Senior Corporate Recruiter

Recognized as aMilwaukee Journal SentinelTop Workplace for 14 consecutive years, including three years of being honored as number one! Join us at West Bend, where we believe that our associates are our greatest asset. We hire talented individuals who are conscientious, dedicated, customer focused, and able to build lasting relationships. We create and maintain an environment where you feel a sense of belonging and appreciation. Your diversity of thought, experience, and knowledge are valued. We're committed to fostering a welcoming culture, offering you opportunities for meaningful work and professional growth. More than a workplace, we celebrate our successes and take pride in serving our communities.

The Senior Corporate Recruiter plays a critical role in attracting, engaging, and hiring top talent to support West Bend's strategic goals. This role manages full-cycle recruiting for a wide range of positions including critical, complex, and officer level positions, while serving as a trusted partner to hiring managers and HRBPs The Senior Corporate Recruiter provides consultive guidance on recruiting strategies, leverages labor market insights to influence decisions, and contributes to employer branding and process improvements. In addition, this role mentors junior team members and serves as the team's subject matter expert on pre-employment assessments, ensuring consistent usage and vendor alignment in partnership with the TA Manager and Talent COE leader.

Hybrid

This position offers a hybrid work schedule. Candidates who are located within 50 miles of a West Bend office location will work a hybrid schedule for collaboration days, team meetings or other in-person events. The position can be based in West Bend or Madison.

What You'll Be Responsible For

Lead full-cycle recruitment for all roles across the organization, including complex, high-profile and hard-to-fill positions.
• Work with leaders to translate workforce needs into effective recruiting strategies, leveraging labor market data and competitive intelligence to guide decision making.
• Collaborate with leaders to define ideal candidate profiles and develop creative proactive sourcing strategies leveraging technology, networks, and external partnerships.
• Serve as the team's expert resource on pre-employment assessments, managing day-to-day usage, supporting recruiters and leaders in effective application, and maintaining the vendor relationship in partnership with the TA Manager and Talent COE leader.
• Track and report recruiting metrics using data and analytics to make informed decisions, track pipeline availability and improve hiring outcomes.
• Support employer branding efforts through candidate communications, events, and partnerships.
• Collaborate with the TA Manager to implement process improvements and recruitment tools.
• Maintain compliance with all relevant laws, policies, and standards.
• Review and assess applicants' education, experience, training, and qualifications.
• Test, score, and gather feedback from interviewers; communicate job duties, responsibilities, schedules, compensation, benefits, and advancement opportunities to candidates.
• Prepare and extend job offers, notify candidates of rejections, and handle complex recruitment issues.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to TA team members.

What You Bring

• 4-6 years of progressive full-cycle recruiting experience, including experience with officer-level or high-volume roles.
• Consultative skills and ability to influence leaders on hiring decisions.
• Understanding of TA best practices, sourcing methods, labor market dynamics, employment laws, and compliance standards.
• Skilled in applicant tracking systems (ATS), HRIS platforms, recruiting technologies, and recruitment analytics.
• Oral and written communication skills, collaboration and relationship-building skills
• Time management skills

Education & Credentials

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field preferred
• SPHR designation preferred

The salary range for this position is $87,000-$112,000.

The actual base pay offered to the successful candidate will be based on multiple factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity. Compensation decisions are made by West Bend and are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.

West Bend offers a comprehensive benefit plan including but not limited to:

• Medical & Prescription Insurance

• Health Savings Account

• Dental Insurance

• Vision Insurance

• Short and Long Term Disability

• Flexible Spending Accounts

• Life and Accidental Death & Disability

• Accident and Critical Illness Insurance

• Employee Assistance Program

• 401(k) Plan with Company Match

• Pet Insurance

• Paid Time Off. Standard first year PTO is 17 days, pro-rated based on month of hire. Enhanced PTO may be available for experienced candidates

• Bonus eligible based on performance

• West Bend will comply with any applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including, but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act for Colorado employees, in accordance with its plans and policies.

West Bend provides equal employment opportunities to all associates and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, and promotion.