HR Manager - Talent Acquisition

Lidl US, LLC • Arlington, VA

8d • Onsite

About The Position

The Talent Acquisition Manager strategically directs the corporate recruitment lifecycle, attracts premier professional talent, and effectively leads the recruitment team to satisfy organizational workforce requirements across corporate, stores and warehouses. This role is responsible for driving operational and disciplinary decisions, optimizing talent sourcing and candidate onboarding pipelines, and maintaining proactive communication channels with both internal and external stakeholder networks to support long-term organizational growth.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field focused on application-oriented professional and process knowledge.
• 3–5 years of progressive, specialized experience in full-cycle corporate recruitment or talent acquisition, with a demonstrable history of informal or formal peer mentorship and team guidance.
• Deep functional understanding of advanced candidate sourcing tools, digital recruitment technologies, and applicant tracking system (ATS) structures.
• Solid technical knowledge of multi-state employment law, regional labor compliance benchmarks, and employment contract negotiation practices.
• High software proficiency with Google Workspace, Microsoft Office, and integrated human resources database reporting configurations.
• Strong analytical, data synthesis, and root-cause analysis skills, paired with an ability to interpret talent metrics into structured team tasks.
• Exceptional communication and diplomacy skills, demonstrating a credible presence and an innate ability to maintain balanced stakeholder relations under conflicting priorities.

Responsibilities

• Leads, develops, and manages a professional team of corporate talent acquisition specialists, providing direct functional guidance and support across all sourcing and selection cycles.
• Utilizes and modernizes diverse recruitment channels, including advanced social media platforms, professional networks, employee referral programs, and specialized search firms to attract a premier candidate pool.
• Coordinates and facilitates multi-stage interviewing, screening, and diagnostic selection assessments, steering the evaluation process to ensure a high-caliber cultural and skill match.
• Oversees job condition styling, manages competitive salary and offer packaging negotiations, and facilitates candidate transitions through the pre-employment and onboarding integration phases.
• Maintains, audits, and refines formalized job descriptions and person specifications within company databases to ensure complete alignment with evolving organizational capability needs.
• Monitors and analyzes specialized recruitment metrics, key performance indicators (KPIs), and talent market trends to evaluate campaign efficacy and drive data-backed operational improvements.
• Develops and refines practical corporate guidelines, service level agreements, and standard operating procedures (SOPs) to enhance the structural efficiency of the talent acquisition lifecycle.
• Collaborates closely with corporate department heads, hiring managers, and cross-functional leadership to systematically forecast headcount needs and align staffing architectures with macro business targets.
• Partners with corporate communications and the broader employee lifecycle team to ensure talent selection principles actively support diversity, equity, and belonging goals across the corporate ecosystem.
• Maintains strict responsibility for the optimized allocation and fiscal stewardship of financial and material resources within the team's assigned recruitment budget.

Benefits

• Medical & Prescription
• Dental
• Vision coverage
• Paid Holiday & Paid Time Off (PTO) to use for sickness or vacation
• Dedicated training plans to ensure you are set up for success
• 401k Plan (+ 5% company match)
• Voluntary Term Life & AD&D Insurance
• Total Well-Being Program
• DailyPay, a voluntary benefit to offer employees access to their pay on their own schedule

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager