Director of Talent Acquisition

Director of Talent Acquisition

Would you like to work in an international environment where you’ll make a difference every day? At Permobil, we’re looking for game-changers to join us as we innovate for individuals and develop the world’s most advanced assistive solutions.

At Permobil, the people who use our products come first. Our purpose is to create advanced assistive solutions that make the lives of adults and children living with disabilities more enriching. Our people are passionate about pushing the boundaries of technology to deliver innovations that improve lives. We are a sustainable and responsible business committed to continuous improvement, and our customers can trust us to provide market-leading solutions driven by insights-based clinical data.

Permobil is seeking a Director of Talent Acquisition. In this role, you will lead a recruitment organization responsible for staffing our hourly manufacturing talent as well salaried talent across all functions. You will lead the talent acquisition function and help the organization hire top talent in a timely, efficient, and cost-effective manner while promoting diversity and inclusion hiring practices. It will be key for this leader to develop & maintain strong working relationships with Operations Leadership and Human Resources Business Partners along with providing clear measurement and reporting of the effectiveness of current recruitment strategies and key openings. Independent judgment is required to plan, prioritize, and organize to support the business. To ensure success as a Director of Talent Acquisition, you should be an experienced TA/HR expert with a keen understanding of practices and processes involved in acquiring talent. This role will report to the VP of HR. This is a hybrid role and you will be required to come to the Lebanon, Tennessee site 2-3 times per week.

Responsibilities:
Design a clear end to end positive experience for candidates and hiring managers in the recruiting and hiring process, including providing clear SLAs, providing updates on candidate pool, ensuring interview process is well coordinated, overseeing and tracking requisition process and postings.
Responsible for the design and strategy for recruiting. Presenting a variety of recommendations and tools to best recruit including best practices of social media and other tools.
“Hands-On” Leader who will also recruit for key leadership positions or other openings.
Partnering with HR and Leaders to ensure calibration of hiring of key leadership candidates, ensuring interview screens are set and post interview discussions occur to ensure alignment of selection of candidates.
Assist with market research, job descriptions and talent insights that will help the team understand the recruiting market.
Identify or create new candidate channels and sourcing methods to find qualified candidates.
Support a strategy for the hiring of seasonal and /or temporary labor and partnership with key temporary staffing vendors.
Oversee best-in-class summer internship experience, with strong focus on ongoing feedback, metrics and outcomes from the interns and leadership.
Coordinates the regular review and update of hiring materials across the organization; develops training materials and coaches leadership and hiring managers.
Evaluate, identify and maintain relationships with various vendors and partners related to talent acquisition, i.e. job boards, temporary agencies, search firms, industry and trade groups, etc.
Lead and develop the talent acquisition team.
Provide impeccable reporting to business leaders on a daily, weekly or monthly basis.
Utilize a data-oriented approach to drive strategic decisions.
Leverage data to design and implement recruiting strategies to strive for continuous improvement.
Ability to utilize applicant tracking and other tools to conduct weekly reporting and recruiting activity to key business partners and stakeholders to report out status of openings and key KPIs.
Encourage diverse, equitable and inclusive hiring practices across the organization; develops and implements programs and initiatives that drive an inclusive culture and attract and retain diverse talent.
Effectively manage talent acquisition vendors, product negotiations and ensuring we are leveraging resources appropriately.
Oversee and partner with internal communications and marketing to keep Career Website and other social media outlets current.
Ensure clear compliance in hiring practices with current and applicable laws with background checks, applications, and new-hire paperwork ensuring coordination with HR business partners and hiring managers.

Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree with 8 years of professional experience, of which 5 years of full life cycle recruiting.
Strong business acumen and polished communication skills.
Ability to work efficiently and effectively, while maintaining high-attention to detail.
Confident in quickly adapting to a changing work environment and an ability to deal with ambiguous situations.
Previous experience managing a recruiting team.
Proven success and experience in recruiting exempt and non-exempt team members using various techniques to include but not limited to direct sourcing, internet, career fairs, social media, and networking.
Strong organizational, planning, prioritizing, and administrative skills; ability to self-direct in a fast-paced, multi-task environment.
Extensive experienced hire and / or campus recruitment experience.
Proven ability to identify obstacles and create solutions to complex problems.
Strong project management skills to drive projects to completion.
Must be able to work independently: self motivated to complete work in a timely and accurate manner.

30 - 40% Travel

Why Permobil is a great next step for you!

1. You’ll make a difference. Every day

Everything we do leads to understanding and improving the lives of our users. Through our evidence-based innovation, we make a difference to people’s lives.

2. You’ll make your mark as part of our future

We collaborate with colleagues across borders to Innovate for Individuals. The impact you make personally could lead change around the world.

3. You’ll feel welcome from day one

We’re known for being great colleagues, who are collaborative, fun and at the cutting-edge. Everyone in the Permobil family cares as much as you do about making a positive difference.

4. You can have a lifestyle you love

you’re always close to nature, yet never far from civilization. We want everyone who works for us to have a lifestyle they love – at work and beyond.

Who you are
You are passionate, innovative, and ambitious. You want to make a difference for others and feel fulfilled when you can see the link between the work you do and positive improvements in the lives of others. You search out opportunities and are prepared to go off the beaten track to chase your dreams. You don’t follow the herd – you find new ways of working and go where you see potential to make your mark. You are a pioneer, a revolutionary, a game-changer and you are who we’re looking for.

Information
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More about Permobil

Permobil founder Dr. Per Uddén believed that helping people achieve the greatest level of independence is a basic human right and, for over 50 years, Permobil has held fast to that belief. Permobil is a global leader in advanced rehabilitation technology, passionate about better understanding our users’ needs and improving their quality of life through state-of-the-art healthcare solutions. Today, those solutions include power wheelchairs, seating and positioning products, power assist, and manual wheelchairs.

Permobil is part of Patricia Industries, a subsidiary of Investor AB, and is headquartered in Sweden. Permobil has 1600 team members in more than 15 countries around the world. For more information regarding the company’s storied history and complete product line, visit permobil.com.

Fun facts about us: One of our products was 1 of 100 best inventions in Time magazine in 2021
https://time.com/collection/best-inventions-2021/
https://time.com/collection/best-inventions-2021/6112517/permobil-explorer-mini/