Talent Acquisition Specialist

Who We Are

At Freshpet, our goal is to change the way people nourish their pets forever. We strive to strengthen the bond between people and our pets so that we both live longer, healthier, and happier lives while being kind to the planet. We believe that if we can create fresh, real foods that pets love and help them live healthier lives that their pet parents will also enjoy the many benefits of a rich life shared with a pet.

We started off with a mission to change the way pet parents feed dogs and cats, but we also wanted to be a company that had a thoughtful approach to how we operate. We wanted to do things differently, make great products but be gentle to the planet, good to the people who touch our business, and leave a positive impact with everything we do. We work hard every day to ensure that the original vision is met, starting with making the highest quality foods in our kitchens to running our business with integrity, transparency, and social and environmental responsibility. IT’S AMAZING WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN YOU START COMPLETELY FRESH!

What You Will Do

Reporting into the Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition, the Talent Acquisition Specialist is responsible for the full cycle recruitment for various departments within the organization. This position is responsible for collaborating with leadership on all levels to develop Talent Acquisition strategies and advise leaders on best practices for assessing, interviewing, and hiring candidates, while maintaining strong connections in the community and staying informed of local and national talent trends.

How You Will Make an Impact

• Provide full cycle recruitment; develops a recruiting strategy by employing traditional sourcing strategies and resources as well as developing new, multi-faceted recruiting ideas, such as use of social media, search engines, referrals, networking, career fairs, job boards and other channels
• Partners with departmental hiring managers to coordinate and manage the full life cycle recruiting process, including but not limited to gaining a thorough understanding of business unit needs and culture. Assists managers with creating thorough and accurate job postings, evaluating candidates for best hires, and coaching managers on best practices around interviewing
• Proactively establish and build pipelines in anticipation of workforce needs by partnering with HR and business leaders to gain understanding of workforce planning across the business.
• Recruit active and passive talent through building and maintaining a network of potential candidates through pro-active market research and on-going relationship management; demonstrate ability to anticipate hiring manager preferences through high offer-to-interview ratios
• Source and assess qualified candidates, conduct in-depth interviews of potential candidates, coordinate scheduling interviews; oversees preparation of interview questions and other hiring and selection materials, such as booking travel and accommodations for out of state candidates
• Be a storyteller and interview candidates by presenting Graham Packaging’s unique story as it relates to our company, products, and culture
• Utilizes recruiting statistics and metrics to support existing recruitment efforts as well as support future initiatives
• Creates and fosters relationships with colleges and diverse professional organizations to attract and recruit students/alumni and diverse candidates
• Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, and company policies
• Participate in special projects/recruiting initiatives, including campus recruiting and job fairs
• Develop and maintain a strong relationship with all candidates to keep them engaged through the hiring process, provide an exceptional candidate and business partner experience through the hiring process
• Initiate and review background checks and drug screens through third party vendor

What You Will Bring

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent proven experience
• Three plus years of experience managing all phases of the recruitment and hiring process for both hourly and salary positions
• Experience in manufacturing recruitment with at a high volume recruiting pace
• Knowledge and experience of recruitment at all levels of the business
• Ability to develop relationships at all levels of the business and with external candidates and customers
• Strong proficiency in all area of full lifecycle recruiting including, but not limited to: sourcing, qualifying, networking, assessing, wage and salary trends, and relationship management required
• Experienced in all forms of current online sourcing tools, techniques and networking as well as emerging trends and resources as it relates to recruitment
• Experience working with an ATS and HRIS for sourcing, tracking and managing candidates and jobs, experience with ADP WFN a plus
• Experience with MS Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Experience managing and prioritizing multiple searches, projects and client relationships
• Ability to execute recruiting strategy, including employer promotion in the marketplace, candidate management, diversity sourcing, and interview process management
• Knowledge of structured and behavioral interviewing techniques
• Strong organizational, problem-solving and analytical skills; able to manage priorities and workflow
• Ability to work with others in a team environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills, strong relationship building skills required
• Excellent attention to detail and discretion with regard to confidential information
• Proven negotiation skills with the ability to influence internal stakeholders
• Creative and innovative thinker with proven good judgement
• Self-starter with strong initiative, highly motivated and focused
• Courage to make difficult decisions

What We Offer

At Freshpet, we offer a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package, including medical, dental and vision insurance, basic and optional life insurance, short- and long-term disability protection, flexible spending accounts, and a 401(k) plan with company match, paid parental leave, pet insurance, tuition assistance, a generous PTO plan and so much more!

Our Commitment to a Diverse Workforce:

At Freshpet, we embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, sex, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique.

Freshpet aims to foster, cultivate and preserve a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. Our employees are our most valuable assets. The collective sum of the individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, inventiveness, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities and talent that our employees invest in their work represents a significant part of not only our culture, but our reputation and company’s achievement as well. Freshpet is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Disclaimers

We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.

Freshpet is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Freshpet via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Freshpet. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Freshpet as a result of the referral or through other means.