Ventura Foods · 14 hours ago
Contract Technical Recruiter
Irvine, CA
Contract
Hybrid
Entry, Mid Level
2+ years expVentura Foods is seeking a Contract Technical Recruiter responsible for driving and executing recruiting efforts. The role involves posting requisitions, sourcing candidates, screening, and facilitating the hiring process while ensuring an excellent experience for candidates and hiring managers.
Food ProcessingManufacturing
Responsibilities
Build critical relationships and collaborate with business leaders, peers, and HR colleagues to identify hiring needs, refine job specifications/qualifications/duties, and develop talent acquisition strategies for openings at all levels
Recruit for assigned open positions leveraging a full range of sourcing channels including but not limited to referrals, internal employees, company career site/ATS, social media, online job boards and web-based searches
Review applications and interview candidates to obtain work history, education, training/skills, and compensation needs; thoughtfully submit qualified candidates that meet not only the job requirements but also fit Ventura Foods' culture and values (the Ventura Edge)
Ensure hiring with excellence by employing the Select behavioral interviewing process, conducting effective debriefs/assessments, discovery calls with candidates for alignment on compensation requirements to ensure successful offer acceptance and ultimate hire
Create an exceptional candidate, hiring manager and team member experience by identifying and anticipating candidate needs, following issues to closure and collaborating with key stakeholders and exceeding expectations
Develops and maintains a network of professional contacts to help identify and source qualified candidates. This includes, but is not limited to, contacts with schools, alumni groups and external staffing firms
Stay abreast of industry trends, total rewards benchmarks and job market attributes, as well as build a knowledge of business units' needs to assist with future openings. Analyze staffing/headcount trends and use the knowledge to suggest areas where headcount is needed or could decrease
Apply foundational knowledge of application development and delivery, cloud services, and engineering practices to improve communication with technical stakeholders and candidates
All other duties and projects, as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree required
2+ years' experience required in recruiting for Information Technology related roles across multiple sites in the manufacturing, distribution or related industry
Experience in sourcing talent in various channels: online, community based organizations, vocational technical centers, etc. is required
Ability to travel up to 25% & if local, coming into the office 2-3 days/week
Ability to effectively communicate and build relationships with a wide variety of professionals through a consultative approach
Demonstrated skills in recruiting, assessing/interviewing and presenting talent to various levels in the organization
High level of professionalism, sense of urgency, attention to detail, and demonstrated ability to work under pressure and multitask effectively
Experience using a broad range of techniques to source, identify, and select qualified and relevant talent
Some Proficient in direct sourcing skills; ability to leverage internal and external networks, and market knowledge, to identify, assess, cultivate and deliver the best talent
Experience building and maintaining relationships with organizations to create future pipelines
Innovative mindset to identify new and creative ways to source and attract talent
Independent, self-motivated, team player with excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experience working with an ATS (Applicant Tracking System) required a plus
Proficient in Excel, MS Word and Outlook
Preferred
Food industry experience a plus
Company
Ventura Foods
Ventura Foods – a leading producer of custom and proprietary dressings, sauces, mayonnaises, oils and other flavorings. It is a sub-organization of CHS Hedging.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Richard Mazer
Retired CEO and President
Bassam Fawaz
SVP & Chief Information Officer
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