Talent Acquisition & Experience Specialist

Who We Are

At JonnyPops our team is empowered to make an impact at work every day from producing high-quality innovative frozen novelties to spreading kindness onepopat a time. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Elk River MN JonnyPops has grown into one of the fastest-growing brands in frozen novelties now the #1 Frozen Novelties brand in the Natural Channel and atop-5brand for household penetration growth. We manufacture in-house at our SQF Certified peanut-free Elk River facility using simple ingredients with no artificial dyes and every stick carries a kind deed over 1 billion shared to date. We look for bright ambitious people who thrive in fast-paced high-growth environments align with our core values (Integrity Masterful Growth ExcellenceTeam Work Fact-Based Decisions Alignment and Service and Contribution) and want to help us build A Better Pop for a Better World!

Job Summary

The Talent & Experience Specialist supports the talent acquisition lifecycle for assigned roles from intake through sourcing screening interviewing offer and close and carries a second equally important mandate: designing and delivering a new-hire and employee experience that turns great hires into engaged retained team is a step up from a coordination role. You work independently as the recruiter of record for your requisitions partnering directly with hiring managers as a trusted advisor building proactive sourcing pipelines and making evidence-based hiring decisions grounded in the JonnyPops Talent Profile and our seven core values.

On the engagement side you own the moments that matter from a candidates first touchpoint through their first90 days ensuring every new team member feels welcomed connected to the kindness mission and set up to contribute bring warmth and hospitality sound recruiting judgment and the discipline to run a clean data-informed process at speed. You are energized by building relationships across the company and by owning outcomes not just tasks.

Full-Cycle Talent Acquisition (Independent Ownership)

• Serve as the recruiter of record for assigned requisitions independently managing the end-to-end hiring lifecycle from intake through offer acceptance and close.

• Lead structured intake meetings with hiring managers toalign onrole requirements candidateprofile and sourcingstrategy reinforcing a green hiring philosophy at the point of intake.

• Screen and qualify candidates against the JonnyPops Talent Profile and our seven core values applying consistent evidence-based evaluation (People Analyzer).

• Manage the interviewprocessend toend:coordinate structured interviews prepare hiring teamsfacilitatedebriefs and drivetimely well-reasoned selection decisions.

• Prepare extend and negotiate offers; guide candidates through acceptance and pre-boarding.

• Own and report on key requisition metrics (time-to-fill pipeline health quality of hire) to Talent Acquisition & Engagement leadership and hiring managers.

Sourcing & Pipeline Development

• Design and execute proactive sourcing strategies across job boards social platforms community organizations referrals and direct outreach.

• Build andmaintaintalent pipelines for recurring and hard-to-fill roles reducing reliance on reactive posting.

• Represent JonnyPops at recruitment events and in the community to strengthen employer brand and candidate pipeline.

• Contribute toemployer branding efforts and administer the employee referral program.

New Hire Engagement & Employee Experience

• Own the new-hire experience from offer acceptance through the first90 days ensuring every hire feels welcomed informed and connected to thekindnessmission.

• Design andfacilitateculture-forward orientation and onboarding touchpoints that bring JonnyPops values and the kind deed story to life.

• Build and run structured engagement checkpoints (first-week 30- 60- and 90-day check-ins); gather feedback and act on it to improve the experience.

• Partner with People/HR and hiring managers to coordinate personalized onboarding plans and smooth transitions intorole.

• Surface engagement and early-retention signals;recommend andpilot improvements to the new-hire journey.

Recruitment Operations & Systems

• Maintainaccurate audit-ready candidate and requisition data in the ATS (JazzHR); keep the hiring funnel current.

• Post and manage job listings across career pages external boards and community platforms.

• Coordinate pre-employment screenings (background checks and drug testing) and new-hire system setup.

• Continuously improve Talent Acquisition & Engagement processes templates and documentation.

Departmental & Cross-Functional Support

• Provide support across the Talent Acquisition & Engagement and broader People/HR team including compliance tracking document audits and internal communications.

• Offer cross-functional support during peak hiring events or team absences.

• Completeadditionalprojects andduties asassigned.

• Conduct yourself in a manner consistent with JonnyPops mission values and code of ethics.

Food Safety Responsibilities

• Ensure all food safety protocols and GMPs are met while executing tasks relevant to the roleincluding forany candidates new hires or visitors brought onto the plant floor as part of the hiring and onboarding process.

• Confirm every new hire completesrequiredfood-safety and GMP orientation training before being granted plant flooraccess andkeep that training documentation audit-ready.

• Clearly reflect food safety and quality as part of the JonnyPops brand when planning and executing projects and interacting with internal and external stakeholders.

• Maintain awareness of JonnyPops SQF certification and be able to speak to Talent Acquisition & Engagements role in supporting it if asked during an audit.

Minimum Qualifications

• 3 years of full-cycle recruiting or talent acquisition experience including independent ownership of requisitions (relevant internship experience counts toward total experience).

• Demonstrated ability to source screen and close candidates with minimal oversight.

• Strong emotional intelligence able to read a room respond with empathy and build trust with a variety of personalities.

• Excellent organizational and time-management skills with the ability to manage multiple requisitions simultaneously.

• Clearprofessionalwrittenand verbal communication.

• Comfort usingan ATSand basic recruiting metrics to manage a pipeline.

• Growth-oriented mindset with a bias toward improving processes and adding value every day.

• Ability to work inofficeout of both Elk River MN and Plymouth MN locations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing or running onboarding new-hire engagement or employee-experience programs.

• Recruiting experience in manufacturing food/CPG or other high-growth multi-site environments.

• Familiarity with structured values-based hiring frameworks (e.g. EOS People Analyzer or similar).

• Experience with JazzHR ora comparableATS.

Benefits

JonnyPops offers a competitive benefits package including:

• Medical/Health Insurance Dental Insurance Vision Insurance HSA FSA DCFSA

• Life & AD&D InsuranceShort & Long TermDisability

• FTO/PTO Paid Holidays Sick & Safe Leave

• EAP Programs Employee Referral Program 401k

Expected Pay:
$65000-$75000
Employees may also be eligible for additional bonuses/incentives.

JonnyPops offers a competitive benefits package which includes the following:

• Medical/Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• HSA
• FSA
• DCFSA
• Life & AD&D Insurance
• Short & Long Term Disability
• FTO/PTO
• EAP Programs
• Paid Holidays
• Employee Referral Program
• Sick & Safe Leave
• 401k
• Company Sponsored Meal Plan

* Hired candidates may be eligible to receive additional compensation in the form of bonuses and/or commissions.

Required Experience:

Manager