Senior Recruiter
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Description
Job Overview
The Senior Recruiter is responsible for leading full-cycle recruiting efforts to ensure the timely acquisition of qualified talent across manufacturing, operations, corporate, and support functions. This role partners closely with hiring managers and business leaders to develop recruiting strategies, build talent pipelines, improve hiring processes, and ensure a positive candidate experience from sourcing through onboarding. The Senior Recruiter serves as a trusted talent advisor while driving key staffing metrics, workforce planning initiatives, and employment branding activities.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Lead full-cycle recruiting for hourly, salaried, exempt, and non-exempt positions across multiple business functions.
- Develop and execute sourcing strategies through job boards, social media, employee referrals, networking, and community partnerships.
- Build and maintain talent pipelines to support current and future hiring needs.
- Screen, interview, and evaluate candidates to ensure alignment with job requirements and company culture.
- Partner with hiring managers to develop recruiting strategies, define candidate profiles, and support hiring decisions.
- Manage the candidate experience throughout the recruitment process, including communication, scheduling, and offer coordination.
- Create and manage job postings and represent the company at job fairs, recruiting events, and community outreach activities.
- Ensure completion of all pre-employment requirements, including background checks, drug screens, employment verification, I-9, and E-Verify compliance.
- Coordinate onboarding activities, new hire paperwork, orientation, and training follow-up.
- Maintain accurate records in the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and other HR systems.
- Monitor recruiting metrics and prepare reports on open positions, time-to-fill, turnover, candidate pipelines, and hiring trends.
- Conduct labor market and compensation research to support competitive hiring practices.
- Coordinate staffing needs with operations management and external staffing partners.
- Support payroll and staffing administration as needed and provide backup front office support when required.
- Adhere to all company policies, GMP, food safety, quality, and workplace safety requirements.
- Report food safety and quality concerns to appropriate management and promote compliance throughout the organization.
- Maintain confidentiality of candidate, employee, and business information.
- Support HR projects and perform additional duties as assigned.
Physical Demands/Essential Job Functions
- Ability to sit, stand, walk, bend, reach, kneel, and crouch throughout the workday.
- Frequent use of hands and fingers to operate office equipment and computer systems.
- Ability to lift, carry, and move items weighing up to 35 pounds.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.
Work Environment
This position is based within a manufacturing facility and office environment. While on the production floor, employees may be exposed to:
- Moderate to high noise levels
- Continuous equipment and forklift traffic
- Active manufacturing operations
- Varying temperatures within designated areas
Required personal protective equipment (PPE) and GMP attire may include:
- Hair nets
- Beard nets
- Safety glasses
- Protective gloves
Education, Experience, and Training
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, Organizational Development, or a related field preferred.
- 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, preferably within manufacturing, industrial, consumer packaged goods (CPG), food production, distribution, or staffing environments.
- Experience recruiting for high-volume hourly and professional-level positions.
- Proven success building candidate pipelines and meeting aggressive hiring targets.
- Experience utilizing Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and recruitment technologies.
Skills & Competencies
- Strong interviewing and candidate assessment skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication abilities.
- Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, HRIS, ATS platforms, and reporting tools.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving capabilities.
- Ability to manage multiple requisitions and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Knowledge of employment laws, hiring compliance, and recruitment best practices.
- Bilingual English/Spanish and/or English/French strongly preferred.
- Ability to work flexible schedules and additional hours as business needs require.
Preferred Qualifications
- Manufacturing, food manufacturing, or consumer packaged goods recruiting experience.
- Experience with Success Factors
- Experience supporting union and non-union environments.
- Experience with workforce planning, recruitment metrics, and strategic talent acquisition initiatives.