Talent Acquisition Partner

Job ID: R-11939

Position Overview: The Talent Acquisition Partner is a critical part of a cohesive Human Resource (HR) team supporting the World of Coca-Cola and the retail stores. This position will manage the full life-cycle recruiting process for World of Coca-Cola and retail stores, including: sourcing, selection, offer negotiation, and initiating the onboarding process.

The purpose of this role is to own, manage and consult on all aspects of the end-to-end hiring process and to source external talent for exempt and non-exempt retail and attraction roles.

Function Specific Activities:
Key responsibilities include

Maintains effective working relationship with HR and Operational partners in order to effectively lead and inform staffing decisions/plans that supports the organization’s business objectives.

Actively confers with people managers to identify staffing needs and requirements, to include: conducting intake/scope calls, providing process and status overviews, barriers and constraints impacting time to fill expectations.

Develops and maintains relationships with technical schools, colleges, alumni groups, military sources, and diversity organizations to find and attract applicants.

Manages and facilitates onsite hiring events (open house, career fairs, and interview days).

Pre-screens and develops slate of candidates by conducting initial phone screens; analyzing responses; comparing qualifications to job requirements and determining next steps.

Coaches and trains people managers on effective recruiting and interview practices to ensure polices and legal requirements are met.

Possesses and maintains on-going knowledge of the latest recruiting strategies utilizing a high level of creativity and latitude.

Supports Coca-Cola’s diversity initiatives and objectives by attracting diverse talent by building and maintaining rapport with various communities, universities, alumni, agencies, recruiters, and non-profit organizations.

Ensures compliance with all federal/state laws and regulations including AAP, ADA, and OFCCP, monitors and ensures goals for candidate slate mix are met for each position.

Develops a full understanding of, and utilizes, reporting features of recruiting systems, including requisition reports, candidate status reports, etc. to be effective.

Identify, develop, and implement sourcing initiatives that result in sufficient volume of quality talent to meet workforce needs within the respective client groups.

Create and drive non-traditional, innovative recruitment methods and lead managing sourcing events to insure continuous pipeline to reach passive job seekers and to source hard to fill roles.

Onboard new employees in order to become fully integrated.

Utilize sales, research, and networking skills to proactively identify active and passive talent through flawless execution of our process and creative thinking for challenging roles and markets.

Create a sustainable model to address high volume, seasonal and part time talent needs.

Partner with Human Resources and Comp to develop/coordinate offers and salary recommendations.

Work Related Experience

At least 5+ years direct recruiting experience (full lifecycle and sourcing) non-exempt to management level positions in a high volume retail environment required.

Strong sourcing capability and demonstrated ability to source talent across multiple regions (knowledge of and insights on regional talent markets).

Knowledge of various functions (retail sales and management, marketing, customer service roles etc.) within an organization and the challenges of filling positions within those departments.

Strong communicator with the ability to influence and persuade across all levels of the organization, exercising a high degree of confidentiality, professionalism, poise, tact and diplomacy to accomplish objectives.

Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to clearly present recommendations and ideas and to summarize complex issues.

Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced, time-sensitive environment with shifting priorities and multiple deadlines.

Work in a metrics driven environment.

Functional Competencies:
Ensures Talent – Where and When We Need It. Designs and leverages integrated people strategies based on a holistic understanding of our diverse workforce; enabling the attraction, development, and retention of top talent.

Builds Sustainable Relationships – Establishes trust with constituents through proactive solution development, delivery against commitments, and honest, transparent communication.

Builds Staff Plans – Creates and implements a comprehensive recruitment plan that will identify and recruit a highly qualified, talented and diverse workforce.

Time Management – Ability to prioritize projects and work tasks against pre-determined deadlines.

Key Technical Skills:
Recruiting & Sourcing expertise

Consulting and stakeholder management

Employment Law, as applicable for recruiting, sourcing, and hiring

Project Management and Business Acumen

Protocol and Cultural Diversity (for appropriate markets)

Knowledge and use of Microsoft Suite, including Excel, Word and PowerPoint applications. Social media platforms including Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+, Instagram, Pinterest, etc. and recruiting platform such as People Fluent

Job Requirements:
Years of Experience: 5-7 Years Experience

Leadership Behaviors:
DRIVE INNOVATION: Generate new or unique solutions and embrace new ideas that help sustain our business(encompassing everything from continuous improvement to new product and package innovation).

COLLABORATE WITH SYSTEM, CUSTOMERS, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS: Develop and leverage relationships with stakeholders to approximately stretch and impact the System (Company and Bottler).

ACT LIKE AN OWNER: Deliver results, creating value for our Brands, our System, our customers, and key stakeholders.

INSPIRE OTHERS: Inspire people to deliver our mission and 2020 Vision, demonstrate passion for the business and give people a reason to believe anything is possible.

DEVELOP SELF AND OTHERS: Develop self and support others’ development to achieve full potential.

Growth Behaviors:
GROWTH MINDSET: Demonstrates curiosity. Welcomes failure as a learning opportunity.

SMART RISK: Makes bold decisions/recommendations.

EXTERNALLY FOCUSED: Understands the upstream and downstream implications of his/her work. Tracks and shares external trends, best practices or ideas.

PERFORMANCE DRIVEN AND ACCOUNTABLE: Has high performance standards. Outperforms her/his peers.

FAST/AGILE: Removes barriers to move faster. Experiments and adapts. Thrives under pressure and fast pace.

EMPOWERED: Brings solutions instead of problems. Challenges the status quo. Has the courage to take an unpopular stance.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.