Talent Acquisition Business Partner

LKQ Corporation

17h

About The Position

Responsible for the full life-cycle recruitment process within allocated business segments in accordance with employment laws and guidelines. The role establishes collaborative relationships with HRBPs, operational leaders, and hiring leaders to understand hiring needs and challenges, and delivers qualified candidates by leveraging talent acquisition processes, tools, and resources. The position conducts regular or monthly business reviews with the Director Talent Acquisition, Manager Talent Acquisition, and department operational leaders. The Talent Acquisition Business Partner manages hiring leader partnerships from recruitment start to finish, using data to guide recruiting decisions and campaigns. The role supports technical, professional, early-career, and senior-level requisitions, builds candidate pools, advises hiring teams on market conditions and interview practices, and communicates throughout the recruiting process. It also includes supervisory responsibility for planning and reviewing staff work and managing staff-related employment actions.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree.
At least 5 years of related experience.
Experience in staffing or recruitment and business partnering.
Strong understanding of and ability to recruit across all levels of an organization.
Experience in full-cycle recruiting, sourcing, and employment branding.
Ability to perform arithmetic calculations, compute rates, ratios, and percentages, and draw and interpret graphs.
Proficiency using Outlook, Word, Excel, graphics, and related tools; ability to create and maintain Word documents, spreadsheets, databases, and PowerPoint presentations.
Oral and written communication skills sufficient to interact with others, train in functional areas, and present to departments or middle management.
Ability to manage multiple tasks or projects simultaneously with moderate complexity.
Ability to sit for extended periods and frequently use a computer, keyboard, and mouse.
Ability to lift up to 25 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Experience with desktop computer systems and Microsoft Office products.
Ability to travel periodically, including overnight stays, contingent on position requirements.

Responsibilities

Implement the LKQ talent acquisition process, set clear expectations with hiring managers, build talent pools, and coach hiring teams on selective and behavioral interview techniques.
Review job descriptions, facilitate intake meetings, and write or enhance job descriptions to make them more market-friendly.
Use marketing channels to promote positions and champion the LKQ Proud message.
Develop understanding of LKQ business lines, core competencies, managers and HR Business Partners, and turnover and retention data.
Advise hiring managers on candidate skills, experience, and the competitive marketplace to establish realistic expectations.
Maintain a book of business and source talent through internet research, networking, direct sourcing, employee referrals, advertisements, career events, associations, and other sources.
Research, recommend, and manage recruiting sources, partnerships, and points of contact; develop qualified candidate pools in advance of hiring needs.
Conduct screening and selection interviews in accordance with company guidelines and legal requirements, gathering job-appropriate candidate information.
Communicate regularly with hiring managers, provide status updates, assess recruiting campaign effectiveness, and distribute feedback to candidates, hiring managers, and Talent Acquisition leaders.
Share knowledge and identify professional development opportunities for internal and external candidates, providing appropriate career direction and advice.
Own hiring leader partnerships from recruitment start to finish, using data to guide marketing campaigns, diversity partner outreach, requisition requalification, and hiring.
Manage the work of others by planning, assigning, scheduling, and reviewing work and ensuring quality standards; hire, terminate, train, develop, review performance, and administer corrective action for staff.
Assume other duties as assigned.