Talent Acquisition Partner

UNKNOWN; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Hayward Holdings Inc. is seeking a Talent Acquisition Partner to design and execute full-cycle recruitment for professional roles across locations, contributing to the company’s continued growth.

This role blends strategy and hands-on execution in a dynamic environment. You will lead internship and early career hiring, partner with hiring managers, craft job descriptions and interview guides, proactively source candidates, and guide them through offers, onboarding, and integration into Hayward’s

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree is required.
• 3+ years of full-cycle corporate recruiting in manufacturing or similar industries.
• Experience with Workday Recruit ATS.
• Strong sourcing skills and understanding of social media platforms (LinkedIn, Boolean search).
• Highly developed passive recruiting skills: prospecting, cold calling, referrals.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement end-to-end recruitment plans for assigned roles.
• Lead internship and early career recruiting initiatives.
• Create role-based job descriptions and interview guides.
• Source, pre-screen and manage candidates through the process.
• Schedule interviews and facilitate decision meetings with hiring teams.
• Monitor offers and align expectations with compensation practices.
• Manage pre-employment and onboarding for new hires.
• Partner with agencies, colleges, and universities to attract talent.
• Execute sourcing searches via niche boards, networks, and ATS tools.
• Leverage LinkedIn, Indeed, Handshake and branding tools to attract top candidates.

Skills

Sourcing skills

Passive recruiting

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Workday Recruit ATS

Job description

Hayward Holdings Inc. (NYSE "HAYW") is one of the leading manufacturers of residential swimming pool equipment in the world, with a significant presence in the commercial pool market that is continuously growing. Hayward designs, manufactures, and markets a full line of residential and commercial pool and spa equipment including pumps, filters, heating, cleaners, salt chlorinators, automation, lighting, safety, flow control and energy solutions at our company owned facilities. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Hayward also has facilities in Tennessee, Arizona, and Rhode Island, Georgia, as well as Canada, Spain, France, Australia, and China.

As the Talent Acquisition Partner, you are a critical part of the talent acquisition team, supporting talent planning and strategy. You will work with a team of human resource professionals and people leaders across various locations to deliver key talent in support of the continued growth of Hayward! This role will be equal parts strategy and execution. You will have the opportunity to manage and deliver full-service recruitment support for a variety of professional roles. Through research, talent intelligence and your technical skills, you will learn about the market and proactively target talent of companies and industries for these assigned roles.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement end-to-end recruitment plan for assigned positions to attract a strong and diverse pipeline of talent that aligns with the business goals. This includes a timeframe from the initial recruiting strategy session to Day 1.
• Lead & execute internship and early career talent recruiting.
• Your full cycle recruitment ownership process will include, but not limited to
• Collaborating with the hiring manager and HRBP to determine what the right talent profile for a role, assist in creating the job description for that role.
• Creating role-based interview guides, ensuring alignment with hiring manager on competencies to assess and interview stages and process.
• Proactively source and manage candidates through the recruitment process and updating hiring managers and leadership on status.
• Pre-screen and/or interview applicants to assess interests, job match and qualifications in comparison to the job requirements and Hayward’s Mission, Vision, and Values.
• Schedule candidate interviews with the hiring manager and interview team.
• Facilitating the decision meetings, including convening interviewers, and documenting decisions and next steps.
• Monitor job offers and proactively raise concerns regarding alignment of candidate expectations as compared to current compensation practices.
• Manage the pre-employment and onboarding process for new hires.
• Assist with facilitating the new hire orientation.
• Partner with employment agencies, community organizations, colleges, and universities to attract talent.
• Execute sourcing searches which may include cold calling, networking, identifying applicant associations/pools/professional groups and affiliations, websites, Boolean searches, targeted companies/individuals, use of analytics tools, etc.
• Leverage online recruiting resources, such as niche job boards, associations, LinkedIn, Indeed, Handshake, career center websites and ATS to identify and recruit the very best candidates.
• Utilize appropriate social media sourcing and branding tools to support talent attraction.
• Communicate positive candidate impressions of Hayward’s culture, work environment and total rewards practices; clear understanding and communication of benefits and perks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 3+ years’ experience of full cycle corporate recruiting for a variety of disciplines in the manufacturing industry (Finance, IT, Marketing, Sales, Operations, etc.)
• Experience with Workday Recruit ATS
• Strong Sourcing skills and excellent understanding of Social Media sites, LinkedIn, Boolean Web Strings, etc.
• Highly developed passive recruiting skills: i.e. prospect identification, cold calling, referral generation, competitive intel-gathering

Other Skills and Attributes

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral), client-support orientation, and the ability to work effectively with all levels of the organization and with a wide range of clients.
• Able to thrive in a fast-paced, high-performance team environment
• Interest in related projects and responsibilities when hiring needs slow (e.g. recruiting operations, ATS migration, professional development, L&D, employee relations, etc.)
• Must be able to work well under pressure and have the flexibility to assist team in meeting client demands on accelerated schedules.
• Ability to manage multiple open requisitions simultaneously.
• Competitive nature with a bias toward action.
• Sound and proven judgement and decision-making skills. Ability to maintain professionalism and handle sensitive documents and confidential information with discretion.
• Ability to communicate and build relationships with leaders both domestically and globally.
• Working knowledge of applicable market employment laws.
• Flexibility to work independently and collaboratively with various project teams on multiple tasks within a cross-functional, matrixed reporting structure.
• Critical thinking skills, able to analyze and interpret data, information and identify pattern, trends, and insights to develop appropriate solutions.

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