Senior Recruiter

MillerKnoll • Zeeland, MI

19d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Recruiter owns and drives full-cycle recruitment for MillerKnoll’s North American Contract sales organization, attracting and hiring talent for sales, business development, account, channel, dealer, client engagement, and sales enablement roles. The role partners with North American Contract leaders, HR partners, and hiring managers to align talent strategies with business priorities, market conditions, territory needs, dealer relationships, A+D community engagement, and client development goals.

This is a hybrid role based in the Zeeland, Michigan offices four days a week, with one day a week working from home. The position may also support recruiting in other areas of the business and perform other duties as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 5–8 years of talent acquisition experience.
• Experience recruiting professional, leadership, specialized, or difficult-to-fill roles.
• Advanced interviewing and assessment skills, including the ability to evaluate consultative selling capability, business acumen, relationship development, negotiation, client presence, and sales performance indicators.
• Strong consultation and influencing skills, with the ability to advise sales leaders and hiring managers on talent strategy, candidate calibration, and market realities.
• Demonstrated ability to build pipelines for sales, commercial, client-facing, business development, and dealer-facing roles.
• Ability to apply labor market data, sourcing insights, talent analytics, and competitive intelligence to improve recruiting outcomes.
• Understanding of sales organization structure, territory coverage, dealer and client relationships, incentive compensation, and regional market dynamics.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including the ability to provide clear updates on search strategy, pipeline progress, risks, and recommendations.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, lead recruiting initiatives, and drive process improvements in a matrixed environment.
• Knowledge of workforce planning, succession planning, and internal mobility practices.
• Ability to remain stationary and operate a computer for extended periods.
• Ability to communicate effectively in person, virtually, and by telephone.
• Ability to travel occasionally for recruiting events, career fairs, or business meetings.
• Must be able to perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

Nice To Haves

• Experience recruiting sales, business development, account management, client engagement, channel, or other revenue-generating roles.
• Experience supporting a field-based, regional, matrixed, or multi-location business.
• Experience recruiting within contract interiors, commercial furniture, dealer, architecture and design, or related B2B sales environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute recruiting strategies for assigned North American Contract sales functions, regions, and client groups.
• Partner with sales leaders, HRBPs, and hiring managers to understand territory coverage, growth priorities, dealer and client relationships, and evolving talent needs.
• Lead full-cycle recruitment for professional, leadership, specialized, and difficult-to-fill sales roles across the North American Contract organization.
• Build talent pipelines for candidates with experience in contract furniture, commercial interiors, workplace strategy, dealer networks, strategic accounts, business development, and relationship-based selling.
• Advise hiring teams on candidate assessment, interview alignment, offer strategy, compensation considerations, location requirements, and competitive hiring dynamics.
• Identify talent risks, pipeline gaps, and market constraints and recommend solutions that support business continuity, revenue growth, and future capability needs.
• Support internal mobility, succession planning, and talent visibility by identifying internal and adjacent sales talent aligned to North American Contract priorities.
• Promote consistent, inclusive, and candidate-centered hiring practices that reflect MillerKnoll’s values and strengthen the associate and candidate experience.
• Lead recruiting process improvements that increase efficiency, stakeholder alignment, candidate quality, and hiring outcomes.
• Support recruiting in other areas of the business and perform other duties as needed.

What This Job Offers

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