Talent Partner - Contract

ABB; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ABB is seeking a contract Talent Acquisition Partner to join our Global Business Services in Houston. You will partner with business and HR leaders to provide technical expertise, solutions and TA support to attract, develop and retain the workforce needed to deliver the business strategy.

The role works hybrid from the Houston office and involves collaborating with hiring managers, sourcing internally and externally, screening resumes, conducting interviews, coordinating schedules, and

Qualifications

• 5+ years Talent Acquisition experience in a high performing global organization or an RPO.
• End-to-end recruiting: brief, sourcing plan, outreach, offers and close.
• Workday experience is highly preferred.
• Proven use of digital and social media for recruiting.
• Ability to network with senior leaders and influence decisions across cultures.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with hiring managers and HR leaders to understand staffing needs and role requirements.
• Source from internal and external pools to create opportunities.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies to attract qualified candidates.
• Screen resumes, interview candidates, and manage communications.
• Coordinate and schedule interviews with hiring teams.
• Maintain applicant tracking systems and ensure positive candidate experience.
• Monitor recruitment metrics and report to leadership.
• Stay current on TA trends and best practices in a global context.

Skills

Full lifecycle recruiting

Stakeholder management

Candidate sourcing

Workday ATS

English communication

Global market knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Tools

Workday

Job description

At ABB, we help industries outrun - leaner and cleaner. Here, progress is an expectation - for you, your team, and the world. As a global market leader, we’ll give you what you need to make it happen. It won’t always be easy, growing takes grit. But at ABB, you’ll never run alone. Run what runs the world.

This is a contract role reporting to the Talent Acquisition Hub Team Lead within GBS (Global Business Services), the role will be responsible to partner with business and HR leaders to provide technical expertise, solutions and Talent Acquisition support within a Country/Hub to attract, develop and retain the appropriate workforce to deliver the business strategy. The role will support the development of GBS Talent Acquisition & Talent Advancement expert services within the Country/Hub and implement the Global Talent Function strategy to deliver solutions to talent challenges.

The work model for the role is: Hybrid (#Li-Hybrid) in our Houston, TX Office

Your role and responsibilities:

• Collaborate with hiring managers and HR leaders to understand staffing needs and role requirements.
• Conducts search within internal ABB talent pools and external talent pools to ensure internal career and development opportunities.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies to attract qualified candidates.
• Screen resumes, conduct interviews, and manage candidate communications throughout the hiring process.
• Coordinate and schedule interviews with hiring teams.
• Maintain and update applicant tracking systems (ATS) - Workday.
• Ensure a positive candidate and hiring manager experience from application to onboarding.
• Monitor recruitment metrics and provide regular reports to leadership.
• Stay current on industry trends and best practices in talent acquisition.
• Working in a complex and dynamic global organization with the on-going ABB-OS Transformation and the evolving HR service delivery model.
• Balancing external market pressure and demand for talent and internal demand for talent to be delivered with a timely and quality service.
• Ensuring delivery of services given the complex global internal processes and systems through collab-oration across GBS, HRBPs, Sourcers and the Business.
• Working autonomously in location but as part of a regional cluster.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree with at 5+years’ professional Talent Acquisition experience in a high performing global organization, or an RPO (or similar)company.
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience with full lifecycle recruiting including job brief, developing sourcing/marketing plan, candidate outreach and development, offer and close.
• Workday experience highly preferred
• Demonstrated success with various recruiting strategies and techniques, including use of digital and social media; strategic mindset with a thorough understanding of business drivers and Talent Acquisition and Advancement trends within the US.
• Prior experience working across cultures and with multi-function stakeholders.
• Ability to network with and influence senior Business and HR leaders globally; exceptional communication skills, strong customer service orientation with proven consulting and influencing skills.
• Strong English language skills, both written and verbal.