Talent Acquisition Specialist

Job description

Division Information

Spectrum Brands, a Home Essentials Company™, is a leading provider of household items that enhance and simplify home life in areas that people are passionate about. From your pets, the garden, your kitchen and meals, to trusted hardware products on the home itself, Spectrum Brands delivers innovation and great experiences to products we touch and use every day.

Spectrum Brands' global Enabling Functions, including Finance, Legal, IT, Human Resources, Supply Chain, and Commercial Operations, provide enterprise-wide strategy, structure, and common processes to deliver the knowledge and expertise that helps our businesses grow. Enabling functions may operate as a center-led global team, providing a central strategy, structure, and standards; or as business partner teams, with resources embedded within the businesses to deliver business unit-specific results.

Job Summary

When we return to office, we\'d like this role to be hybrid with the flexibility to split time working from home and working in our Madison, WI area office.

This position is responsible for developing a proactive approach to attract and retain top talent for key positions at Spectrum Brands, Inc. This includes but is not limited to sourcing, recruitment, selection and formulation of employment offers to candidates. Utilizing business partnerships with hiring managers and candidates, the Talent Acquisition Specialist will build a bench of qualified candidates to meet both current and anticipated staffing needs. In direct partnership with hiring managers and HR managers, the Talent Acquisition Specialist will work to establish recruitment strategies and assess needed talent to ensure alignment with achieving business objectives. The key to success will be the ability to develop a thorough understanding of the market place in which we recruit and establish recruiting networks and innovative techniques to source and attract top candidates.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

Technical

* Source, recruit and select candidates and formulate employment offers. Adheres to the Spectrum Brands Inc., recruitment model for all recruitment. Facilitates recruitment strategy meeting with the hiring manager and HR manager. Determines sourcing strategy and select venues for advertising (school/university contacts, Internet, newspaper, employment agencies or other referral sources) and place ads. The Talent Acquisition Specialist will proactively seek diverse candidates in consideration to the Affirmative Action objectives and overall diversity initiatives of the organization. Screens resumes for minimum qualifications, work history and other KSAs (knowledge, skills and abilities). Selects candidates for first round interviews. Facilitates the development of first round interview questions (i.e. phone screens) and conduct interviews. Recommends final candidates for department interviews in conjunction with the HR manager and hiring manager. Facilitates discussion with hiring authority regarding which candidates are the best matches for the position. Extends employment offers (as applicable). Responsible for entering applicant data in the in the Applicant Tracking System.

Relationship Management

* Constantly communicates with internal hiring authorities regarding the status of their respective positions. Keeps a pulse on each department's interview process to watch for potentially discriminatory practices related to hiring, promotion and job change. In conjunction with the HR manager, facilitates discussions and offers advice to hiring authorities when such issues arise. Works in conjunction with the Compensation department to maintain a global perspective of salary interpretation and administration for hiring authorities to ensure appropriate salary offers are being determined.
* Applicant/Candidate relationship management. Regularly communicates with applicants, normally via personal phone conversation. Notifies each candidate regarding his or her status in the recruitment process and when positions are filled with other candidates. Works with hiring manager to provide specific feedback to internal applicants who apply but are not offered a transfer or promotion opportunity. Responsible for all necessary follow up work relating to employment (rejection letters, recruitment files, recruitment expenses). This position is responsible for maintaining positive, professional relationships with all Spectrum Brand applicants, candidates, potential employees, and employees throughout recruitment interactions and/or employee lifecycle.
* Vendor and applicant management. Act as a liaison with Preferred Vendors and their candidates for appropriate positions. The Talent Acquisition Specialist adheres to equal opportunity/affirmative action guidelines and federal and state regulations in recruiting efforts. Identifies diverse recruiting sources to ensure the full support of the organizations diversity efforts.

Program Management

* Participates with projects and other work assigned. Completes various projects related to recruitment which includes but is not limited to: Administering the Employee Referral Program guidelines, participates and supports company diversity objectives and goals, provides innovative ideas and solutions to New Hire Orientation program, provides interviewing tools and techniques for hiring managers, assists with all immigration related matters.

Education and Experience Profile

* Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent combination of technical and functional experience required.
* 2+ years human resources or recruitment.

Required Skills

* Utilization of Social Media from a recruitment perspective
* Knowledge of creative and innovative sourcing techniques
* Demonstrated sense of urgency
* Ability to perform comfortably in active, fast paced environment
* Advanced proficiency with Outlook, PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Excel, HRIS systems and E-recruiting required
* Strong interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills
* Ability to coordinate multiple tasks and recruit for multiple positions to meet deadlines
* Must maintain high level of confidentiality and professionalism
* Responsive and proactive in searching out opportunities and solutions to problems and acting on them
* Consistent in performance and practices ethical, professional behavior at all times
* Works well independently, yet is cooperative in working with team members
* This position directly communicates with top leadership on a daily basis regarding recruitment-related issues. Must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of employees within the organization.
* The position requires an understanding of each department's make up: how many staff and what their roles are and a high-level knowledge of department initiatives, culture, etc.

Work Environment

When we return to office, we\'d like this role to be hybrid with the flexibility to split time working from home and working in our Madison, WI area office.

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this job/classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Spectrum Brands is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.

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