Job Summary
The Talent Acquisition Manager owns full-cycle recruitment to attract skilled talent for our flexible packaging operations. Reporting directly to the VP of HR, this role will build talent pipelines spanning plant operations, engineering, sales, and corporate functions. This role balances high-volume manufacturing hiring with niche technical sourcing to support facility growth and production goals.
Key Responsibilities
- Full-Cycle Recruitment: Manage the end-to-end hiring process for plant operators, sales, supply chain professionals, and corporate teams.
- VP Collaboration: Partner with the VP of HR and Regional Human Resources Director to align recruitment strategies with plant headcount budgets and capacity planning.
- Hiring Manager Partnership: Consult with Plant Managers, Production Supervisors, and Department Heads to define technical skill requirements.
- Proactive Sourcing: Build pipelines for high-demand manufacturing roles using local job boards, technical trade schools, social media and other methods.
- Candidate Experience: Maintain transparent communication with candidates by navigating shift-schedule requirements and physical job assessments.
- Metrics & Reporting: Monitor and report manufacturing-specific recruitment metrics (time-to-hire, turnover correlation, agency spend) to leadership.
- Employer Branding: Promote the company's safety culture and career pathways at local job fairs and industry networking events.
Essential Job Functions
- Develops and executes effective talent acquisition and sourcing strategies to ensure excellence in attraction of candidates, supporting the talent needs for overall organization.
- Manages the recruitment function and budget including spend across various technologies and oversight of the negotiation and management of recruitment related vendors.
- Drives best practices in online recruitment including passive sourcing, social media utilization, and targeted messaging. Manages employer branding and recruitment marketing efforts in collaboration with the marketing department.
- Manages the internal job opportunity process
- Acts as overall owner for the ATS along with the HRIS Data Analyst and HR Leadership, evaluating systems-related efficiencies, data accuracy and ensuring a fully compliant recruitment process.
- Remains current on changes in the labor market and employment laws; ensure hiring standards and practices adhere to all laws and regulations.
- Manages and improves recruitment processes to drive strong performance in the areas of cost-of-hire, time to fill, aged requisition reduction, candidate and hiring manager satisfaction, diversity hiring and sourcing optimization.
- Establish a robust military recruiting program and process that enables the company to have a constant flow of qualified applicants who are completing their service from all branches of the military and for retired veterans.
- Leads community outreach to local agencies, government programs, high schools, technical schools and colleges including attending career fairs and conducting presentations to prospective employees.
- Leads internal communication and training to drive talent acquisition best practices, facilitates hiring manager ownership and participation, and ensures the candidate experience is best-in-class.
- Coordinate the end-to-end recruitment process, including sourcing candidates, posting job ads, screening resumes, and scheduling interviews.
- Conducting initial candidate assessments and maintaining candidate records in the applicant tracking system (ATS).
- Keep candidates informed about their application status and provide updates throughout the recruitment process.
- Plan, coordinate, and execute job fairs and recruitment events.
- Collaborate with hiring managers to determine staffing needs for job fairs and ensure proper logistics and promotional materials are prepared.
- Represent the company at job fairs, engage with candidates, provide information, and collect resumes.
- Support various HR projects, including teammate onboarding, teammate engagement initiatives, and employer branding activities.
- Collaborate with the HR team to implement recruitment strategies, streamline processes, and enhance candidate experience.
- Collaborate with hiring managers to understand staffing requirements and develop effective recruitment strategies.
- Create and post job advertisements, source, and screen resumes, conduct interviews, and assess candidate qualifications and fit.
- Conduct reference checks, required testing, background screenings, drug testing and extend job offers while negotiating employment terms (In coordination with Leadership approvers).
- Schedule interviews, meetings, and travel arrangements for recruiters, candidates, and hiring managers.
- Maintain accurate records of recruitment activities and ensure compliance with data protection regulations.
- Other administrative tasks required for the role, including filing, documentation, and correspondence.
- Manage relationships with external staffing vendors, ensuring seamless coordination, and diligently conducting thorough searches to secure the most competitive rates in the market.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Experience: 3+ years of recruitment experience, with at least 1 year dedicated to a manufacturing or industrial environment or a minimum of 5 years in a similar HR management position required.
- Industry Knowledge: Familiarity with manufacturing environments, shift schedules (e.g., 2-2-3, rotating shifts), and safety-first compliance.
- Tools: Proficiency with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and job boards targeted toward skilled trades and production labor.
- Communication: Strong relationship-building skills to connect effectively with both entry-level hourly workers and corporate executives.
- Autonomy: Ability to manage high-volume requisitions while maintaining attention to detail and compliance.
- Analytical
- Bachelor’s degree preferred.
- Confidential and discretion required.
- Exemplary interpersonal and communication skills.
- Organized, detailed, and results oriented.
- Proficient in ADP, Word, Excel, and Microsoft Office, PowerPoint.
- Willingness to travel as required.
- HR Certification/SHRM Certification desired.
Preferred Qualifications
- Talent Acquisition experience specifically within flexible packaging, plastics manufacturing, or printing/conversion industries is preferred.
- Knowledge of OSHA awareness or manufacturing-related compliance guidelines preferred.
- Military recruiting experience or establishing military recruiting programs is preferred.
Physical Demands
- While performing the duties of this job, the teammate is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to handle or feel.
- The teammate frequently is required to talk or hear.
- The teammate is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Additional Job Functions
- Complies with all general Company-wide standard operating procedures (SOP’s) and any job or department specific SOP’s.
- SOP’s may cover the areas of (but are not limited to)
- Employee Health and Safety
- GFSI (Safe Quality Food packaging) and GMP (good manufacturing procedures) focused on eliminating contaminates in all packaging manufactured.
- SGP (Sustainable Green Printer) environmental regulatory procedures and SOP’s
- Must work within productivity standards and completes work in a timely manner.
- Special Projects & other duties as necessary
Other Details
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
This company is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.
