High Volume Recruiter

About the role

Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (NYSE: GPI) is a Fortune 250 leader in global automotive retail, operating more than 250 dealerships and collision centers across the United States and United Kingdom. As the 4th largest dealership group in the U.S., Group 1 delivers a fully integrated automotive experience, including vehicle sales, financing, aftersales service, and digital retail solutions. The company is investing in the people, technology, and operational excellence needed to shape what comes next, grounded in the belief that a better experience for customers starts with an exemplary experience for employees.

The Talent Acquisition Partner is a market-embedded, full-cycle hiring strategist responsible for leading talent acquisition efforts in their assigned market. This role is a true business partnership focused on modernizing hiring practices, influencing adoption of new processes, and delivering a high-touch, white-glove recruitment experience to both hiring leaders and candidates. Serving as the face of Talent Acquisition in-market, this person will drive execution, influence store leadership, and elevate hiring outcomes through consistent process adoption, proactive sourcing, talent pipeline strategies, data-backed decision making, and ongoing partnership. The role requires strong change management capability, problem solving, and the confidence to hold stakeholders accountable to best practices in a rapidly evolving TA function.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the dedicated TA partner for a defined market/region with varying business needs, adoption levels, and hiring maturity; this is a high-volume individual contributor role.
• Create complex market hiring strategies and lead process adoption and change management by building relationships with market leadership, acting as a strategic advisor.
• Influence hiring behavior through data discussions, talent insights, and performance metrics that guide how and who we hire.
• Own the end-to-end hiring process from intake to pre-boarding handoff to HR Shared Services.
• Deliver a consistently high-standard candidate experience reflective of the employer brand.
• Build and maintain pipelines for high-impact roles; reduce reliance on inbound applicants.
• Leverage multi-channel sourcing with passive talent, referrals, community partnerships, events, local schools/trade programs, etc.
• Provide bi-weekly and monthly business reviews with store and district leaders to align hiring strategy with operational goals.
• Review market hiring metrics, funnel performance, and aging roles to consult store leaders on action plans and bottlenecks.
• Meet or exceed department Key Performance Indicators such as time to fill, applicant cycle time, funnel metrics, requisition fill rates, etc.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in full-cycle high volume recruiting.
• Ability to manage 50+ requisitions at a time through strong time management and recruitment skills.
• Experience supporting multi-rooftops (15+ locations) preferred.
• Travel required up to 50% of the time.
• Hybrid work schedule: 4 days in office, 1 day work from home.
• Advanced sourcing: Boolean, talent mapping, passive outreach, competitive market research, etc.
• Strength in building pipelines through colleges, technical schools, and military installations.
• Experience supporting 15+ stores in a market strongly preferred.
• Strong relationship management skills with demonstrated success driving hiring process change, influencing leaders, and creating adoption in environments with varying readiness.
• Skilled in data storytelling.
• Proficiency with ATS, CRM, sourcing platforms, pipeline tools, and reporting dashboards.

What We Offer

Compensation: $95,000 – $111,000 per year depending on experience.

• Full benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), and career development support.