Astronautics Corporation of America (Astronautics), headquartered in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, is a global leader in the design, development, and manufacture of secure avionics equipment and systems for the commercial and military aerospace industry. Key product areas include electronic primary flight and engine displays, connected aircraft and cyber solutions, electronic flight bags, and certified servers for airborne applications. Services include avionics system integration and custom software for critical applications. Since its founding in 1959, Astronautics has been providing trusted, reliable, and tailored solutions to help clients achieve mission success. Astronautics is the parent company of Kearfott Corporation, headquartered in Pine Brook, New Jersey.
Join a team that designs computers, displays, and electronic systems for aircraft of the future! At Astronautics Corporation of America (Astronautics), you will be part of a creative group of professionals who work on the cutting-edge of technology. We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits and the opportunity for professional growth.
The Talent Acquisition Manager has responsibility for Talent Acquisition across the entire corporation, and will lead the development of talent acquisition strategies, plans, and practices. The candidate will have experience managing others, and be a highly adaptive and results-oriented professional who can engage collaboratively at all levels of the organization. This person will collaborate with senior leaders to establish an effective strategy for talent acquisition that aligns with overall business priorities, building a more effective and efficient talent acquisition delivery service.
Required Skills
- Create and drive implementation of Talent Acquisition strategy with a strong focus on building a high-quality talent pipeline, eliminating obstacles and barriers that impede team progress.
- Design talent strategies and programs that support the objectives of a growing business in a dynamic market environment.
- Lead development of broad-based recruiting strategies and programs, including the candidate experience and branding.
- Review structure and current processes, ensuring both are optimized to deliver value added services to the organization.
- Evaluate end-to-end Talent Acquisition processes for excellent candidate and manager experience, identifying opportunities for improvement, and drive improvement initiatives including the usage of tools and related technology.
- Ensure complete documentation of necessary recruitment data to ensure compliance with all state and federal regulations.
- Manage budget, usage and effectiveness for all vendors, 3rd party agencies, background/drug screening companies and any other third party resource that falls under Talent Acquisition.
- Maintain diligence in accurate and timely metrics reporting for entire talent acquisition function; responsible for real time analysis and critical review of hiring pipeline.
- Partner with human resources and functional management to ensure robust college recruitment strategy is defined and implemented.
- Develop strong cross-functional relationships with key business partners within and outside of human resources.
- Coach and mentor other team members, actively building capabilities and managing performance expectations across the Talent Acquisition team.
- Identify and implement sourcing strategies based upon the job position by creatively conducting research and/or utilizing a multitude of resources.
- Develop an ongoing and diverse pipeline using research, networking, database mining, etc. for prospective applicants.
- Use a variety of technical tools to identify and attract a high qualified pool of candidates.
- Screen applicants through the use of qualifying interview techniques such as behavioral based interviewing.
- Work with hiring managers to determine best fit candidates, coordinate interviews, and receive timely feedback. Provide hiring managers with updates and summaries of recruiting progress and activity.
- Other related projects as assigned by human resource director to execute and deliver on talent acquisition strategic priorities.
Required Experience
- Demonstrated ability to engage, consult, influence, and partner with senior leaders in the developing/executing talent acquisition strategies to drive business performance.
- Strong analytical and data manipulation skills to drive insights. Possess an understanding of best practices in talent metrics, predictive analytics, and resource planning analytics.
- Bachelor degree in business, human resources or related discipline from an accredited institution.
- Minimum 7 years of recruitment experience, 5 years managing a Talent Acquisition function with national responsibility, including team members at multiple work sites.
- Consultative and interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to influence management as well as manage and develop others.
- Excellent oral and written communications to articulate concepts and ideas that can be easily understood by business counterparts.
- Excellent working knowledge of human resources principles, recruitment practices, standard processes and cutting edge tools (web search engine/tools, social media).
- Ability to think strategically; must be able to assess long-term needs and develop forward-looking programs to changes in business priorities.
- Solid business acumen, communication & presentation skills.
- Must be able to work collaboratively with his/her peers to provide seamless HR services within the organization.
- Must have experience leading talent acquisition in high tech and fast growth environments.
- Must be a U.S. Citizen or a U.S. Permanent Resident Cardholder.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Previous experience in Aviation/Aerospace or Defense Industry
- Master’s degree in Business Administration or Human Resources
- PHR or SPHR certification