Talent Acquisition Partner

Hayward Industries, Inc. is seeking a Talent Acquisition Partner to support talent planning and recruiting strategy while providing full-service recruitment for professional roles. This onsite position in Raleigh, NC combines end-to-end recruiting execution with proactive sourcing, candidate management, and onboarding support.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement an end-to-end recruitment plan for assigned roles to build a strong and diverse talent pipeline aligned with business goals, covering activities from the initial recruiting strategy session through Day 1.
• Lead and execute internship and early career talent recruiting.
• Partner with hiring managers and HRBP to align on the talent profile for each role and support creation of role job descriptions.
• Create role-specific interview guides and ensure alignment with hiring managers on competencies to assess across interview stages and the hiring process.
• Proactively source and manage candidates through the recruitment lifecycle, including regular updates to hiring managers and leadership on candidate status.
• Pre-screen and/or interview applicants to evaluate interest, job fit, and qualifications relative to job requirements and Hayward’s Mission, Vision, and Values.
• Schedule candidate interviews with hiring managers and interview teams.
• Facilitate decision meetings by coordinating interviewers, documenting outcomes, and recording next steps.
• Monitor offer activity and raise concerns when candidate expectations may not align with current compensation practices.
• Manage the pre-employment and onboarding process for new hires, including assisting with new hire orientation facilitation.
• Collaborate with employment agencies, community organizations, colleges, and universities to attract talent.
• Conduct sourcing searches that may include cold calling, networking, identifying applicant associations or pools, professional groups and affiliations, websites, Boolean searches, targeted companies and individuals, and use of analytics tools.
• Use online recruiting resources such as niche job boards, associations, LinkedIn, Indeed, Handshake, career center websites, and ATS tools to identify and recruit candidates.
• Apply social media sourcing and talent branding tools to support talent attraction.
• Communicate a positive view of Hayward’s culture, work environment, and total rewards, including clear understanding and communication of benefits and perks.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 3+ years of full-cycle corporate recruiting experience across multiple disciplines in the manufacturing industry (including Finance, IT, Marketing, Sales, Operations, and others)
• Experience using Workday Recruit ATS
• Strong sourcing skills and strong understanding of social media platforms, including LinkedIn and Boolean web search strings
• Demonstrated passive recruiting capability, including prospect identification, cold calling, referral generation, and competitive intelligence gathering

Technologies

• Workday Recruit ATS
• ATS
• LinkedIn
• Indeed
• Handshake

Other Skills and Attributes

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral), with a client-support orientation and ability to work effectively across organizational levels and a wide range of client needs
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-performance team environment
• Interest in related recruiting operations and development projects when hiring volume slows (examples include ATS migration, professional development, L&D, and employee relations)
• Capacity to work under pressure, with flexibility to support accelerated client schedules
• Ability to manage multiple open requisitions at the same time
• Competitive drive with an action-oriented approach
• Sound judgment and decision-making, including discretion with sensitive documents and confidential information
• Ability to communicate and build relationships with leaders both domestically and globally
• Working knowledge of applicable market employment laws
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively across cross-functional, matrixed teams on multiple concurrent tasks
• Critical thinking skills to analyze and interpret data, identify patterns and trends, and develop appropriate solutions

Role Details

• Location: Raleigh, NC (onsite)
• Experience: 3+ years
• Education: Bachelor’s Degree