Manager | Talent Acquisition

Poly-Wood LLC•Syracuse, IN

5d•Onsite

About The Position

POLYWOOD is seeking a Talent Acquisition Manager to provide day-to-day leadership for its recruiting team while continuing to recruit an assigned portfolio of salary positions. Reporting to the Director of Talent, the manager will align team responsibilities with individual strengths, provide coaching and development, remove obstacles, set clear priorities, and help the team remain focused and responsive. The role will lead recruiting across high-volume Operations hiring and professional positions, managing assigned salary searches from intake through accepted offer. It will also improve candidate communication and the new-hire experience, particularly in Operations, using data, feedback, and direct observation to identify and address breakdowns in communication, participation, and handoffs. The manager will develop POLYWOOD Built From Within Associate Pathways in partnership with department leaders. These hands-on training and cross-training opportunities will help employees build skills for hard-to-fill roles and establish milestones, feedback, and readiness for Associate opportunities. The manager will also partner with Operations and Human Resources leaders on workforce needs and hiring challenges, protect process integrity, and use feedback and relevant data to make focused improvements. POLYWOOD designs and builds outdoor furniture using sustainable materials, including lumber made from recycled plastics. The Talent Acquisition team supports the hiring and employee experience for the teams that make, move, and support its products. The position is based on-site in Syracuse, Indiana.

Requirements

Experience as a recruiter and people leader.
Experience supporting high-volume or operational hiring.
Experience personally recruiting professional positions.
Comfort with recruiting systems and data.
Ability to translate broad goals into clear daily priorities and align work with people's strengths.
Ability to coach a team, communicate directly, follow through, and exercise sound judgment as needs change.
Ability to build structure without slowing the team down and to step into recruiting work when needed.

Responsibilities

Lead the team's daily work across high-volume Operations hiring and professional recruiting.
Understand team members' strengths and align work to make better use of their talents.
Coach recruiters and coordinators to support their growth in confidence, judgment, and capability.
Manage salary searches assigned by the Director from intake through accepted offer.
Improve candidate communication and the new-hire experience from application through day one.
Create Built From Within Associate tracks to develop internal talent for skilled, hard-to-fill positions.
Partner with departments to define training, milestones, feedback, and readiness for Associate opportunities.
Partner with Operations and Human Resources leaders to plan ahead and address hiring problems early.
Maintain process integrity through accurate applicant records, appropriate review, rehire checks, and clear documentation.
Use employee, candidate, new-hire, and leader feedback, supported by relevant data, to improve experiences and programs.
Make focused improvements that build on the team's existing foundation without creating unnecessary systems or work.
Coordinate team priorities, capacity, communication, coaching, and attention to feedback.
Continue recruiting personally and stay close to the day-to-day work.