Talent Acquisition & Development Partner

The Talent Acquisition and Development Partner role at Millcraft is based onsite in Independence, OH and focuses on full-cycle recruiting, onboarding, training, development, and succession planning aligned to our culture and growth goals.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end recruiting for pivotal roles across the organization, prioritizing senior-level and revenue-driving positions
• Collaborate with hiring managers to define role requirements and success profiles
• Align hiring decisions with business strategy and team needs in partnership with managers
• Develop and maintain proactive talent pipelines for essential and recurring roles
• Source, screen, and evaluate candidates for technical fit and cultural compatibility
• Enhance the candidate journey from initial outreach to offer acceptance
• Fill roles internally to reduce reliance on external recruiters
• Monitor and report on recruiting metrics: time-to-fill
• Monitor and report on recruiting metrics: cost-per-hire
• Monitor and report on recruiting metrics: quality of hire
• Strengthen Millcraft's employer brand through candidate engagement and external networking
• Partner with HR leadership to support a structured onboarding experience
• Coordinate and support new hire cohorts
• Develop 30/60/90-day success plans
• Ensure new hires integrate into team structures
• Assist in implementing and managing a New Hire Buddy Program
• Ensure new hires connect with key internal stakeholders
• Provide resources and tools for success
• Collect feedback to continuously improve onboarding effectiveness
• Lead and execute elements of Millcraft's training and development strategy
• Organize new hire training cohorts
• Oversee sales training programs
• Support professional development initiatives
• Coordinate external training programs such as NAW, EDIC, Six Sigma
• Manage conference participation and logistics
• Collaborate on tracking ROI of training investments and share knowledge with teams
• Create learning guides and internal sessions
• Support structured learning paths, especially for sales roles
• Develop for early career employees
• Design and support a formal mentoring program, including mentor-mentee matching
• Monitor effectiveness through feedback and pulse checks
• Identify and develop high-potential talent
• Support leadership development initiatives
• Facilitate career pathing and progression
• Contribute to succession planning by building pipelines for key roles
• Support internal mobility strategies
• Help capture institutional knowledge from experienced team members, including customer insights, sales strategies, and business processes
• Coordinate structured knowledge-sharing efforts such as "If I were starting over" sessions, customer playbooks, and cross-functional learning sessions
• Act as a strategic partner to HR and business leaders on talent needs
• Help shift the organization from reactive hiring to proactive workforce planning
• Identify talent gaps and opportunities aligned with business growth
• Contribute to continuous improvement of hiring processes, talent programs, and the employee experience

Requirements

• 3–7+ years of experience in corporate recruiting or talent acquisition
• Or a hybrid recruiting plus HR/people development role
• Experience recruiting for professional, sales, or leadership roles preferred
• Exposure to training, onboarding, or development programs is a strong plus
• Willingness to travel regionally within a four-hour drive up to 25% of the time
• Ability to assess both technical fit and cultural alignment
• Highly organized with strong project coordination abilities
• Skilled in influencing hiring decisions and driving alignment

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, & Vision
• Profit-Sharing
• Generous Time Off Policies
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Military Leave Pay
• Voluntary Dependent Life Insurance
• Accident and Critical Illness
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• Wellness Program
• Company Paid Holidays
• 401k Retirement Savings Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Veteran’s Day Pay
• Limited Purpose F.S.A and Dependent Care F.S.A
• Company-paid Short Term Disability and Long-Term Disability