What are the responsibilities and job description for the Global Talent Acquisition Director position at Watlow?
About Us
As a world-class industrial technology and thermal products leader, Watlow designs and manufactures heating solutions such as electric resistive heaters, temperature sensors, temperature and power controllers and supporting software – all the components of a thermal system. We partner with our customers to optimize thermal performance, decrease design time and improve the efficiency of products and applications. We bring 100 years of experience to numerous industries, including semiconductor processing, clean environmental technology, energy generation, diesel emissions, medical equipment and food service equipment. The company has over 4,000 employees across the Americas, Europe and Asia, and generates over $800M revenue with a strategy to deliver accelerated growth over the next five years.
About The Role
Reporting to the Chief Human Resources Officer, the Global Talent Acquisition Director is responsible for building a best-in-class global talent acquisition center of excellence encompassing a full lifecycle recruiting model. By staying on top of trends and market changes, this role is responsible for maintaining key knowledge of the competitive talent landscape including market availability, talent trends, compensation and benefits and will leverage this knowledge to serve as a trusted and credible advisor when translating complex business, enterprise and diversity strategies into actionable hiring outcomes.
To be successful in this role, an individual must be able to balance long-term strategic planning with solving near-term operational challenges in a rapidly growing company with substantial M&A activity.
Responsibilities
Benefits
The health, well-being and financial stability of you and your family is a high priority to us. The Watlow Total Rewards Plan includes competitive compensation and a full range of life and career enhancing benefits:
We proactively embrace diversity in all its dimensions across our company and cultivate a culture of inclusion and forward thinking that respects and reflects each team member’s individual strengths, views, and experiences. Watlow takes pride in being an inclusive equal opportunity employer and considers for employment qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
Please let us know confidentially if you need or require any special accommodations to participate in our recruiting process by emailing us at accommodations@Watlow.com.
As a world-class industrial technology and thermal products leader, Watlow designs and manufactures heating solutions such as electric resistive heaters, temperature sensors, temperature and power controllers and supporting software – all the components of a thermal system. We partner with our customers to optimize thermal performance, decrease design time and improve the efficiency of products and applications. We bring 100 years of experience to numerous industries, including semiconductor processing, clean environmental technology, energy generation, diesel emissions, medical equipment and food service equipment. The company has over 4,000 employees across the Americas, Europe and Asia, and generates over $800M revenue with a strategy to deliver accelerated growth over the next five years.
About The Role
Reporting to the Chief Human Resources Officer, the Global Talent Acquisition Director is responsible for building a best-in-class global talent acquisition center of excellence encompassing a full lifecycle recruiting model. By staying on top of trends and market changes, this role is responsible for maintaining key knowledge of the competitive talent landscape including market availability, talent trends, compensation and benefits and will leverage this knowledge to serve as a trusted and credible advisor when translating complex business, enterprise and diversity strategies into actionable hiring outcomes.
To be successful in this role, an individual must be able to balance long-term strategic planning with solving near-term operational challenges in a rapidly growing company with substantial M&A activity.
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement a global talent acquisition strategy aligned with the organization's objectives, delivering a consistent talent acquisition approach across regions leveraging a global talent acquisition system along with an internal talent acquisition team, third party search and recruitment vendors
- Collaborate with senior leadership and HR teams to forecast talent needs, identify key roles, and develop hiring plans to address current and future talent gaps
- Oversee the development and execution of sourcing strategies to attract diverse talent and build talent pipelines, utilizing various channels such as social media, referrals, and talent networks
- Develop a global Early Talent strategy encompassing targeted university outreach, internship conversion and joint oversight with the business of the global rotational program
- Lead efforts to enhance the employer brand globally, ensuring that the organization is perceived as an employer of choice in key markets
- Ensure a best-in-class candidate experience throughout the recruitment process, from application to onboarding, to attract and retain top talent
- Establish dashboard of talent acquisition analytics and metrics
- Ensure compliance and overall governance of labor regulations across regions
- Bachelor’s degree
- 10 years of progressive HR experience, with 5 years leading talent acquisition teams
- Global talent acquisition experience and strong knowledge of critical employment laws and regulations across regions
- Demonstrated experience developing and implementing TA strategies and initiatives involving a transformation in talent acquisition
- Excellent communication, collaboration, negotiation and influencing skills
- Senior level experience as a strategic TA partner serving as credible and trusted advisor guiding people leaders on talent acquisition topics
- Proven ability to build effective relationships with stakeholders across regions and at all levels in the organization
- Advanced level English skills
Benefits
The health, well-being and financial stability of you and your family is a high priority to us. The Watlow Total Rewards Plan includes competitive compensation and a full range of life and career enhancing benefits:
- Annual Achievement Award
- 401(k) plan that includes a company match on your contribution and an annual company contribution that is tied to company performance
- Onsite wellness clinic
- Wellness incentives
- Employee Personal Assistance Program
- Dental, medical, vision and short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Paid holidays, personal time, and vacation
- Parental leave
- Tuition reimbursement
We proactively embrace diversity in all its dimensions across our company and cultivate a culture of inclusion and forward thinking that respects and reflects each team member’s individual strengths, views, and experiences. Watlow takes pride in being an inclusive equal opportunity employer and considers for employment qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
Please let us know confidentially if you need or require any special accommodations to participate in our recruiting process by emailing us at accommodations@Watlow.com.
