Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist

EAST WEST MANUFACTURING LLC•Dunwoody, GA

About The Position

The Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist leads full-cycle recruiting across East West + Vexos' multi-site manufacturing network. The role delivers professional, technical, and operations talent to support growth, operational performance, and on-time customer delivery. It creates consistent hiring processes, clear workflows, and reliable metrics, and partners with hiring managers and site leaders to drive timely decisions and accountability. The ideal candidate is highly organized, self-driven, and an exceptional communicator who can influence without authority, bring order to ambiguity, and represent East West's culture credibly to candidates and leaders.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
At least 5 years of full-cycle corporate recruiting or talent acquisition experience.
Proven track record managing a diverse requisition load across professional, technical, and operations roles while meeting time-to-fill and quality targets.
Highly organized and process-oriented, with demonstrated ability to build workflows, templates, trackers, and standards that others adopt.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to present clearly to senior leaders, give candid feedback, and build rapport with candidates at all levels.
Ability to influence without authority and hold hiring managers and stakeholders accountable to timelines and process with tact and confidence.
Self-driven, with a strong sense of urgency and ownership; follows through without reminders and manages competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Proficiency with Applicant Tracking Systems, HRIS platforms, LinkedIn Recruiter, and Microsoft Excel, and comfort using data to guide decisions and report results.
Strong competencies in organization, communication, influence, relationship building, judgment, accountability, discretion, customer focus, and continuous improvement.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a manufacturing, multi-site, or high-growth environment.
PHR, SHRM-CP, or a recruiting certification.
Bilingual English/Spanish.

Responsibilities

Own full-cycle recruitment for professional, technical, and operations roles across multiple sites and regions, from intake through offer acceptance and handoff to onboarding.
Lead structured intake meetings with hiring managers to define role requirements, success profiles, interview plans, timelines, and decision makers.
Create and maintain structured hiring processes, including standardized workflows, interview guides, scorecards, offer approvals, and service-level expectations for recruiters and hiring managers.
Set expectations with hiring managers and senior leaders, drive timely feedback and decisions, and use market data to challenge requirements when needed.
Develop targeted sourcing strategies using job boards, LinkedIn, referrals, schools, workforce partners, and direct outreach to build diverse, high-quality pipelines for critical and hard-to-fill roles.
Screen and assess candidates for skills, experience, and alignment with company values; present concise candidate summaries and hiring recommendations.
Plan and track recruiting spend on job boards, agencies, and events, and report variances and cost-per-hire to HR leadership.
Manage a high-volume requisition load, prioritize by business impact, and keep stakeholders informed of status, risks, and next steps.
Provide clear, timely, and professional communication to deliver an exceptional candidate experience at every stage.
Partner with HR and Compensation to build competitive, compliant offers and close candidates effectively.
Maintain accurate ATS data and track metrics including time-to-fill, source effectiveness, offer acceptance, quality of hire, and early-tenure retention; provide regular reporting and insights to HR leadership.
Strengthen the employer brand with HR and Marketing through career events, social media, and school and community partnerships; manage agency and vendor relationships.
Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and company policy, and continuously improve recruiting processes, tools, and hiring manager training.