Human Resources Recruiter

Ozarks Coca-Cola-Dr Pepper Bottling Company is seeking a Human Resources Recruiter based in Springfield, MO. In this onsite role, you will help achieve staffing objectives by recruiting and evaluating candidates, supporting hiring managers through the hiring process, and maintaining reporting that supports ongoing workforce planning.

You will also contribute to the overall recruiting strategy by coordinating with departments, building candidate pipelines, and ensuring recruiting activities align with organizational requirements, including posting and outreach needs under the Affirmative Action Plan.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish recruiting requirements by reviewing organization plans and objectives and meeting with managers to discuss hiring needs.
• Attend job fairs across all locations and markets as needed.
• Develop and update job descriptions and job specifications.
• Build applicant sources by researching and contacting community services, colleges, employment agencies, recruiters, media, and internet sites, while providing information about opportunities and benefits and maintaining ongoing rapport.
• Determine applicant requirements by studying job descriptions and job qualifications.
• Arrange management interviews by coordinating schedules.
• Establish and build working relationships with hiring managers to support productive recruiting.
• Evaluate applicants by discussing job requirements and applicant qualifications with managers and conducting interviews using consistent qualifications.
• Maintain flexibility to meet interview schedules as needed.
• Collaborate regularly with department managers to proactively identify future hiring needs.
• Improve organizational attractiveness by recommending new policies and practices and monitoring job offers and compensation practices.
• Support organizational reporting, including hiring, promotion, and termination analysis.
• Meet employment goals by handling posting requirements and outreach needs required by the Affirmative Action Plan.
• Update job knowledge through educational opportunities, professional publications, and personal professional networks.
• Prepare recruitment materials and post roles to appropriate job boards, newspapers, colleges, and other relevant channels.
• Source and recruit candidates using databases and social media.
• Screen resumes and job applications.
• Act as a point of contact and build influential candidate relationships throughout the selection process.
• Provide analytical and well-documented recruiting reports to the team.
• Assist with hiring process activities such as reviewing applications and maintaining a spreadsheet to track applicants.
• Complete other tasks as assigned by management.

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal and written and verbal communication skills.
• Competent computer skills, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and HRIS systems, with the ability to create spreadsheets for analysis and tracking.
• Recruiting and interviewing skills, along with strong people skills.
• Firsthand experience with various selection processes preferred.
• Associate’s degree and two (2) years of progressive Human Resources experience with emphasis on recruitment preferred.
• Manufacturing and/or Distribution union and non-union experience preferred.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret policies, compliance guidelines, financial reports, and other legal documents.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from employees, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
• Ability to write and deliver speeches, draft articles for publication, and adhere to company style and format.
• Ability to present information to management, public groups, and/or a board of directors.
• Ability to perform mathematical operations, including working with whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percentage and develop and interpret graphs for presentations or reports.
• Problem-solving skills for practical situations with limited standardization.
• Ability to interpret instructions provided in written and verbal formats.
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), ABRA, and HRizon HRIS System.
• PHR and SPHR preferred.

Travel, Physical Demands, and Work Environment

• Some travel required between locations.
• Occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger/handle/feel, reach with hands and arms, climb stairs, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and talk or hear.
• Occasionally lift, push, pull, carry, and/or move 10 to 50 pounds.
• Vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Work environment typically not exposed to weather conditions; noise level usually moderate and typical of an office setting.

Tools and Technologies

• Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
• HRIS systems, ABRA, HRizon HRIS System
• Spreadsheets