Sr. Talent Acquisition Partner
About The Position
The Sr. Talent Acquisition Partner owns hands-on recruiting for North America across hourly and salaried roles and sets hiring standards for Binks worldwide. The position sources, calls, assesses, and closes candidates, with success measured by quality hires made quickly and at lower cost. It reports to Human Resources leadership, Americas, is based in Shoreview, Minnesota, in a hybrid arrangement, and requires travel to U.S. and Mexico sites about 20% of the time. The role recruits for commercial, product development, operational, and customer experience teams; uses direct sourcing and market mapping; supports high-volume plant hiring alongside senior salaried searches; and coaches hiring managers on structured, evidence-based interviews. It also guides regional HR leaders in Europe and Asia-Pacific on agency use, manages recruiting vendors and agreements, tracks recruiting metrics, uses AI tools in accordance with company policy, and owns the applicant tracking workflow.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including at least 3 years in manufacturing, industrial products, or a closely related sector.
- Track record of both hourly plant hiring and salaried professional searches, including technical sales and engineering.
- Proven direct-sourcing skills, including LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, market mapping, and cold outreach.
- Ability to coach senior leaders and deliver data-backed feedback, including unwelcome messages.
- Experience managing outside recruiting vendors to contract terms and results.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
Nice To Haves
- Agency or search-firm experience is strongly preferred.
- Experience supporting hiring outside the U.S.
- Spanish language skills.
Responsibilities
- Recruit for North America across hourly and salaried positions, including technical sales, account management, engineering, plant leadership, skilled trades, production, service, support, and digital roles.
- Map target companies, competitors, distributors, and suppliers for each territory and skill set before roles are posted.
- Source candidates directly and through employee referrals, using job boards as one channel among others.
- Manage high-volume hourly plant hiring and senior salaried searches concurrently.
- Represent recruiting at Binks sites and meet employees and managers where they work.
- Use written scorecards defining role outcomes and required behaviors for every search.
- Train hiring managers in structured, evidence-based interviews tied to scorecards and uphold hiring quality standards.
- Agree on recruiting timelines with hiring managers and keep searches moving to those timelines.
- Determine when recruiting agencies are appropriate and manage retained agencies to written scopes, negotiated rates, and service levels.
- Guide regional HR leaders in EMEA and APAC on agency selection, terms, and the shared interview standard.
- Maintain a central source of truth for vendor agreements, rates, and placements.
- Report monthly on time to slate, time to fill, source of hire, agency spend, hiring-manager satisfaction, and one-year quality of hire.
- Use AI tools for sourcing, screening, and outreach in accordance with the AI Deployment initiative and policy.
- Own and maintain accurate applicant tracking workflows.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- 401(k) with company match.
- Life and disability coverage.
- Paid time off and holidays.
- 15% target bonus tied to hiring results.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
