Manager, Talent Acquisition

Materion Services Inc seeks a Talent Acquisition Manager to lead end-to-end recruiting strategy, team execution, and continuous optimization in a hybrid role in Mayfield Heights, OH.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and develop the recruitment team, including Senior and Lead Recruiters, to ensure operational excellence and strategic alignment across all talent acquisition activities.
• Provide oversight of the Talent Acquisition (TA) budget process.
• Partner with the VP, Global HR to design and implement enterprise-wide recruitment strategies.
• Report progress using metrics and insights to inform leadership decisions.
• Oversee full-cycle recruitment activities, including resume screening, interviews, candidate evaluation, campus recruitment, and executive-level recruiting.
• Maintain high-quality, consistent recruiting processes and support a best-in-class candidate experience across hiring levels.
• Manage relationships with external recruiting vendors and platforms to ensure service delivery aligned with hiring objectives.
• Oversee vendor performance, SLAs, and compliance to support consistent recruiting activity.
• Coordinate with external partners on advertising strategies, background checks, employer branding initiatives, and recruitment technology enhancements.
• Evaluate vendor solutions, identify improvement opportunities, and ensure recruiting resources are used cost-effectively.
• Use recruitment analytics to evaluate performance, optimize processes, benchmark best practices, and continuously improve TA effectiveness.
• Develop and manage candidate attraction strategies through job boards, social media, networking events, and employer branding initiatives.

Requirements

• Minimum 7 years of professional recruiting experience, including demonstrated leadership responsibility in high-volume and strategic recruiting environments.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Proven ability to manage and lead recruiters, driving performance and fostering a collaborative environment.
• Strong knowledge of employment law and talent acquisition best practices.
• Excellent communication and relationship management skills, with the ability to partner effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
• Strategic, results-oriented approach with a track record of driving recruitment initiatives to meet organizational goals.
• Proficiency with recruiting technology, including applicant tracking systems (ATS) and recruitment marketing platforms.

Technologies

• Applicant tracking systems
• Recruitment marketing platforms

Work Environment

• Based in Mayfield Heights, OH (hybrid).
• If remote, preference for candidates located in the Eastern Time Zone.

Preferred

• HR certification (e.g., PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP).
• Experience in the automotive or advanced manufacturing sector, or a similarly fast-paced, highly technical, high-volume environment.
• Experience implementing and optimizing HRIS, ATS, and recruitment marketing tools.
• Demonstrated success building and executing recruiting strategies for exempt, non-exempt, campus, and executive talent.