Talent Acquisition & Development Partner

Millcraft offers an on-site Talent Acquisition & Development Partner role in Independence, Ohio. This position leads full-cycle recruiting and directs onboarding, training, development, and succession planning to align with Millcraft’s culture and growth goals. You will collaborate with hiring managers to shape role requirements, build robust talent pipelines, and strengthen our employer brand, all while enabling teams to perform at their best.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, & Vision
• Profit-Sharing
• Generous Time Off Policies
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Military Leave Pay
• Voluntary Dependent Life Insurance
• Accident and Critical Illness
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• Wellness Program
• Company Paid Holidays
• 401k Retirement Savings Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Veteran’s Day Pay
• Limited Purpose F.S.A and Dependent Care F.S.A
• Company paid Short Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end recruiting for key roles across the organization, with a focus on higher-level and revenue-generating positions.
• Partner with hiring managers to define role requirements and success profiles.
• Align hiring decisions with business strategy and team needs.
• Proactively build and maintain talent pipelines for critical and recurring roles.
• Source, screen, and assess candidates for technical capability and cultural fit.
• Manage the candidate experience from initial contact through offer acceptance.
• Reduce reliance on external recruiters by filling roles internally.
• Track and report on recruiting metrics: time-to-fill, cost-per-hire, and quality of hire.
• Strengthen Millcraft’s employer brand through candidate engagement and external networking.
• Partner with HR leadership to support a structured onboarding experience.
• Coordinate and help facilitate new hire cohorts and 30/60/90-day success plans.
• Integrate new hires into team structures and help implement a New Hire Buddy Program.
• Ensure new hires connect with key internal stakeholders and have access to resources and tools for success.
• Gather feedback to continuously improve onboarding effectiveness.
• Lead and execute elements of Millcraft’s training and development strategy, including new hire training cohorts, sales training programs, and professional development initiatives.
• Assist with coordination of external training programs (e.g., NAW, EDIC, Six Sigma) and conference participation logistics.
• Collaborate on tracking the ROI of training investments and knowledge-sharing back to teams.
• Develop learning guides or internal sessions and support structured learning paths, particularly for sales roles and early career employees.
• Help design and support a formal mentoring program, including matching mentors and mentees and monitoring effectiveness.
• Identify and develop high-potential talent and support leadership development, career pathing, and succession planning through pipelines for key roles and internal mobility strategies.
• Capture institutional knowledge from experienced team members and coordinate structured knowledge-sharing efforts such as customer playbooks and cross-functional learning sessions.
• Act as a strategic partner to HR and business leaders on talent needs, shifting hiring from reactive to proactive workforce planning, identifying gaps, and contributing to process improvements and talent programs.

Requirements

• 3–7+ years of experience in corporate recruiting or talent acquisition, or a hybrid recruiting plus HR/people development role.
• Experience recruiting for professional, sales, or leadership roles preferred.
• Exposure to training, onboarding, or development programs is a strong plus.
• Willingness to travel regionally within a 4 hour drive up to 25% of the time.
• Ability to assess both technical fit and cultural alignment.
• Highly organized with strong project coordination abilities.
• Skilled in influencing hiring decisions and driving alignment.