Senior Talent Acquisition Partner - Skilled Trades & Manufacturing

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Title: Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

Company: Global Power Components – www.globalpowercomponents.com

Location: Milwaukee, WI (onsite 5-days/week)

Hire Type: Direct Hire

Position Summary:

The Senior Talent Acquisition Partner – Skilled Trades & Manufacturing owns a broader agency portfolio and recruiting strategy across multiple sites, bringing seasoned judgment to complex staffing decisions and agency relationships. This role goes beyond day-to-day pipeline management to include mentoring Talent Acquisition Partners, shaping production hiring strategy at a multi-site level, and serving as an escalation point before matters reach the Talent Acquisition Manager. Reporting to the Talent Acquisition Manager, this role is a trusted advisor to Site HR Managers and Operations leaders on staffing strategy and a key partner in driving hiring results, workforce readiness, and agency performance across the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

Agency Partnership Leadership

• Own and manage a broader portfolio of staffing agency partnerships across multiple sites.
• Lead agency performance reviews and partnership discussions, bringing recommendations to the Talent Acquisition Manager.
• Serve as the senior escalation point for agency issues that Talent Acquisition Partners are unable to resolve independently.

Hiring Strategy

• Design and drive recruiting strategy across a multi-site production portfolio, adapting approach for varying volume, urgency, and role complexity.
• Identify systemic staffing challenges and recommend strategic solutions.
• Analyze hiring metrics, including fill rate, time-to-fill, agency performance, and conversion rates, translating findings into actionable recommendations.
• Drive accountability for production hiring results and workforce readiness across assigned sites.

Mentorship & Team Support

• Mentor and support Talent Acquisition Partners, sharing best practices on sourcing strategy, agency management, and stakeholder partnership.
• Serve as a resource for complex recruiting and staffing situations.

Site & Stakeholder Partnership

• Partner with Site HR Managers and Operations leaders on staffing priorities across multiple sites.
• Build strong relationships with supervisors to anticipate workforce needs before they become urgent.
• Support contingent workforce conversion efforts in partnership with the Contingent Workforce Coordinator.

Escalation & Manager Support

• Escalate complex staffing, agency, or workforce issues with well-developed recommendations.
• Support broader talent acquisition initiatives and process improvements.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience managing staffing agency relationships in a high-volume or production/industrial hiring environment, including contract and performance discussions
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex, multi-site requisition strategy and drive decisions with limited oversight
• Strong analytical skills, with experience translating hiring data into strategic recommendations
• Experience mentoring or informally guiding less-tenured recruiters or specialists
• Excellent stakeholder management skills across HR, site leadership, and agency partners
• Ability to work onsite full-time in a manufacturing environment
• Bachelor's degree preferred, or equivalent recruiting experience
• Bilingual (Spanish) strongly preferred
• Experience with Workday Recruiting or comparable ATS preferred
• Manufacturing or industrial environment experience strongly preferred