Talent Acquisition Partner - Manufacturing

Elanco in; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Elanco is seeking a Talent Acquisition Partner for Manufacturing (Creative Design) to lead full life cycle recruitment in the US. You will source, screen, negotiate offers, and advise business leaders on talent strategy, leveraging ERP/CRM tools to optimize efficiency.

You will partner with hiring teams to attract diverse talent, improve processes, and advocate for the Elanco employer brand while delivering a superior candidate experience.

Qualifications

• Education: High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Experience: 7+ years in full life cycle recruiting or related experience.
• Strong collaboration across teams and tech-savvy with ERP/CRM tools.

Responsibilities

• Own full life cycle recruiting from intake to hire, partnering with hiring managers.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies to attract diverse, high-quality talent.
• Champion the employer brand and improve recruitment processes and metrics.
• Build relationships with candidates, hiring managers, HR, and vendors.

Skills

Collaboration

ERP/CRM tech

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

SAP

Workday

CRM systems

Job description

Talent Acquisition Partner - Manufacturing (Creative Design)

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you'll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals' lives better makes life better – join our team today!

Your Role:

Talent Acquisition Partner

As a Talent Acquisition Partner, you will drive full life cycle recruiting including candidate sourcing, screening, as well as extending and negotiating offers. You will be a member of our US recruiting team and a trusted advisor to key areas of the business where you will proactively partner on strategic talent acquisition initiatives. You will champion recruitment processes, and demonstrate knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, total rewards, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems including effectively leveraging technology and AI advancements to improve efficiency in the recruiting process.

Your Responsibilities:

• Own full-cycle recruiting from intake and posting through screening, interviewing, negotiating offers, and hiring, while partnering closely with hiring managers and ensuring an excellent candidate experience.
• Develop and execute sourcing and recruiting strategies to attract diverse, high-quality talent; collaborate with Talent Acquisition Strategic Sourcing team and participate in key recruiting events including campus recruiting.
• Champion Elanco's employer brand, effectively marketing the company, function, and roles to prospective candidates.
• Optimize and standardize recruitment processes; educate and influence hiring leaders; and drive continuous improvement on key metrics (e.g., documentation compliance, candidate and hiring manager satisfaction).
• Build and manage critical relationships (candidates, hiring managers, HR, and external vendors), including vendor management for hard-to-fill roles.

What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):

• Education: High School Diploma
• Experience: 7+ years' work experience in full life cycle recruiting or relevant experience.
• Top skills include: collaboration (willingness to be a team player, working across teams optimizing workload and capabilities) and technology and software skills (Enterprise and human resource planning ERP software such as SAP, WorkDay and candidate relationship management (CRM) systems).

What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications):

• Bachelor's or advanced degree
• Previous experience supporting manufacturing, warehouse or high-volume recruiting
• Experience with GEM as a candidate management system
• Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing excellent customer and personal services for hiring teams and candidates. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Deductive Reasoning, problem solving and problem sensitivity — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong; recognizing that there is or may be a problem.

Additional Information:

• Travel:Minimal

Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status

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