Talent Acquisition Partner

Group 1 Automotive, Inc. offers a hybrid Talent Acquisition Partner role in Oklahoma City, OK with a $85,000 to $95,000 yearly compensation range (based on experience). You will work in an individual contributor capacity supporting a defined market/region, with a 4 days in office, 1 day work from home schedule. This position includes a full benefits package covering medical, dental, vision, 401(k), and career development support.

As a market-embedded, full-cycle hiring strategist, you will help modernize hiring practices and strengthen recruiting operations through process adoption and change management. The role emphasizes a high-touch candidate experience from intake through pre-boarding handoff to HR Shared Services, while aligning recruiting efforts to operational goals.

Responsibilities

• Act as the dedicated TA partner for an assigned market/region with varying business needs, adoption levels, and hiring maturity.
• Lead process adoption and change management by building relationships with market leadership and serving as a strategic advisor.
• Influence hiring behavior using data discussions, talent insights, and performance metrics to guide who and how the organization hires.
• Own the end-to-end hiring process, from intake through pre-boarding handoff to HR Shared Services.
• Deliver a consistently high-standard candidate experience that reflects the employer brand.
• Build and maintain pipelines for high-impact roles to reduce reliance on inbound applicants.
• Use multi-channel sourcing for passive talent, including referrals, community partnerships, events, and local schools or trade programs.
• Provide bi-weekly and monthly business reviews with store and district leaders to align hiring strategy with operational goals.
• Review market hiring metrics, funnel performance, and aging roles to consult store leaders on action plans and bottlenecks.
• Meet or exceed department Key Performance Indicators including (but not limited to) time to fill, applicant cycle time, funnel metrics, and requisition fill rates.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in full-cycle high volume recruiting.
• Ability to manage 50+ requisitions at a time through strong time management and recruitment skills.
• Advanced sourcing skills, including Boolean, talent mapping, passive outreach, and competitive market research.
• Experience building pipelines through colleges, technical schools, and military installations.
• Demonstrated relationship management success driving hiring process change, influencing leaders, and creating adoption across environments with varying readiness.
• Data storytelling proficiency.
• Proficiency with ATS, CRM, sourcing platforms, pipeline tools, and reporting dashboards.
• Travel required up to 50% of the time.

Tools

ATS and CRM