Talent Acquisition Director, North America

Job Summary

The Regional Talent Acquisition Director is responsible for designing, building, and deploying a comprehensive talent acquisition strategy, ensuring the organization attracts, assesses, and selects best-in-class talent through scalable, cost-effective recruitment methods.

This role operates within a complex, high volume manufacturing environment, building and leading a strong talent acquisition organization, driving operational excellence and continuous improvement across hiring practices. The Director partners closely with business leaders to strengthen talent pipelines, enhance hiring quality, and support long-term workforce planning.

The position is based at the company's Saint Petersburg, Florida office.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for regional talent acquisition across USA, including 25+ plants, ensuring hiring strategies align with business priorities and growth plans.
• Develop and execute region-wide talent acquisition strategies that support workforce planning, sourcing, and selection needs across multiple business units.
• Build, lead, and continuously develop a highly performing Regional TA organization, including Recruiters, Sourcers, and TA Managers, fostering a culture of accountability, capability building, and results.
• Partner with Senior Leadership, HR Business Partners, and Operations to deliver timely, high-quality hiring solutions for both new and existing markets.
• Lead recruitment efforts across complex, high volume manufacturing environments, supporting roles across plant and site leadership, supply chain, quality, engineering, corporate, and shared services functions.
• Act as a trusted advisor to regional business and HR leaders by providing insight into market trends, talent availability, and hiring best practices.
• Continuously assess and improve the effectiveness, scalability, and sustainability of regional recruiting models and processes.
• Own regional recruitment budgeting and forecasting, ensuring financial discipline, cost optimization, and strong return on investment.
• Create and execute scalable hiring models to support site expansions, new site launches, and periods of accelerated growth.
• Lead campus and early career hiring strategies across the region and represent the organization at community, university, and industry events.
• Design and implement strategies to reduce reliance on external recruitment vendors, lowering overall hiring costs while maintaining quality.
• When required, establish and manage external vendor partnerships, including search firms, staffing agencies, and RPO providers.
• Track, analyze, and report talent acquisition metrics and performance indicators, using data to drive continuous improvement and informed decision-making.
• Demonstrate strong stakeholder influence, change leadership, and agility in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
• Ensure full compliance with company policies, procedures, and security requirements.

Job Qualifications

• Experience to include in-depth knowledge and awareness of staffing strategies, experience building and executing strategic plans, internal and external provider management, and building high-performance talent acquisition teams.
• Experience in staffing and recruiting management across a geographically dispersed manufacturing company, with knowledge of United States of America labor markets, employment laws, and talent market insights.
• Experience in managing high-volume staffing ramps, tracking progress, and reporting results to Senior Leadership teams in the US.
• Experience in using and optimizing an applicant tracking system/ATS, workforce planning tools, and talent analytics.
• Proficiency in use of personal computers, Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint), and e-mail skills required.
• Bachelor’s degree in human resources or related field required, master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum of 8 years Talent Acquisition experience, with a minimum of 5 years’ management experience.