Sourcing Specialist (1 Year Contract)***Spécialiste De L'approvisionnement (Contrat D'un An)

IPEX is one of the North American leading providers of advanced plastic piping systems. Our mission is to shape a better tomorrow by connecting people with water and energy.

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Sourcing Specialist for a one-year opportunity. This role is based in Oakville, and reports to the Manager, Talent Acquisition.

Do not miss the opportunity to join a broad family of people-centric professionals, thought leaders and rapid thinkers, entrepreneurs in spirit and status quo-fighters!

Job Summary

We are currently looking for a Sourcing Specialist (One year contract) who will help to hire top talent for our Aliaxis North American companies by sourcing, screening, and discovering unique and creative sourcing strategies. This position is intended to provide a high level of customer service to our in-house Talent Acquisition Specialists and Hiring Managers by finding quality candidates in a competitive market. The IPEX Sourcing Specialist main responsibilities include using various channels to look for current and future candidates, contacting passive candidates and building a robust talent pipeline.

Principal Responsibilities

• Provide strong candidates to the Talent Acquisition team by building a pipeline of top candidates through our data base, researching and sourcing for candidates
• Draft engaging messages to attract top candidates
• Dispositioning large amounts of candidates within our ATS in a timely manner with accuracy
• Work well in a high paced and high-volume recruitment environment
• Develop an understanding of IPEX products, plant equipment and people to successfully identify the right people for the job
• Pre-screening candidates
• Interact with potential candidates on social media and professional networks (e.g. LinkedIn, Indeed, Local Association/Communities, Facebook)
• Manage candidate databases (eg. via our Applicant Tracking System)
• Help to craft referral messages to drive employee engagement in referring candidates
• Represent the company with integrity and professionalism
• Measure key metrics to ensure we track our sourcing success such as conversion rates, source of candidates, number of candidates you have presented for each role.
• The ability to balance multiple searches in supporting various plant locations
• Keep pipeline warm for future opportunities
• Be a strong ambassador in promoting our employer brand
• Coordinate with Talent Acquisition Specialist and hiring managers to determine position requirements
• Identify qualified candidate profiles using various sourcing techniques (e.g. Boolean search)

Qualifications & Experience

Education & Certificates

• Bilingual in French/English is an asset
• Boolean Certified (asset)
• BSc in Human Resources Management or relevant field (asset)

Technical Skills & Experience

• Proven work experience as a Sourcer or similar role
• Must have a minimum of 2 years experience in sourcing roles in both Canada and US
• Hands-on experience with sourcing techniques (e.g. recruiting on social platforms and crafting Boolean search strings)
• Mentoring teammates on new ways to deepen their technical sourcing techniques
• Work with Recruiters to build unique and creative reach outs
• Solid verbal and written communication skills
• Proven track record of successfully utilizing multiple sourcing strategies to identify outstanding candidates
• Have managed multiple sourcing searches for a high-volume environment to support the hiring of 30-40 hires/month
• 3-5 years experience in a sourcing/recruitment role (agency preferred)
• Experience implementing creative sourcing methods through multiple channels
• 3-5 years experience in sourcing for Corporate roles, focus on HR function
• Excellent time-management abilities
• Positive and a drive for results attitude
• Familiarity with HR databases, Applicant Tracking Systems (preferably Workday or Workable)

IPEX is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities throughout the recruitment process and, upon request, will work with qualified job applicants to provide suitable accommodation in a manner that takes into account the applicant’s accessibility needs due to disability. Accommodation requests are available to candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process for IPEX jobs. To request an accommodation, please contact HR at [email protected]