Novolex

Talent Acquisition Business Unit Lead

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Company Overview

Why Choose Us?

Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food, beverage, and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries including foodservice, restaurant delivery and carryout, food processing, grocery and retail, and industrial sectors. Novolex manufacturing and sourcing expertise spans a diverse range of substrates including resin, paper, molded fiber, aluminum and more. We provide customers a broad array of stock and customized solutions with 120 product categories, 250 brands and over 39,000 SKUs.

Our Sustainability Commitment

The Novolex sustainability vision is built upon three pillars: our products, our operations and our people. Each is critically important to our growth and future as a business. These pillars form the foundation of our company-wide commitment to sustainability, helping us achieve our ambitious goals through our wide-ranging initiatives.

Job Description

Position Summary

The Talent Acquisition Business Unit Leader is responsible for developing and executing talent acquisition strategies that attract, engage, and hire top talent to meet organizational objectives for their designated business unit. This role partners with business leaders, drives workforce planning initiatives, and enhances employer branding efforts to ensure high-quality candidate experience and a strong talent pipeline.

Key Responsibilities

Talent Acquisition Strategy

  • Develop and implement talent acquisition strategies aligned with business goals and workforce plans.
  • Partner with senior leadership to understand current and future hiring needs.
  • Create sourcing strategies to attract diverse, high-performing talent.
  • Monitor labor market trends and recommend recruitment innovations.

Recruitment Leadership

  • Establish recruiting metrics, service level agreements, and performance standards.
  • Oversee end-to-end recruitment processes, including sourcing, interviewing, selection, and onboarding support.
  • Ensure compliance with employment laws, regulations, and company policies.
  • Collaborate with business leaders, HR partners, and hiring managers to forecast talent needs.
  • Provide guidance on hiring practices, compensation trends, and candidate market dynamics.
  • Influence workforce planning decisions through talent intelligence and data analytics.

Employer Brand & Candidate Experience

  • Strengthen the organization's employer brand through recruitment marketing and outreach initiatives.
  • Drive initiatives that improve candidate engagement and experience.
  • Represent the organization at networking events, industry conferences, and career fairs.

Data & Analytics

  • Analyze recruitment metrics including time-to-fill, quality-of-hire, offer acceptance rate, and sourcing effectiveness.
  • Develop reports and dashboards for executive leadership.
  • Identify opportunities for process improvement and operational efficiency.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field preferred
  • 5+ years of progressive talent acquisition experience.
  • 1+ year of leadership experience managing talent acquisition strategies
  • Strong knowledge of recruiting technologies, applicant tracking systems (ATS), and sourcing platforms.
  • Experience with workforce planning and talent analytics.
  • Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Experience leading recruiting efforts in complex, matrixed organizations.
  • Knowledge of employment branding and recruitment marketing strategies.

Key Competencies

  • Strategic Thinking
  • Leadership & Team Development
  • Relationship Management
  • Business Acumen
  • Workforce Planning
  • Data-Driven Decision Making
  • Change Management
  • Diversity & Inclusion Leadership
  • Communication & Influence
  • Project Management

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Company Benefits

What You'll Get From Us

Benefits

With safety as our top priority and a commitment to employee well-being an important focus, we offer comprehensive and competitive benefits that include medical, dental and vision insurance as well as a variety of other well-being resources focused on mental, physical and financial health. Specific benefits and well-being programs may vary depending on where you work.

Community Engagement

At Novolex, giving back to the local communities that support us is important. Our Focused Giving Program prioritizes support for organizations whose missions promote sustainability initiatives or address food and hunger needs. We also encourage facility level support of activities in the communities where our employees live and work.

Training and Development

We offer constant opportunities for advancement. From skills development to advanced education programs, training and development programs and courses are available through MyLearning. Programs include company and industry training curricula, support for formal education through the Tuition Reimbursement Program (Non-Union), and a Learning Management System that supports and enhances employee skills at all levels of the organization.

Novolex is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices, including but not limited to selection, hiring, promotion, transfer, and compensation to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, handicap or disability, genetics, citizenship status, service member or veteran status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law. Any individual who, because of his or her disability, needs an accommodation in connection with an aspect of the Company's application process should contact myHRservices@novolex.com.

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