Strategic Sourcer

Description

The strategic sourcer builds and runs end-to-end sourcing plans and a talent attraction approach aimed at filling key talent gaps, and creates talent pipelines, success profiles and talent communities.

You work across recruiting and social media tools and channels to deliver a sharp, high-standard experience for stakeholders. You act as an advisor, using market analysis and industry research to shape sourcing plans that build future capability and help stakeholders plan their talent mix and react early to what the market can supply.

The company is a biopharmaceutical business with a stated focus on immunology, oncology and neuroscience, plus an aesthetics portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Work with key stakeholders to build pipelines before gaps or vacancies appear.
• Design sourcing strategies for senior, critical talent in highly competitive, hard-to-fill markets.
• Act as the sourcing expert, using talent market data (LinkedIn Insights and SeekOut), ATS fill history and direct advice to business leaders, recruiters and business HR.
• Build strategic networks through external partners, conferences and industry events to find, engage and hire high-caliber people who fit business needs.
• Build deep knowledge of target functions, culture and role scope so you can speak credibly about them, and promote the company's employee value proposition in Smart Recruiters.
• Source passive candidates with advanced techniques, including Boolean searches of resume databases, social media, LinkedIn and industry directories, to surface strong talent pools.
• Prescreen candidates thoroughly and present them to hiring managers and the recruiting team, keeping candidate data accurate, high quality and trustworthy across talent acquisition platforms.
• Keep talent engaged between openings, and share news about roles as they are posted.
• Report on critical roles and sourcing activity to stakeholders.
• Build close working relationships with recruiters and candidates to maintain a qualified bench for current and expected needs.
• Earn trust with internal stakeholders, including business leaders, recruiters, Total Rewards, Talent Development and business HR, so you understand the key roles and the obstacles to hiring top talent.
• Collect data on competitors and market conditions that could affect your ability to hire the right people.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree is required.
• Substantial experience in strategic sourcing, including contingent or retained search, ideally in pharmaceutical operations or manufacturing, and the ability to lead and sway others.
• Advanced CRM experience is preferred.
• Hands-on experience with screening, first contact, prescreening and both in-depth phone and in-person interviews.
• Ability to build and carry out a talent strategy for critical roles, with a solid grasp of lead generation methods such as internet mining.
• Experience using creative search methods to map talent and generate names, ideally with SeekOut or LinkedIn Insights.
• A team player who is adaptable, has high integrity, and is strong at negotiation and influence.
• A steady record of delivering results, especially when facing challenges or obstacles.
• An entrepreneurial mindset and a proactive approach to driving performance. You perform well with a high degree of autonomy.

Conditions

The company is an equal opportunity employer. This role is open to US and Puerto Rico residents only; see the company's equal employment page for details.