Talent Acquisition Associate Manager - Maintenance Sourcing

At Niagara, we're looking for Team Members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality most affordable bottled water.

Consider applying here, if you want to:

• Work in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment with a chance to make an impact.
• Develop lasting relationships with great people.
• Have the opportunity to build a satisfying career.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages for our Team Members.

Job Summary

The Talent Acquisition Associate Manager - Maintenance Sourcing plays a pivotal role in partnering with our business leaders as a strategic talent advisor as well as partnering across the Talent Acquisition team to champion and optimize capabilities across sourcing, attracting and selecting the right talent for Niagara. This hybrid role works in close partnership with the Director of Talent Acquisition in supporting the team's sourcing activities across the full lifecycle of recruitment and help to advance new ideas, remove barriers, and challenge the team to continually improve and find innovative solutions. Additionally, the role will take a lead in collaborating cross- functionally on enterprise-level special projects and programs as an ambassador of change.

Essential Functions

• Strategic focus in recruiting and sourcing for maintenance roles across manufacturing, early careers and corporate functions
  • Build strong relationships and partner with TA, plant and corporate leadership through a consultative approach
  • Proactively network, engage and source maintenance talent both internal and external for current and future business needs
  • Identify the right targeted candidates from a variety of sourcing channels for both passive and active candidate recruitment
  • Provide talent market insights and strategic advice on labor market and industry trends
  • Coach and influence leaders to make effective recruiting choices that help Niagara maintain a competitive advantage within national and global markets
  • Manage a seamless candidate experience journey to ensure Niagara is seen as an employer of choice
• Partner with business leaders and across Talent Acquisition as a strategic talent advisor through effective communication, listening and influence to enable our hiring managers to make the right hires
  • Build relationships with our internal customers to understand business needs for new capabilities, talent profiles and hiring
  • Consult with Talent Acquisition, hiring managers and HR managers on talent acquisition strategies to develop comprehensive, proactive hiring plans
  • Build a strong understanding of labor market trends for functional and geographic areas of focus
  • Lead the maintenance sourcing strategy, always providing insights, recommendations and communication throughout
• Champion and enable our team's capabilities to source, attract and select the right talent in close partnership with the Director of Talent Acquisition
  • Partner across the Talent Acquisition team to prioritize strategies and define success criteria
  • Continually drive optimization of sourcing channels for both passive and active candidate recruitment to build proactive talent pipelines
  • Ensure our company is adept at selecting candidates for success within our fast-paced, rapidly growing team culture through effective interviewing techniques and assessment strategies
  • Lead partnerships with suppliers including vendor selection, implementation, and continual improvement for recruitment technologies and services such as sourcing tools, agencies, CRM platform, assessment tools, talent market analysis, etc.
• Build sourcing capabilities across the TA team
  • Enhance the skills and capabilities of our team in the areas of innovative practices in talent sourcing and talent selection
  • Enable our team to have a strong understanding of labor market trends for their functional and geographic areas of focus
  • Provide real-time feedback and development opportunities
  • Drive adoption of new systems and process changes through engagement by implementing standardized guidelines, policy and framework in partnership with the TA leadership team
• Collaboration, alignment and continual improvement
  • Partner with the HRIS team to optimize Workday Recruiting effectiveness and efficiency
  • Partner across the Talent Acquisition team to deliver talent solutions across the business, such as the opening of new plant locations, entry into new international markets, or support of seasonal hiring initiatives
  • Partner across the HR TA team on overall talent strategies such as talent assessment, talent development, to contribute to overall talent pipeline development
  • Partner with Sourcers to ensure a strong overall pipeline of candidates to fill current and future roles. Provide candidate profile direction, priorities and feedback.
  • Partner with our compensation team in crafting complex executive offers
  • Partner with internal teams and cross-functionally on special projects and programs as a TA Subject Matter Expert
  • Lead change management and communication plans to obtain key stakeholder buy-in and ensure successful launches
  • Develop internal and external communications to share TA programs and organizational updates
  • Identify opportunities for continual improvement, make recommendations, and lead and implement change efforts with hiring managers at a department/plant level

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications:
  • 4 Years - Experience in Talent Acquisition, Human Resources or relation field
  • 4 Years - Experience working in position with strategic recruiting
  • 2 Years - Experience leading and managing teams

*experience may include a combination of work experience and education

• Preferred Qualifications:
  • 6 Years - Experience in Talent Acquisition, Human Resources or related field
  • 6 Years - Experience working in position with strategic recruiting
  • 4 Years - Experience leading and managing teams
  • Experience in a corporate, manufacturing and/or supply chain organization
  • Experience with Workday Recruiter
  • International recruitment experience in Latin America, Asia, and/or Europe

*experience may include a combination of work experience and education

Competencies

• Experience sourcing and recruiting maintenance talent and understanding of complex manufacturing systems
• Experience in behavioral based interviewing and assessment selection practices
• Experience with applicant tracking systems and candidate sourcing channels
• Experience transforming data into insights to develop actionable plans
• Knowledge of US employment law
• Effective communication, presentation and influence skills
• Excellent relationship management and judgment skills
• Ability to influence without formal authority

The position embodies the values of Niagara's LIFE competency model, especially focusing in the following key drivers of success:

• Lead Like an Owner
  • Manages a safe working environment, accurately documents safety related training, and effectively communicates safety incidents
  • Provides strategic input and oversight to departmental projects
  • Makes data driven decisions and develops sustainable solutions
  • Skilled in reducing costs and managing timelines while prioritizing long run impact over short term wins
  • Makes decisions by putting overall company success first before department/individual success
  • Leads/facilitates discussions to get positive outcomes for the customer
  • Makes strategic decisions which prioritize the needs of the customer over departmental/individual goals
• InnovACT
  • Continuously evaluates existing programs and processes, and develops new initiatives to increase efficiency and reduce waste
  • Creates, monitors, and responds to departmental performance metrics to drive continuous improvement
  • Communicates a clear vision, organizes resources effectively, and adjusts the strategy as needed when managing change
• Find a Way
  • Demonstrates ability to think analytically and synthesize complex information
  • Effectively delegates technical tasks to subordinates
  • Works effectively with departments, vendors, and customers to achieve organizational success
  • Identifies opportunities for collaboration in strategic ways
• Empowered to be Great
  • Makes hiring decisions primarily based on culture fit and attitude, and secondarily based on technical expertise
  • Engages in long term talent planning
  • Provides opportunities for the development of all direct reports
  • Understands, identifies, and addresses conflict within own team and between teams

Education

• Minimum Required:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Marketing or other related field

• Preferred:
  • Master's Degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, Organizational Development or other related field

Foreign Language

• Required: None Required,
• Preferred: Native or Bilingual Proficiency, Spanish

Typical Compensation Range

Benefits

https://careers.niagarawater.com/us/en/benefits

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