Talent Acquisition Partner

The Pond Guy Inc.•Armada, MI

About The Position

The Pond Guy is seeking a Talent Acquisition Partner who enjoys recruiting across a wide variety of professional disciplines and collaborating closely with leaders to build strong teams. In this role, you will lead full-cycle recruiting for positions across the organization’s 14 unique departments. Success in this role requires curiosity about how different parts of a business operate, the ability to quickly understand new roles, and the confidence to guide hiring managers toward strong hiring decisions. As an independently operated company, we take pride in building our teams thoughtfully and intentionally. Our Talent Acquisition Partners play an important role in shaping the future of our organization through the people we bring on board. You will work directly with department leaders and Talent Acquisition team members to define hiring strategies, evaluate candidates, and drive successful hiring decisions. The Pond Guy / Airmax, Inc. is the leading manufacturer of pond, lake, and water garden products including aeration systems, fountains, and water treatments. The Pond Guy sells nationwide to both end-users and a network of Airmax distributors. Watch now to learn more about The Pond Guy: https://qrcodes.pro/sIkmTV. Job Description: The right person for this role gets energized by solving hard-to-fill roles, building relationships and uncovering hidden talent in unexpected places. Our Talent Acquisition Partner asks the tough questions, analyzes market data, and challenges the status quo to drive better hiring decisions and results. From discovery meetings to offer letters, you’re the engine behind the process - driving urgency, clarity, and momentum at every step. This is your runway. Bring your vision, your strategies and your spark. We’ll give you the room to run, the support to build and the wins to celebrate. Don’t know about ponds? That’s ok! You don’t need prior experience in the pond or water industry. What matters most is your ability to understand how different roles contribute to the business and identify the right talent to support them. We’ll help you learn our products, teams, and operations so you can recruit effectively across the organization.

Requirements

4–7 years of full-cycle recruiting experience hiring across multiple professional disciplines
Ability to quickly learn unfamiliar roles and partner with hiring managers to effectively evaluate candidates in disciplines outside your core expertise
Strong communication and influencing skills; able to push back thoughtfully and build trust with hiring managers and leadership
Approach hiring with a quality-over-quantity mindset, recognizing that strong recruiting outcomes include building relationships, strengthening pipelines, and improving hiring decisions rather than just filling roles
Proven negotiation skills with the ability to confidently navigate offer terms with candidates and manage agreements, expectations, and submissions with third-party recruiting partners
Data-driven approach to hiring, leveraging metrics, research, and market trends to shape recruitment strategies
Proven ability to build and manage a strong candidate pipeline using outbound sourcing strategies, networking and creative recruiting techniques beyond traditional job boards
Exceptional organizational and project management skills; able to juggle multiple open roles, priorities, and deadlines with accuracy and energy
Able to maintain momentum on complex or extended searches by developing creative sourcing strategies and new approaches to uncover qualified candidates
Comfortable collaborating across departments and deeply curious about how different teams function within a business
Experience using applicant tracking systems (ATS) and other hiring tools; tech savvy and process-oriented
Familiarity with modern sourcing platforms such as LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, ZipRecruiter, and other candidate tools
This position requires manual dexterity for typing, sitting at a desk, and looking at a computer screen for typing for long periods of time. In addition, portions of the training require the Talent Acquisition Partner to shadow other departments that may require physical activity including lifting 25-35 pounds and standing for long periods of time.
We need a Talent Acquisition Partner that has a positive attitude and the words “can’t” and “impossible” are not a part of your vocabulary.
You’re not waiting for requisitions; you’re creating opportunity.
You must be available to work between the hours of 8:30am and 5pm Monday – Friday with the occasional evening or Saturday for interviews or networking events that must be done outside of normal business hours.

Responsibilities

Serve as a strategic partner to hiring managers and leadership, helping define hiring strategies, evaluate talent, and guide key hiring decisions across the organization
Set the standard for candidate experience and hiring manager relationships, ensuring timely communication, quality outcomes, and process compliance
Partner with hiring managers to define role requirements, develop recruiting strategies, and design effective interview processes while coaching managers on structured interviewing and consistent candidate evaluation practices
Conduct regular reviews with hiring managers to share hiring metrics, compensation insights, and market trends that inform stronger hiring decisions
Proactively build talent pipelines through networking, sourcing, industry connections, and targeted recruiting efforts
Develop creative sourcing and outreach strategies, including referral initiatives, to expand candidate pipelines and strengthen access to high-quality talent, including individuals who may not be actively job searching
Act as a confident negotiator, balancing candidate expectations with company objectives to secure strong hires
Continuously improve recruiting practices by analyzing hiring data, testing sourcing strategies, and partnering with Marketing to strengthen employer branding and candidate outreach
Manage relationships with third-party recruiters, including sourcing, onboarding, coordination of candidate submissions, and invoice approvals
Maintain accurate candidate data, pipelines and hiring workflows within the ATS to support an organized and effective recruiting process