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Nutrition 101, LLC · 1 day ago

Recruiting & Retention Specialist

Pendleton, IN

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$55K/yr - $70K/yr

3+ years exp

Nutrition 101 LLC is a leader in eco-friendly waste handling and innovative food lifecycle management solutions. The Recruiting & Retention Specialist role is responsible for full-cycle recruiting, onboarding, and retention efforts, ensuring a smooth hiring process and improving employee experience in a moderate-turnover environment.

Environmental ConsultingFood and BeverageFood ProcessingLivestockNutritionSustainability

Responsibilities

Manage full-cycle recruiting for hourly, CDL, and select salaried roles

Partner with management and leadership teams on:

Workforce planning

Hiring forecasts

Seasonal and H-2B labor cycles

Own requisitions, candidate pipelines, interviews, and offers within Paylocity ATS

Support referral, local outreach, and agency strategies as needed

Own the first 90-day employee experience. Conduct 30/60/90 day check-ins, stay interviews, and exit interviews

Analyze turnover trends by role, department, supervisor, tenure and partner with HR and operations on retention interventions and supervisor coaching

Design, document, and maintain formalized corporate processes for Recruiting, Onboarding, and early-tenure retention

Create SOPs, workflows, and standards that are auditable/scalable across sites, defining ownership, escalations, and exceptions

Conduct training exercises and ensure consistency across plants while allowing operational flexibility

Own the employer brand as it relates to recruiting and retention (work with IT/Marketing teams to build out an interactive careers page on our website)

Ensure consistency of messaging across job postings, career pages, hiring communications

Test and improve candidate experience and new-hire perception

Monitor and report on employment reputational trends

Partner with HR leadership on branding improvements tied to hiring outcomes

Website Careers Page Build Out

Partner with HR and Management Teams to understand job-specific skill requirements and to identify early-tenure learning gaps

Support the development of role-based training curriculums by providing recruiting and turnover insights and mappings skills to roles and tenure stages

Improve Onboarding experience

Help align onboarding and training to retention outcomes

Support H-2B workforce onboarding and coordination

Support recruiting and onboarding of CDL-required roles

Ensure accurate records and audit readiness

Track and report on Recruiting/HR KPIs

Participate in ad-hoc requests as needed

Qualification

Recruiting experienceHRIS/ATS systemsHigh-volume hiringCDL driver recruitingData analysisBilingual (English/Spanish)Communication skillsOrganizational skillsTeam collaborationProblem-solving