines, supporting timely decisions and future opportunities.
• Deliver an exceptional hiring experience with diverse talent pipelines and transparent offers.
• Recruit for corporate, plant, manufacturing, and other priority roles during non-peak campus periods.
• Maintain accurate activity in SuccessFactors and Phenom; support TA projects and best practices.

Skills

Campus recruitment

High-volume hiring

Relationship building

Interviewing

Sourcing strategies

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or related field

Tools

SuccessFactors

Phenom

Job description

Position Title: TA Partner Early Careers

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time

Grade: Grade 04

Requisition ID: 44474

Sr. Talent Partner, Early Careers

Oakbrook, IL USA

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.

Benefits:

At McCain, we’re on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and well-being at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person’s needs are unique and ensure our benefits & well-being programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits:

• health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug)
• retirement savings benefits
• leave support including medical, family and bereavement
• well-being programs include vacation and holidays
• company-supported volunteering time
• mental health resources

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family‑owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.

Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCain’s Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy, as applicable. McCain leverages AI in the hiring process, though all final decisions are made by humans. You can understand our approach to AI and how your personal information is being handled here.

Job Family: Human Resources

Location(s): US - United States of America : Illinois : Oakbrook Terrace || US - United States of America : Illinois : Chicago || US - United States of America : Illinois : Lisle

Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.