Talent Advisor - Remote

Remote

Talent Acquisition Advisor

Talent Acquisition Advisor will provide the innovative thinking and consultation skills needed to source and hire sought-after talent. The ideal candidate has full life cycle recruitment experience and a "roll up your sleeves" attitude. As a subject matter expert and trusted partner to hiring managers, the Talent Advisor will own the hiring manager and recruiter relationships and drive momentum to meet and exceed hiring targets to ensure appropriate staffing levels associated with assigned business segment(s).

Job Will Remain Open Until Filled

The Company is one of North America’s leading sales and marketing agencies specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers and producers of food products and consumer packaged goods. The Company services a variety of trade channels including grocery, mass merchandise, specialty, convenience, drug, dollar, club, hardware, consumer electronics and home centers. We bridge the gap between manufacturers and retailers, providing consumers access to the best products available in the marketplace today

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities
Strategic Advisor &Trusted Business Partner
• Influence client groups by providing insightful market data to drive business growth and decisive action
• Serve as a subject matter expert, guiding hiring partners in talent acquisition best practices for candidate attraction and recruitment processes, leveraging available resources, technology, and reporting data
• Proactively establish and identify recruiting process enhancements to ensure a strong candidate pipeline for all skillsets
• Evaluate, understand and advise stakeholders around supply and demand, labor market trends, best practices in interviewing and selection
• Understand business objectives and connect the role talent and key competencies play in business success
• Dependent upon the role type, and business needs, holds decision making authority to determine final slate of vetted candidates, and in certain instances, will make the hiring decision for “direct placement” hires.

Recruiting

• Build and execute a recruiting strategy to match prospective employees with the right role
• Partner closely with hiring teams to attract, source, and assess high impact talent
• Deliver a positive experience for hiring leaders and candidates throughout the recruitment lifecycle
• Pre-screen potential candidates, marketing the job opportunity, the organization, and the Advantage culture
• Deliver a qualified diverse slate of talent
• Conduct job offer discussions with candidates
• Maintain up-to-date candidate records
• Handle specialized recruitment needs to address spikes in hiring volume via appropriate talent acquisition strategies
• Track metrics and data for strategic analysis of recruiting campaigns
• Ensure compliance with all applicable employment laws and regulations

Recruiting Governance

• Partner closely with hiring teams to attract, source, and assess high impact talent
• Maintain up-to-date candidate records
• Track metrics and data for strategic analysis of recruiting campaigns
• Ensure compliance with all applicable employment laws and regulations

Advise and Communicate
• Champion a strong community across Talent Acquisition and HR by proactively sharing information and collaborating on assigned initiatives
• Craft and deliver clear, concise, and accurate client ready information at multiple levels

Supervisory Responsibilities

Direct Reports
- This position does not have supervisory responsibilities for direct reports

Indirect Reports
- This position does not have guidance or mentoring responsibilities for indirect reports

Travel and/or Driving Requirements 

- Travel and Driving are not essential duties or functions of this job

Minimum Qualifications The following are the minimum job-related qualifications which an individual needs in order to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the job
Education Level: (Required):Bachelor's Degree Or equivalent experience

• 3+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition, preferably in full life cycle recruiting
• Direct sourcing experience for passive talent preferred
• Demonstrated experience in establishing trust and credibility, influencing without formal authority, and working independently
• Proven track record of working in a fast-paced, complex, and deadline-oriented environment, with a bias to action

Required Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in human resources, business or related field or equivalent experience
• Subject Matter Expertise in best practices and emerging trends in Talent Acquisition
• Experience partnering with and advising hiring managers on recruiting decisions
• Ability to learn systems, processes, and procedures quickly
• Strong project management skills and the ability to execute fast paced and high-volume recruitment efforts with bias to action
• Excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills, with proven ability to take the initiative and build productive relationships, demonstrating critical thinking and creative solutions
• Exceptional organizational and planning skills in coordinating complex projects
• Excellent relationship management skills-ability to establish credibility and partner with leaders to identify talent gaps, needs, risk and plans for actions

Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience in diversity recruiting
• Demonstration of the following skills also highly preferred
o Influence and negotiation skills
o Client partnering
o Influences others w/o authority
o Talent Champion
o Innovative mindset
o Leadership

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities (Choose 5-7 items from the menu selection in the next Section below)
• Excellent Written & Verbal Communication Skills
• Well Organized, Detail Oriented, & able to Handle Fast Paced Work Environment
• Strong Priortizing Skills
• Knowledge of generally accepted practices, procedures, & standard policy & procedure development techniques
• Ability to Ensure High Levels of Service & Quality are Maintained
• Well Organized, Detail Oriented, & able to Handle Fast Paced Work Environment
• Ability to learn systems, processes, and procedures quickly
• Strong communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills, with proven ability to take the initiative and build productive relationships
• Exceptional organizational and planning skills with a proven track record in coordinating complex projects and communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

Environmental & Physical Requirements 
Office / Sedentary Requirements
Typically, requires the abilty to sit for extended periods of time (66%+ each day), ability to hear telephone, ability to enter data on a computer and may require the ability to lift up to 10lbs.

Additional Information Regarding Advantage Solutions Job Duties and Job Descriptions
Job duties include additional responsibilities as assigned by one’s supervisor or other manager related to the position/department. This job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for the position. The Company reserves the right at any time with or without notice to alter or change job responsibilities, reassign or transfer job position or assign additional job responsibilities, subject to applicable law. The Company shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable a qualified applicant or employee to apply for employment, perform the essential functions of the job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by the law.

Any estimate, schedule, or guideline provided to associates in this job description or elsewhere in connection with their jobs is only intended to help describe job duties and for planning purposes. Regardless of any such estimate, schedule, or guideline, associates must always record all time worked for our company (which includes but is not limited to on-site work time in an assigned store, office, or other work location; required waiting time; administrative time; and work-related travel time).

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of associates so classified.

The Company is committed to providing equal opportunity in all employment practices without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, religion, physical or mental disability, or any other category protected by law. As part of this commitment, the Company shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable an applicant or employee to apply for employment, perform the essential functions of the job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by the law.