Talent Acquisition Manager

Shorr Packaging Corporation; Aurora (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Shorr Packaging Corporation is seeking a hands-on Talent Acquisition Manager to lead recruiting for sales and leadership roles while coaching a recruiting team. You will partner with senior leaders to build talent pipelines, drive processes, and strengthen the employer brand, ensuring a superior candidate experience.

You will personally lead key searches while developing others to deliver recruiting excellence across the organization, including multi-location hiring and innovative sourcing

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years of progressive talent acquisition experience.
• Demonstrated experience recruiting sales, sales leadership, and corporate leadership roles.
• Experience directly sourcing passive candidates and building pipelines.
• Experience partnering with senior leadership teams.
• Previous experience leading, mentoring, or managing recruiters.
• Demonstrated experience with applicant tracking systems, LinkedIn Recruiter, AI sourcing and modern sourcing tools.
• Industrial, packaging, distribution, manufacturing, logistics, or B2B sales environments.
• Executive search or retained search experience a plus.
• Multi-location recruiting experience.
• Experience supporting high-growth organizations.

Responsibilities

• Lead full-cycle recruitment for sales, leadership, and other business-critical roles.
• Develop search strategies and targeted sourcing plans for passive talent.
• Build and maintain robust pipelines of sales and leadership talent.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring leaders throughout the selection process.
• Coach, mentor, and develop recruiters.
• Establish recruiting best practices, metrics, and service levels.
• Provide guidance on sourcing strategies, candidate assessment, and stakeholder management.
• Lead recruiter development and capability-building efforts.
• Develop and implement structured interview processes, guides, and evaluation tools.
• Analyze recruiting metrics and market trends to improve hiring outcomes.
• Recommend innovative sourcing approaches and recruitment technologies.
• Strengthen diversity of candidate slates and talent pools to achieve affirmative action goals.
• Conduct intake meetings with hiring managers and leadership teams.
• Partner and consult with HR on organizational design, talent needs, compensation and market availability.
• Assist leaders in defining ideal candidate profiles and hiring criteria.
• Train managers on interviewing best practices and candidate evaluation.
• Promote Shorr's employee ownership culture and employer value proposition.
• Represent Shorr at career fairs, networking functions, and professional associations.
• Develop talent communities and referral strategies.
• Support social recruiting and employment branding initiatives via Glassdoor, Indeed, LinkedIn, etc.

Job description

The Talent Acquisition Manager is a hands-on recruiting leader responsible for attracting, assessing, and hiring top talent across Shorr Packaging, with a primary emphasis on sales and business-critical leadership roles. This position serves as a player-coach, balancing personal recruiting responsibilities with leadership of recruiting processes, talent strategies, and recruiter development.

The successful candidate will partner closely with senior leaders, hiring managers, and HR to identify talent needs, build proactive talent pipelines, strengthen Shorr's employment brand, and ensure an exceptional candidate experience. This individual will be expected to personally lead sales, leadership, and hard-to-fill searches while coaching others to deliver recruiting excellence across the organization.

Responsibilities

Sales & Leadership Recruiting

• Lead full-cycle recruitment for director-level and above positions, sales roles, national accounts, commercial, and other business-critical positions.
• Develop search strategies and targeted sourcing plans for passive talent.
• Build and maintain robust pipelines of sales, leadership, and industry talent.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring leaders throughout the selection process.

Leadership & Team Development

• Coach, mentor, and develop recruiters.
• Establish recruiting best practices, metrics, and service levels.
• Provide guidance on sourcing strategies, candidate assessment, and stakeholder management.
• Lead recruiter development and capability-building efforts.

Talent Acquisition Strategy

• Develop and implement consistent, structured interview processes, guides, and evaluation tools across the company.
• Analyze recruiting metrics and market trends to improve hiring outcomes.
• Recommend innovative sourcing approaches and recruitment technologies.
• Strengthen diversity of candidate slates and talent pools to achieve affirmative action goals.

Hiring Manager Partnership

• Conduct intake meetings with hiring managers and leadership teams.
• Partner and consult with HR on organizational design, talent needs, compensation and market availability.
• Assist leaders in defining ideal candidate profiles and hiring criteria.
• Train managers on interviewing best practices and candidate evaluation.

Employer Brand & Talent Marketing

• Promote Shorr's employee ownership culture and employer value proposition.
• Represent Shorr at career fairs, networking functions, and professional associations.
• Develop talent communities and referral strategies.
• Support social recruiting and employment branding initiatives via Glassdoor, Indeed, LinkedIn, etc.

Requirements

• 7-10+ years of progressive talent acquisition experience.
• Demonstrated experience recruiting sales, sales leadership, and corporate leadership roles.
• Experience directly sourcing passive candidates and building pipelines
• Experience partnering with senior leadership teams.
• Previous experience leading, mentoring, or managing recruiters.
• Demonstrated experience with applicant tracking systems, LinkedIn Recruiter, AI sourcing and modern sourcing tools.
• Industrial, packaging, distribution, manufacturing, logistics, or B2B sales environments.
• Executive search or retained search experience a plus.
• Multi-location recruiting experience.
• Experience supporting high-growth organizations.