Talent Acquisition Leader: Build Pipelines & Brand

Rehrig Pacific Company, Inc.; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Rehrig Pacific Company is seeking a seasoned Talent Acquisition Manager to lead our recruiting strategy across manufacturing operations. You will build and manage a team, establish standards, and partner with plant leaders to forecast hiring needs.

Responsibilities include employer branding, campus recruiting, and developing pipelines with schools and communities, while traveling domestically up to 30% to support growth and staffing initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or related field, or equivalent experience.
• At least five years of talent acquisition experience across multiple organizational levels.
• Experience developing talent acquisition, campus recruiting, employer-branding, and candidate-pipeline strategies.
• Experience leading or coordinating a talent acquisition or recruiting team.
• Demonstrated ability to build effective partnerships with hiring managers and cross-functional leaders.
• Experience planning and executing job fairs, career events, internship programs, or similar recruiting initiatives.
• Experience using recruiting processes, systems, and measures to evaluate and improve effectiveness.
• Experience in supporting a manufacturing or logistics organization preferred.
• Willingness to travel domestically approximately 30%

Responsibilities

• Directly manage the Talent Acquisition team, ensuring alignment with organizational hiring strategies and performance objectives.
• Establish and continuously improve organization-wide talent acquisition standards, systems, tools, processes and practices that align with the Rehrig Accountable Management System.
• Directly support hiring needs for Plant Managers, Site Managers, Director, and above.
• Monitor recruiting effectiveness and use results to improve candidate quality, process consistency, hiring efficiency, and stakeholder experience.
• Build and maintain qualified candidate pipelines for recurring and forecasted workforce needs in service to Operations and functional group leaders.
• Develop and maintain consistent employer branding practices and resources for job-boards and hiring events in coordination with the Communication & Education team.
• Establish recruiting partnerships with trade schools, colleges, and community programs in coordination with the Community and Engagement Lead, designated operations leaders, and functional group leaders.
• Establish and manage the annual internship program, including workforce planning, recruiting timelines, selection practices, program events, and expansion into priority business functions.
• Develop staffing plans with plant, site, and operations leaders that translate forecasted and approved workforce needs into hiring priorities that maintain adequate staffing levels.
• Monitor operations turnover rates and advise on impacts to staffing plans with operations leaders.
• Embed job board and social media practices with LinkedIn, Indeed, and Glassdoor that enhance our employer branding.
• Develop market research and staffing ramp-up plans for new-site openings and organizational transitions.
• Refine and structure the organization’s internal job posting practices to make opportunities more accessible.

Skills

Talent acquisition

Leadership

Campus recruiting

Employer branding

Stakeholder management

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration

Tools

ATS

LinkedIn Recruiter

Job description

Rehrig Pacific Company is seeking a seasoned Talent Acquisition Manager to lead our recruiting strategy across manufacturing operations. You will build and manage a team, establish standards, and partner with plant leaders to forecast hiring needs.

Responsibilities include employer branding, campus recruiting, and developing pipelines with schools and communities, while traveling domestically up to 30% to support growth and staffing initiatives.