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Are you an experienced recruiter who understands the pace, talent demands, and specialized hiring needs of a manufacturing environment? We are seeking an Associate Manager, Recruiting to lead full-cycle recruiting for hourly manufacturing, skilled trades, and salaried entry-level positions across our Operating Companies. This position is in Richmond, VA with a hybrid onsite work schedule (Tuesday – Thursday), must be flexible to adjusted schedule when need.

In this role, you will partner closely with manufacturing leaders, Human Resources Business Partners, sourcing partners, and community organizations to anticipate hiring needs and deliver effective recruiting strategies. You will manage the recruiting process from talent sourcing, candidate evaluation, assessment testing, interviewing, offer development, and onboarding.

What you will be doing:

• Manage full-cycle recruiting for hourly manufacturing, skilled trades, and salaried entry-level Operations positions.

• Lead talent sourcing, candidate screening and evaluation, pre-employment assessment testing for designated positions, interview coordination, offer generation, and onboarding activities.

• Facilitate consultative recruiting planning sessions with hiring leaders and HR partners to understand current and anticipated workforce needs.

• Establish clear expectations, responsibilities, recruiting timelines, and communication plans for each search.

• Develop role-specific sourcing strategies in partnership with the Sourcing and Recruitment teams. Represent the organization at recruiting events, hiring events, community programs, and other talent outreach activities.

• Advise business partners on talent availability, sourcing options, pipeline health, and potential recruiting challenges.

• Adjust recruiting strategies based on changing production demands, staffing priorities, and market conditions.

• Monitor measures such as pipeline activity, candidate conversion, time in process, hiring outcomes, sourcing effectiveness, and event results.

• Identify opportunities to improve recruiting processes, candidate experience, and overall hiring effectiveness.

What we want you to have:

• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant professional experience.

• 5 + years of Recruiting experience within manufacturing, operations, or related environment

• Experience supporting hourly, skilled trade and salaried level positions.

• Demonstrated experience managing full-cycle recruiting, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer development, and onboarding.

• Working knowledge of federal, state, and local employment laws, regulations, and compliance requirements.

• Experience partnering directly with hiring leaders and HR professionals to develop and execute recruiting strategies.

• Ability to manage multiple requisitions and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

• Strong organizational, planning, project management, and process management skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to develop strong relationships and influence partners at multiple organizational levels.

• Experience with applicant tracking systems, candidate relationship management tools, and recruiting technologies.