Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute recruiting strategies while managing full-cycle recruitment for salaried positions, with a primary focus on engineering, technical, scientific, research & development, advanced manufacturing, operations leadership, and other business-critical roles.
• Recruit for specialized disciplines including but not limited to Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Polymer Science, Process Engineering, Product Development, Manufacturing Engineering, Automation, Quality, Supply Chain, and R&D functions.
• Manages full life cycle recruiting for 20-30 requisitions concurrently and varies based on business need.
• Bridges the gap between business needs and talent acquisition strategies, bringing a solution-oriented and consultative approach to all interactions.
• Drive an exceptional candidate experience by ensuring consistent communication, transparency, and professionalism throughout the recruiting lifecycle.
• Lead intake meetings and assist hiring managers with job profiling, interview planning, candidate assessments, and selection decisions.
• Effectively evaluate candidates' technical competencies, experience, and potential fit through structured screening and interviewing techniques.
• Flexibly adjusts strategies and approaches based on changing needs and market conditions.
• Partners with all levels of management (including executives) to understand succession needs and develops proactive strategies to address talent gaps.
• Maintains relationships with business networks and professional organizations to gain knowledge and obtain referrals.
• Maintains thorough documentation of requisition status, candidates flow and selection decisions.
• Understands and strives for excellence to meet KPI’s.
• Proactively communicates with hiring managers and HR on open positions, status, roadblocks, wins and opportunities.
• Works collaboratively with the HR team to identify bottlenecks in the hiring to on-boarding process, propose solutions, implement and communicate the successful solutions more broadly.
• Develops a strong understanding of Avient’s technologies, products, innovation initiatives, manufacturing processes, and organizational structure to effectively represent career opportunities in the marketplace.
• Contributes to special projects and initiatives as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Human Resources, or related field preferred.
• Minimum 5+ years’ experience in Talent Acquisition with emphasis on full life cycle salaried recruiting. Preferably in a manufacturing or consumer packaged goods setting.
• Proven experience recruiting for highly specialized technical disciplines including engineering, R&D, product development, quality, operations, and manufacturing leadership positions.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to drive change/process management.
• Strong interpersonal and time management skills.
• Self-starter with a high sense of urgency and drive results in attaining staffing goals.
• Understands Recruiting KPI’s and strives for excellence to deliver results.
• Strong knowledge of Applicant Tracking Systems, and social network recruiting platforms; Oracle Recruitment Cloud, Indeed, and LinkedIn Recruiter platform.