Talent Acquisition Partner

Hayward Industries, Inc. is hiring a Talent Acquisition Partner to lead recruiting strategy and full-service execution for professional roles in Raleigh, NC.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement an end-to-end recruitment plan for assigned positions, building a strong, diverse candidate pipeline aligned to business goals
• Own the recruiting timeline from the initial strategy session through Day 1 for selected hires
• Lead and execute internship and early career talent recruiting
• Partner with hiring managers and HRBPs to define the right talent profile for roles and support development of job descriptions
• Create role-based interview guides and ensure alignment on competencies, assessment approach, and interview stages
• Proactively source and manage candidates through the recruiting process, providing ongoing updates to hiring managers and leadership
• Pre-screen and/or interview candidates to evaluate job match, interests, qualifications, and alignment with Hayward’s Mission, Vision, and Values
• Schedule candidate interviews with hiring managers and interview teams
• Facilitate decision meetings by convening interviewers and documenting decisions and next steps
• Monitor offers and raise concerns when candidate expectations may not align with current compensation practices
• Manage pre-employment and onboarding processes for new hires
• Support and help facilitate new hire orientation
• Build talent relationships with employment agencies, community organizations, colleges, and universities
• Execute sourcing searches that may include cold calling, networking, identifying applicant pools and professional groups, using websites, and running Boolean searches
• Use analytics tools and other approaches to identify and recruit top candidates
• Leverage online recruiting resources including niche job boards, associations, LinkedIn, Indeed, Handshake, career center websites, and ATS
• Use social media sourcing and employer branding tools to support talent attraction
• Communicate candidate impressions of Hayward’s culture, work environment, and total rewards, including benefits and perks

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 3+ years of full-cycle corporate recruiting across a variety of disciplines in the manufacturing industry (Finance, IT, Marketing, Sales, Operations, etc.)
• Experience with Workday Recruit ATS
• Strong sourcing skills and a strong understanding of social media sourcing, including LinkedIn and Boolean search strings
• Highly developed passive recruiting skills including prospect identification, cold calling, referral generation, and competitive intel-gathering

Technologies

• Workday Recruit ATS
• ATS
• LinkedIn
• Indeed
• Handshake

Other Skills and Attributes

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral), client-support orientation, and ability to work across all organizational levels
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-performance team environment
• Interest in related projects when hiring needs slow (recruiting operations, ATS migration, professional development, L&D, employee relations)
• Ability to work well under pressure and help meet client demands on accelerated schedules
• Capability to manage multiple open requisitions simultaneously
• Competitive mindset with bias toward action
• Sound judgment and decision-making; ability to maintain professionalism and handle sensitive, confidential documents
• Ability to communicate and build relationships with leaders domestically and globally
• Working knowledge of applicable market employment laws
• Flexibility to work independently and collaboratively with various project teams in a cross-functional, matrixed structure
• Critical thinking skills to analyze data, identify patterns and trends, and develop appropriate solutions