KCI Construction Hiring for Talent Acquisition Manager at St. Louis, MO, USA Full Time

Purpose : The Acquisition Manager is responsible for creating and leading recruiting initiatives to obtain talent for placement across the organization.

Functions as a partner with business leaders to match talent with current and future employment opportunities. Operates with a high level of independent judgement and engagement.

Infuses KCI’s GRIT values to ensure successful recruitment and placement.

Accountable for :

Outreach and Engagement

• Creates and leads recruitment and engagement initiatives to produce talent for placement across the organization to ensure hiring and placement objectives are achieved.
• Communicates and engages directly with department leaders to establish and fulfill hiring objectives.
• Seeks out new and creative ideas to proactively attract candidates and build talent networks and pipelines.
• Engages and promotes community outreach efforts to promote KCI.
• Interacts and builds relationships with passive and active candidates to build talent pipeline.
• Evaluates results of outreach efforts on a consistent basis. Understands impacts to results and makes necessary course corrections and adjustments to ensure objectives are met.
• Leads / attends workforce development initiatives.
• Leads employment branding initiatives to include the creation of content campaigns to drive awareness.

Talent Assessment / Experience

• Drive and direct all recruitment efforts and processes.
• Screens, selects, and schedules candidates to interview. Makes recommendations to extend employment offers to candidates.
• Strives to meet diversity hiring and affirmative action goals through the talent acquisition process.
• Utilizes ATS to create and maintain requisition information, job posting and outreach details and document talent flow and candidate dispositions.
• Maintains metrics, analysis data and creates s to identify trends and opportunities to improve talent acquisition process and Affirmative Action data.
• Engages current employees in recruitment and employment branding events.
• Ensures experience is consistent from the applicant phase through the onboarding process.

Talent Leader

• Independently manages talent acquisition professional(s) to ensure recruitment objectives are met.
• Establishes performance expectations and measurement for direct (s).
• Holds team accountable for established performance standards necessary to achieve current and future employment objectives.
• Manage and control the use of all recruitment agencies.
• Oversee the budget for recruitment and manage all vendor relationships and spend.
• Partner with L&D Manager to educate / train hiring managers to ensure effective interviewing outcomes.
• Responsible for personal and professional growth.

Managed By : Director of Human Resources

People Managed : HR Generalist

Other requirements or competencies :

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Human Resources, or 5+ years’ work experience.
• 5-10 years’ experience as a leader in talent acquisition.
• Experience in full-cycle recruiting, sourcing, and employment branding.
• Working knowledge of Applicant Tracking Systems and databases.
• Passionate about people and recruitment.
• Proven experience driving goals, executing projects and problem solving.
• Outstanding communication, presentation, negotiation and effective interpersonal skills.
• Experience working with recruitment technology and talent management systems.
• Positive and upbeat in a team environment.
• Ability to supervise, hold team accountable, and motivate others to build their best version.
• Organized, efficient time management.
• Creative and self-motivated – continually seeks ways to improve self and processes.
• Proficient in the use of social media and job boards.
• Willingness to understand the duties and competencies of different roles.

KCI is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and affirmative action employer regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, or any other protected class defined by applicable local, state and / or federal laws, rules, regulations and / or ordinances.