Senior Manager Talent Acquisition - Recruiting

As the Senior Manager of Talent Acquisition, this leader will provide leadership and strategic oversight supporting hiring for all functions within Nissan Americas (Canada to Brazil). They will serve as a key member of the Talent Acquisition (TA) leadership team working closely with the TA Director, Operations, Branding and Marketing and Programs leaders. In partnership with the Director, this leader will develop various TA strategies and drive results, is responsible for leading and coaching a team of talent acquisition advisors that support recruiting and hiring for various role types. This person will develop strategies to attract, evaluate and hire qualified candidates. In addition, they will be responsible for understanding the current and future hiring demands, have a pulse on the labor markets across the Americas, will monitor and measure the team's productivity and key performance indicator success. This leader will strategically partner with HR business partners and the business leaders to understand the business objectives and deliver aligned strategies and recruiting plans.

The successful candidate will work closely with the Director of Talent Acquisition, Talent Acquisition Operations Manager, Branding & Recruitment Marketing Manager, the Recruiting Programs Manager and other stakeholders in the implementation and management of key talent acquisition initiatives. This role is integral in transforming Nissan's Americas Talent Acquisition (TA) function from mainly full lifecycle recruiting to a strategic TA advisory center of excellence. They will also collaborate with their counterparts in Europe and Japan on various recruitment efforts. This position will manage 4-5 managers and over 20 recruiters and sourcers. This position will report to the Director of the Talent Acquisition Americas.

The following job function statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. The job function statements reflect expectations of the fully trained, proficient incumbent who meets all performance criteria.

Leadership

• Support the transformation of the TA organization by developing and delivering robust development curriculum
• Build collaborative relationships within HR, business leaders and other key stakeholders by meeting with, identifying and addressing the hiring needs for the business.
• Provide regular reporting and analytics summaries with key insights to HR and business partners
• Lead and direct the extended team
• Partner with TA shared services team to identify process improvement, and improved experiences
• Be a strategic advisor to business leaders, especially around our most challenging requirements and objectives
• Build sourcing function for the Americas

Recruitment

• Design and execute recruiting strategies to attract, evaluate and hire qualified candidates for high volume frontline and corporate roles
• Support TA managers in evaluating resourcing allocations to optimize team productivity and balance requisition loads
• Promote diversity in the recruiting process and ensure strategies attract diverse candidates
• Build talent pipeline strategies for key roles and optimize the usage of the CRM technology for specific role types
• Evaluate recruiting efforts happening outside of the Talent Acquisition team and develop plan to bring work within the TA Center of Excellence.

Vendor Management

• Work closely with our RPO and Contingent Labor partner to ensure communication is solid, hiring needs are being met and business needs are being addressed

Data and Analytics

• Leverage reporting to drive key insights for the business and support recruiting strategies
• Provide reporting and analytics requirements to TA and analytics teams to ensure reporting is useful

Skills and Abilities

• Must be a fast and versatile leader that enjoys developing teams and learning their work to drive impact

• Perform in a high-volume, fast-paced environment that requires meeting time-sensitive deadlines with a great deal of coordination with multiple stakeholders
• Understand recruiting process and best practices in corporate and high-volume settings
• Possess innovative and proactive problem-solving skills with the ability to exercise integrity and sound judgment in complex and ambiguous situations
• A self-directed individual with a strong ability to manage ambiguity and who adapts readily and easily to changes in priorities and business conditions
• Have excellent verbal, written, listening, and influencing skills and be able to present facts clearly and concisely to all levels of the organization

• Possess strong analytical, time-management and organizational skills
• Candidate must have solid team skills and be able to work efficiently and effective with associates at all levels of the organization
• Self-driven and able to lead projects and programs with minimal supervision
• Stay attuned to country and local labor laws

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred
• A minimum of 7 years of experience, or equivalent, in recruiting or human resources
• A minimum 5 years of experience, or equivalent, managing teams
• Successful track record of managing people and key performance indicators

• Preferred English and Spanish speaking
• Ability to travel internationally several times per year

Nissan is committed to a drug-free workplace. All employment is contingent upon successful completion of a drug screen for roles based in the United States and background screening for all positions.

All of us at Nissan - regardless of functional area or expertise - share a passion to design, manufacture, and sell high-performance vehicles. It is Nissan's policy to provide Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of race, gender, military status, disability, or any other status protected by law. Candidates for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States and will be required to provide proof of employment eligibility at the time of hire; Nissan uses E-Verify to validate employment eligibility.

Employee Standards

The following employee standards define how the Nissan and Infiniti Brand Identities exist in every Nissan and Infiniti position. These standards are critical to an employee's successful performance of daily responsibilities, successful achievement of short and long-term objectives, and contribution to our goals of building brand value and achieving enduring and profitable growth.

Profit Driven:

• Demonstrates the awareness for adding value to the Company by increasing profits and/or decreasing costs.
• Links decisions and actions to profitability targets.
• Maximizes profit through swift and thoughtful decisions based on a clear understanding of Nissan's strategy.

Customer Focused:

• Focuses efforts on converting customers to enthusiastic advocates for our brand, by delivering consistent and passionate product and service performance that exceed customer value expectations.
• Analyzes decisions from the customer's viewpoint and takes action with the customer's needs and values in mind.

Cross-Functional and Global:

• Supports a working culture of cross-functional cooperation and synergy (cross-divisional, cross-regional, and cross-hierarchical).
• Demonstrates the ability to team with people from other organizations, independently of borders (functions, regions, and affiliates), to reach a target.

Brand Aligned:

• Consistently contributes to building brand value by delivering on our brand promise.
• Evaluates potential decisions and actions with the following brand filter questions:

NISSAN

INFINITI

• Are we anticipating the needs of our customers and respecting their individual requirements?

• Are we using technology and ingenious thinking for real customer benefit?

• Are we being imaginative in looking for a way to use technology or to design a better product or service to satisfy the needs of our customers?

• Are we anticipating, not just reacting to our customers' needs?

• Will this help create an invigorating and refined premium experience for our customers?

• Will this help to make our customers not merely satisfied, but enthusiastic about owning and driving a Nissan vehicle?

• Will each customer feel genuinely understood?

• Are we enthusiastically seeking new possibilities, optimizing every situation, and defining new levels of excellence?

• Are we setting our own standards or are we just refollowing the crowd?

• Are we being strong and graceful?

• Actively listens, welcomes diverse opinions, and makes necessary, timely, and innovative decisions.
• Produces several possible solutions to each problem and recommends the best one for the Company.

Stretch Goals and Growth:

• Orients performance and realization of stretch objectives based on competitive benchmarks.
• Focuses goal achievement on the required direction of profitable growth.

NISSAN FOR EVERYONE

People are our most valuable assets, and diversity and inclusion are the key to maximizing the power of each individual member of our team. When everyone belongs, the power of NISSAN is undeniable. Our Corporate Diversity Initiative aims to improve business results by ensuring that our workplace and core businesses meet the unique needs of our employees and customer base.

Nissan is committed to creating a culture where everyone belongs and employees, customers, and partners feel respected, valued, and heard. We have over 10 Business Synergy Teams (BSTs) across the U.S. and Canada that connect employees - with shared characteristics or interests - build allies, and foster a company culture where all employees feel supported and included.

Nissan also values inclusion in all areas of our business as we strive to mirror the diversity of our customer base and the communities where we do business. We are committed to procuring innovative goods and services, retailing our products and communicating from a diverse perspective which will help us continue to offer our customers competitively designed, market-driven products.

Join us as we carry our commitment to diversity and inclusion into the future.

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