Sr. Talent Acquisition Partner
Description
Reports to: Human Resources leadership, Americas
Location: Shoreview, MN (hybrid), with travel to U.S. and Mexico sites, about 20%
Pay range: $98,000 - $113,000 base, plus a 15% target bonus tied to hiring results
Benefits: medical, dental and vision; 401(k) with company match; life and disability coverage; paid time off and holidays
About Binks
Binks designs and manufactures finishing equipment used by industrial and automotive refinish customers around the world. Our plan is simple: play offense in the core and become the undisputed #1 in (Re)Finish. We run it on five pillars: Customer Experience, New Product Development, Portfolio Management, Operational Excellence and Commercial Engine. Our standard is the Binks Way: Bold, Innovative, Nimble, Knowledgeable, Sustainable.
We are a performance company. Pay, advancement and opportunity follow results and how they are delivered. Every hire either raises the bar or lowers it, and this role exists to raise it.
The role
You own recruiting for North America, hands-on, for hourly and salaried roles. You also set the hiring standard for Binks worldwide and guide our regional HR leaders in Europe and Asia-Pacific on how they use recruiting agencies. You are a working recruiter first: you source, call, assess and close. Success is measured in quality hires made fast, at lower cost.
What you will deliver
Fill the roles that drive the plan.
- Commercial Engine: technical sales specialists, account managers and national account managers who carry our Go-to-Market Model, Geographic Penetration and Strategic Pricing work into the field.
- New Product Development: engineers and technical talent for Smart Pumps, the Refinish Gun, Dispense Globalization and the Shoreview Lab.
- Operational Excellence: plant leaders, supervisors, skilled trades and production associates who deliver Lead Time Reduction, S&OP and Strategic Sourcing.
- Customer Experience: service, support and digital talent behind the Customer Portal.
Recruit like a search firm, from the inside.
- Map target companies, competitors, distributors and suppliers for each territory and skill set before a role is posted.
- Source directly and work referrals from our own teams. Job boards are one channel, not the strategy.
- Run high-volume hourly hiring for our plants alongside senior salaried searches, without either one slipping.
- Be the face of recruiting at Binks, meeting employees and managers where they work rather than from your office.
Set one hiring standard.
- Run every search on a written scorecard: the results the role must deliver and the behaviors it requires.
- Train hiring managers on structured, evidence-based interviews tied to that scorecard. Hold the line on quality when a manager wants to settle.
- Move fast. Agree the timeline with each hiring manager up front and hold both sides to it.
Bring agency spend under control.
- Decide when an agency is the right tool and when it is not. Manage the ones we keep to written scope, negotiated rates and service levels.
- Guide regional HR in EMEA and APAC on agency selection, terms and the shared interview standard.
- Keep one source of truth for every vendor agreement, rate and placement.
Run recruiting on data.
- Report monthly on time to slate, time to fill, source of hire, agency spend, hiring-manager satisfaction and one-year quality of hire.
- Use AI tools for sourcing, screening and outreach, in line with our AI Deployment initiative and policy.
- Own the applicant tracking workflow and keep it accurate.
- Other duties as assigned.
What you bring
- 7+ years of full-cycle recruiting, with at least 3 in manufacturing, industrial products or a closely related sector.
- A track record in both hourly plant hiring and salaried professional searches, including technical sales and engineering.
- Agency or search-firm experience strongly preferred. You know how agencies work because you have done the work.
- Proven direct sourcing: LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, market mapping and cold outreach.
- Comfort coaching senior leaders and telling them what they do not want to hear, backed by data.
- Experience managing outside recruiting vendors to contract terms and results.
- Experience supporting hiring outside the U.S. is a plus. Spanish is a plus.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
How we will measure you
In your first year: most Americas roles filled without an agency, materially lower agency spend, slates in days rather than months, and hires who are still here and performing a year later.
Binks is an equal opportunity employer. We hire, pay and promote on qualifications, results and conduct.