Do you possess at least 15 years of talent acquisition experience? Are you passionate about working in a high-volume, fast-paced work environment? Are you a self-starter driven to meet or beat talent analytic goals? Are you a team player with a desire to ensure the team finds the best talent for the business to thrive? Do you have the ability to build strong relationships and work independently? Are you an excellent communicator with the ability to lead and influence? If you said yes to all of these questions, we want to hear from YOU!

General Purpose and Scope of Position

The Senior Sourcing Recruiter is responsible for maximizing all sourcing tools and partnerships to build talent pipelines for all Wilbur-Ellis lines of business in North America. The Senior Sourcing Recruiter will play a pivotal role in supporting the enterprise to identify and attract top talent in the labor market. This role will be influential to our hiring managers and People & Culture team by leading critical searches and educating team members in the search efforts.

Key Skills, Abilities, and Requirements

• 15+ years working in Talent Acquisition
• Experience working in the agriculture, technology, or chemical industries is preferred
• Experience creating and executing sourcing strategies to target top candidates
• Expertise working with applicant tracking systems, preferably UKG (UltiPro), strategic sourcing techniques, LinkedIn Recruiter, and various job boards
• Experience with diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives and practices
• Experience partnering with college and professional recruitment offices including alumni
• Positive attitude and strong work ethic
• Ability to self-direct and work successfully in a remote environment
• Ability to navigate competing priorities and provide exceptional service and results to our internal and external partners
• Excellent time management and creative problem solver
• Outstanding customer focus with timely response to inquiries
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong listening skills with demonstrated ability to draw keen insights from conversations
• Ability to travel if required, no more than 20%. Ability to work some evenings and weekends when needed during tight deadlines

Responsibilities and Key Deliverables

• Manages the entire recruitment lifecycle including sourcing, screening, interviewing, and closing top talent
• Establishes a creative sourcing & recruitment strategy to proactively find and screen quality candidates
• Manages the candidate experience, solicits feedback, communicates status to candidates and hiring managers
• Partners cross-functionally on data management, job requisitions/postings, job offers, social media initiatives, advertising, and best practices
• Partners with hiring managers and across the company to establish and maintain collaborative recruiting communications about potential candidates identified
• Serves as a talent advisor and consults leaders on effective strategies to achieve talent needs and educate and train on recruiting processes
• Develops relationships and meets regularly with hiring managers to understand business needs to develop and recommend effective and strategic recruiting strategies
• Executes a compliant recruiting process with passive candidates, while managing positions and candidates in an applicant-tracking system
• Reviews and recommends process improvements to ensure our recruitment process is efficient, effective, and proactively meets the needs of the business
• Leverages effective sourcing strategies to attract active and passive candidates. Uses employee referral, recruiting boards, the internet, social media, and industry and community organizations to build a strong talent pool.
• Stays abreast of external marketplace/industry trends and shares recommendations for consideration
• May be involved in other recruitment-based programs, including diversity initiatives, student outreach efforts, college recruiting, manager training opportunities, etc.
• Develop and maintain influential relationships with internal contacts and external contacts (vocational schools, agencies, colleges, community outreach/development organizations, etc.), projecting a favorable image of the company and its culture
• Perform special projects as assigned by the Manager
• Proactively research and evaluate new sourcing and research ideas or methods to create innovative sourcing strategies which meet the Company’s needs and standards
• Posts jobs on external and internal job boards and social media channels including LinkedIn
• Conduct reference checks as required

Compensation and Benefits

• In compliance with all states and cities requiring transparency of pay, the base compensation for this position ranges from $98,000.00 to $138,000. Note that salary may vary based on location, skills, and experience. This position is eligible for vacation, holidays, health, dental, vision, mental health, retirement plans, and other benefits.

If you are currently a Wilbur-Ellis employee, please notify your Manager prior to applying for this position. Thank you!

COMPANY CULTURE

Wilbur-Ellis is a company you can be proud to call your employer

Wilbur-Ellis markets and distributes agricultural products, animal feed, and specialty chemicals, and food ingredients. A privately held and consistently profitable company, we employ more than 4,000 people throughout North America and Asia-Pacific.

Wilbur-Ellis is for and about people

Wilbur-Ellis has enjoyed over 100 years of success and growth, all thanks to our people. Our employees are both leaders and team players who thrive on creativity, entrepreneurial spirit, and a dedication to quality work, our customers, and each other.

Wilbur-Ellis invests in the industry’s best workforce

Wilbur-Ellis invests heavily in our employees by offering skill development and training, competitive compensation and benefits, and a tradition of promoting from within for a broad range of career opportunities. And we foster a supportive, people-first work environment.

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