Talent Acquisition Specialist

Talent Acquisition Specialist City: Nutley

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Human Resources

Our HR Team are the force for good that bring Reckitt's ambition to life. We work together to ensure the delivery of sustained profitable growth by unleashing the power of our purpose, people and performance. Now is an exciting time to be part of shaping the future of HR, influencing an exciting global organisation, while developing business and functional leadership skills, all at the same time. Whatever your role in our HR community, you'll take ownership of your projects and workstreams. We focus on developing our leaders to spearhead our culture and growth, so you'll be supported and mentored to deliver the right plans to drive business performance - and we'll celebrate the results with you along the way.

About the role

The Talent Acquisition Advisor is responsible for full-cycle recruiting for hourly and salaried positions across Manufacturing and Supply operations. This role partners closely with Hiring Managers, HR Business Partners, and site leadership to attract, assess, and hire top talent while ensuring an efficient, compliant and positive candidate experience. The Talent Acquisition Advisor will manage multiple requisitions across manufacturing plants, distribution centers, engineering, quality, maintenance, supply chain, and support functions.

Your responsibilities

• Manage full-cycle recruitment for hourly and salaried Manufacturing & Supply roles, including intake meetings, sourcing strategy development, candidate screening, phone interviews, interview coordination, selection support, offer negotiation, and onboarding activities.
• Build and maintain proactive talent pipelines for critical and hard-to-fill positions through diverse sourcing channels, including LinkedIn, job boards, employee referrals, trade schools, community partnerships, networking events, and passive candidate outreach.
• Develop and leverage local labor market intelligence related to talent availability, wage trends, and competitor hiring activity to inform recruiting strategies.
• Serve as a trusted talent advisor to hiring managers, HR, and business leaders by providing guidance on candidate selection, market conditions, workforce planning, hiring needs, and recruitment strategies.
• Drive accountability throughout the hiring process by ensuring timely interview participation, feedback, and hiring decisions.
• Deliver a positive candidate experience through professional communication, consistent engagement, and promotion of the organization's culture and employment value proposition.
• Represent the company at career fairs, hiring events, and community outreach initiatives to strengthen employer branding and talent attraction efforts.
• Maintain accurate candidate records within the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and ensure compliance with employment laws, company policies, and diversity hiring objectives.
• Monitor and analyze recruiting metrics, including time-to-fill, source effectiveness, offer acceptance rates, and hiring manager satisfaction, while supporting continuous improvement initiatives to enhance recruitment effectiveness and efficiency.

The experience we're looking for

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business or a related field
• Minimum 3-5 years of full-cycle recruiting experience, preferably within manufacturing or supply chain.
• Demonstrated success recruiting both hourly and salaried talent across multiple functions and organizational levels.
• Proven ability to assess candidate qualifications, skills, and organizational fit through structured screening and behavioral interviewing practices.
• Experience managing a high-volume requisition workload while maintaining quality, responsiveness, and candidate experience standards.
• Working knowledge of Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), recruiting technologies, and talent acquisition metrics.
• Strong communication, organization, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence hiring decisions and build trusted partnerships with business leaders.
• Ability to analyze labor market trends and develop proactive recruitment strategies to address talent needs.

The skills for success

• Strong attention to detail, problem-solving skills, and the ability to work effectively in a team-oriented manufacturing setting.
• Communicates professionally with candidates and stakeholders while understanding manufacturing operations, workforce challenges, and hiring needs.
• Effectively manages multiple requisitions, competing priorities, and tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Builds trusted relationships with hiring managers and business leaders while providing market insights and recruiting recommendations.
• Ability to manage the end-to-end hiring process while effectively evaluating candidate qualifications, competencies and fit.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law. Nearest Major Market: Newark Nearest Secondary Market: New York City Job Segment: Counseling, Nutrition, Healthcare