Director, Talent Acquisition

Hubbell Incorporated•Maryland Heights, MO

19h

About The Position

The Director of Talent Acquisition leads the enterprise Talent Acquisition Center of Excellence (CoE) for Hubbell. The team is responsible for all salaried recruiting across the United States, salaried and hourly recruiting in Mexico and select hourly recruiting needs in the U.S. while providing recruiting tools, process and external partnerships to support all global hiring. This role provides strategic leadership and operational excellence to ensure Hubbell attracts, engages and hires critical talent today and over the long term. Reporting to the Vice President, Talent, Inclusion and Communications, this role leads the enterprise talent acquisition strategy, including multi-year talent attraction planning, recruiting governance, systems, tools, vendor partnerships, talent acquisition operations and recruiting marketing support for all global locations. The Director partners closely with the HR Business Partners (HRBP), Business leaders, and other key stakeholders to ensure consistent recruiting practices, tools and candidate experience across all hiring populations. This position requires a strategic, forward-looking leader who can balance enterprise and local considerations. They should be a strong collaborator, who starts with understanding the business strategy, the needs of various stakeholders, provides subject matter expertise and leads with hands-on execution in a complex, geographically dispersed manufacturing organization while influencing change and adoption.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree or minimum 15 years progressive experience and leadership in Human Resources or related field
Experience leading a centralized staffing function for a large, geographically dispersed business
Demonstrated ability to build strong partnerships at all levels of the organization and with external partners while working independently within a fast-paced, team-focused environment
Proven ability to meet multiple deadlines, prioritize multiple demands, and identify/solve problems creatively
Demonstrated success in managing full life cycle recruiting based on key performance indicators/metrics across a broad spectrum of disciplines, levels and industries

Responsibilities

Build and lead an accountable, high-performing Talent Acquisition Team
Own direction of enterprise talent acquisition processes, systems, tools and governance
Establish and maintain consistent recruiting standards, interview practices, selection methodologies and work with HR VPs to ensure compliance across all locations
Serve as the escalation point for complex recruiting needs across the company
Partner with key stakeholders on needs of new business acquisitions
Drive a centralized recruiting marketing and job board strategy to attract talent at all levels, across all locations, aligning with Communications to ensure consistent employer branding while meeting local market needs.
Partner with the HRBPs and business teams to understand workforce plans
Drive continuous Improvement, understand external labor markets, technology advances, etc. to envision “what’s next” for the talent acquisition organization from people, process and technology perspectives
Develop and execute a multi-year talent attraction strategy and build sustainable pipelines aligned to Hubbell’s business objectives
Lead the team in working closely with HRBPs to understand current and future talent needs
Determine appropriate recruiting strategies and advanced capacity planning
Provide labor market intelligence and trends to inform hiring decisions locally and across common functions
Lead all salaried recruiting in the US and Mexico
Lead all hourly recruiting in Mexico and specific locations within the U.S.
Partner with HR Operations and analytics team to optimize the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and recruiting technology ecosystem; provide appropriate direction on metrics that matter
Monitor the health of the process SLAs and report key performance indicators including time-to-hire, time-to-fill candidate experience and source effectiveness
Deliver clear, data-driven insights to HR and executive leadership
Manage recruiting vendors, background screening and the Managed Service Provider
Responsible for all recruiting vendor relationships including search firms, job boards and assessment firms in partnership with key stakeholders across Hubbell
Lead the Managed Service Provider (MSP) for temporary labor, ensuring alignment with business needs and operational effectiveness
Ensure alignment and consistency between experienced and early career recruiting
Collaborate on shared processes, systems, tools and standards to deliver a cohesive enterprise candidate experience