Talent Acquisition Sourcing Specialist

Responsibilities / Tasks

Why join GEA’s Talent Acquisition team?

As part of the GEA´s growth strategy, our Talent Acquisition team will play a critical role in ensuring that the organization meets its full potential. As a Sourcing Specialist, to will be the front line of identifying and building relationships with others that will join us on our mission to Engineer for a Better World. We are building out our team, refining our processes and introducing new AI powered technology that will help drive our team’s efficiency and success.

As part of this process, we are hiring multiple Sourcing Specialists that can be based remotely (or hybrid – your preference!) across Canada or the United States.

GEA is one of the largest suppliers for the food, beverage, chemical, pharmaceutical and farm technology industries. In fact, without realizing it, you have likely eaten, drunk or taken medication produced with GEA equipment in the last 48 hours. We are focused on supporting our clients as we all work towards more sustainable production in all the industries we support.

The world today needs better. For our planet and future generations.

Your Role as a Sourcing Specialist

You will partner with the business and Talent Acquisition Specialists to design effective sourcing strategies to identify top talent in a variety of functions to fill current and future job openings.

This Will Be Done By

• Developing and utilizing best-in-class candidate sourcing techniques including but not limited to internal database mining, utilizing external resume databases, utilizing Boolean search strings, association networking, social networking and leveraging internal referrals.
• Creating and managing proactive talent pool marketing campaigns to build relationships with people as they learn more about and consider joining GEA
• Building virtual and face-to-face solutions for identifying talent for hard-to-fill positions in blue and/or white collar positions at various locations across North America
• Creating a robust pipeline of top talent, treating each candidate as an individual through meaningful and timely interactions
• Identifying and pre-screening diverse slates of candidates to present to managers and other hiring stakeholders

Your Profile / Qualifications

• 2+ years managing interactive media campaigns for direct applicant response, employment branding, and performance analyses
• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, marketing or other related field
• Sourcing experience in a wide range of functional areas including for manufacturing or mechanical engineering industry, energy, oil & gas or EPCM industry
• 2+ years of experience in a talent acquisition or sourcing specialist role
• Previous experience in enterprise level Applicant Tracking Systems, Workday preferred
• English language fluency is required and French is highly preferred
• Hands on experience with proven and creative sourcing techniques

We are an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer that understands the value of diversity and its impact on a high performance culture.

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