Northwestern Mutual Hiring for Talent Acquisition Consultant at Milwaukee, WI Full Time

At Northwestern Mutual, we are strong, innovative and growing. We invest in our people. We care and make a positive difference.

Summary :

Acting as a trusted advisor to the assigned business area develops and executes effective, position-specific Talent Acquisition strategies to ensure open positions are filled with high quality talent in a timely fashion.

Partners with Hiring Managers and other internal teams across the enterprise to meet talent acquisition business objectives.

Advises internal stakeholders on labor strategy, policies, guidelines, and processes as it relates to various areas of Talent Acquisition.

Acts as subject matter expert in talent acquisition but also in functional market expertise, industry trends, job knowledge, organizational structure, and ongoing business strategy to support business needs.

May serve as the primary point of contact for vendors / suppliers.

Primary Duties and responsibilities

• Manages the full cycle recruiting process with an emphasis on building strong hiring manager partnerships and candidate advocacy to attract and retain top talent.
• Consults with and provides support to hiring managers to develop recruitment strategies, forecast, create requisitions, monitor approvals, escalate issues when required, review and qualify new requisitions and may work with suppliers.
• Creates a robust pipeline of candidates through advanced sourcing including web searches and utilizing our current applicant tracking system, Indeed, LinkedIn, Facebook, etc.

to increase creative digital sourcing.

• Provides an exceptional candidate experience both, internally and externally, throughout the hiring process to promote Northwestern Mutual as a great place to work.
• Responsible for managing the day-to-day operations (forecasting, requisition, sourcing, performance management, billing, and ing).

Manages weekly recruiting metrics and s pertaining to open positions and recruiting operations and uses this data to influence hiring and contingent spend to support actionable decision making.

• Interviews and qualifies potential candidates based on the agreed upon competencies needed, goals and needs of the business to hire the best fit candidate.
• Manages the recruitment processes by appropriately tracking statuses within the applicant tracking system and / or VMS ing systems, to allow for accurate ing to support overall talent acquisition processes and business goals.
• Ability to provide value added, recruiting advice to hiring managers to help influence talent decisions and negotiate compensation based on job and market trends.
• Encourages hiring managers to keep diversity front-of-mind and understand what diversity looks like on their team to help influence diversity of people and thought
• Participates in a variety of related projects that are new, complex, cross-functional, or may require a high degree of initiative, self-direction, and innovation.

For contingent recruiting specifically :

Facilitate Q&A sessions for suppliers on requisitions as needed and screen candidate profiles (skills, experience, availability, etc.

and resume to pass qualified candidates to the Hiring manager coordinate / schedule interviews with both Hiring manager and Supplier

• Negotiate rates with suppliers to obtain fair market price for each position
• Facilitates On / Off Boarding process and assignment changes (including extensions, transfers, backfills, etc.) and ensures alignment with compliance
• Develop and maintain supplier relationships including participate and be a key contributor to yearly business alignment meetings and lead quarterly performance reviews for assigned vendors

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• A minimum of five years of recruiting experience.
• Solid business insight and broad understanding of current business trends and strategies.
• Ability to engage at all levels of the organization – handle ambiguity, structure priorities, deliver on results, and build relationships while thinking strategically and objectively.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and sound judgment are required.
• Demonstrated attention to detail through project management related work
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously a must
• Ability to function effectively and efficiently in a fast-paced environment
• Advanced consulting skills with demonstrated ability to successfully persuade senior stakeholders.
• Sound knowledge of all state and federal laws and regulations regarding Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action is highly desirable.
• Expertise in Boolean search methods.
• Proficiency in Microsoft suite.
• May require knowledge of VMS systems, VMS administrator experience within Vindly, and Fieldglass.
• May require experience managing supplier relationships across tech and corporate support functions with additional experience and knowledge of contingent workforce, SOW, and GDP processes

Skills-Proficiency Level :

Boolean Searches – Advanced

Candidate Engagement – Advanced

Conducting Interviews – Advanced

Consulting – Advanced

Data Analysis – Intermediate

Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) – Intermediate

Full Cycle Recruiting – Intermediate

Negotiation – Advanced

Presentations – Basic

Recruiting Strategies – Intermediate

Recruiting Systems (CRM, ATS) – Advanced

Social Media Tactics – Advanced

Stakeholder Relationships – Intermediate

Talent Sourcing – Advanced

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Compensation Range : Pay Range – Start :

Pay Range – Start : $68,320.00

$68,320.00

Pay Range – End : $126,880.00

$126,880.00

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