HR Manager - Talent Acquisition
About the role
The Talent Acquisition Manager is responsible for directing the corporate recruitment lifecycle, attracting premier professional talent, and leading the recruitment team to meet organizational workforce requirements.
Responsibilities
Leads, develops, and manages a team of corporate talent acquisition specialists, providing guidance and support across all sourcing and selection cycles.
Utilizes and modernizes diverse recruitment channels, including advanced social media platforms, professional networks, employee referral programs, and specialized search firms to attract a premier candidate pool.
Coordinates and facilitates multi-stage interviewing, screening, and diagnostic selection assessments, steering the evaluation process to ensure a high-caliber cultural and skill match.
Manages job condition styling, negotiates competitive salaries and offers, and facilitates candidate transitions through the pre-employment and onboarding integration phases.
Maintains, audits, and refines formalized job descriptions and person specifications within company databases to ensure alignment with evolving organizational capability needs.
Makes timely decisions that guide and support the team effectively while translating departmental goals into clear team objectives.
Analyzes specialized recruitment metrics, key performance indicators (KPIs), and talent market trends to evaluate campaign efficacy and drive data-backed operational improvements.
Develops and refines practical corporate guidelines, service level agreements, and standard operating procedures (SOPs) to enhance the structural efficiency of the talent acquisition lifecycle.
Collaborates closely with corporate department heads, hiring managers, and cross-functional leadership to systematically forecast headcount needs and align staffing architectures with macro business targets.
Partners with corporate communications and the broader employee lifecycle team to ensure talent selection principles actively support diversity, equity, and belonging goals across the corporate ecosystem.
Maintains strict responsibility for the optimized allocation and fiscal stewardship of financial and material resources within the team's assigned recruitment budget.
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field focused on application-oriented professional and process knowledge.
3–5 years of progressive, specialized experience in full-cycle corporate recruitment or talent acquisition, with a demonstrable history of informal or formal peer mentorship and team guidance.
Deep functional understanding of advanced candidate sourcing tools, digital recruitment technologies, and applicant tracking system (ATS) structures.
Strong analytical, data synthesis, and root-cause analysis skills, paired with an ability to interpret talent metrics into structured team tasks.
Exceptional communication and diplomacy skills, demonstrating a credible presence and an innate ability to maintain balanced stakeholder relations under conflicting priorities.
Skills
Ability to travel up to ~10% of the time, which may include weekends and evenings, as needed.
Most work is performed in a temperature-controlled office environment.
Must be able to sit for prolonged periods of time at a desk or computer terminal.
May use keyboards, telephone, and standard office equipment in the course of a normal workday.
Stooping, bending, twisting, and reaching may be required in the completion of job duties.
Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds at times.
Benefits
Lidl US offers a comprehensive benefits package including:
Medical & Prescription | Dental | Vision coverage
Paid Holiday & Paid Time Off (PTO)
Dedicated training plans
401k Plan (+ 5% company match)
Voluntary Term Life & AD&D Insurance
Total Well-Being Program
DailyPay, a voluntary benefit to offer employees access to their pay on their own schedule