Senior Technical Recruiter

Company: SunPower
Location: Saint Paul
Posted on: January 26, 2023

Job Description:

Do you want to change the world? We do, too. SunPower is changing the way our world is powered every day with a passionate and driven team of more than 3,660 full-time employees in North America and the Philippines. SunPower provides world-class solar solutions to residential customers across the U.S. with a commitment to a superior customer experience. We welcome forward thinkers, freedom chasers and all those demanding better, cleaner energy to join us. SUMMARY OF ROLE SunPower is seeking a talented recruiter to be a strong partner to our technical business leaders. The recruiter is critical to our success as we implement our strategic roadmap and achieve our future growth strategy. Develop and maintain active partnerships with technical business leaders, HR business partners and candidates to ensure the integrity and scalability of staffing processes and systems. This position delivers high-quality, professional level candidates and advances the SunPower brand across numerous markets and professional communities, while guiding hiring managers and candidates through the selection process. This role will perform full life-cycle recruiting and maintain excellent relations with hiring managers, candidates, universities and the community at-large. A wide degree of creativity, near and long-term recruiting vision, business understanding, and personal organization is required. To be successful, its necessary to be both visionary and hands-on in this role. You will build recruiting strategies, help design go-to-market plans for candidate attraction, source/recruit candidates, make offers and much more. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following (other duties may be assigned): Support and drive the hiring practices to fit SunPowers culture Confer with senior leadership to identify personnel needs and search assignments Provide training to hiring managers to improve hiring results Identify unique and non-traditional sources for finding candidates. Develop leading-edge methods to attract talent. Understand predictive impact of applied strategies Effectively screen and interview candidates to meet the hiring needs, negotiate and communicate offer to successful candidates Manage communication and logistics for interviews. Prepare candidates for interviews by providing detailed information on the company, our business strategy, department background, expectations, etc Assess, plan and deploy resources for best effectiveness, efficiency and costs. Assess and improve current processes to ensure SunPower attracts and hires the best talent available Deliver hires to meet staffing goals on monthly, quarterly, and annual basis. Partner closely with HRBPs and Finance to ensure headcount and hiring activity is current at all times Apply in-depth understanding of the industry fluctuations to construct business cases for proposed solutions. Develop and maintain a network of contacts to help identify and source qualified technical talent Create and foster relationships with colleges and diverse professional organizations to attract and recruit professionals, alumni and interns Act as a mentor or team lead to junior recruiting and staffing professionals as required Stay informed of trends and innovative recruiting techniques in order to be competitive in state-of-the-art recruiting practices RELATED EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS Minimum requirements B.S. in Human Resources, Communications, Marketing, or related discipline required 8 or more years full life-cycle recruiting experience, with at least 3 years of experience recruiting for technical roles including software engineers, QA and technical program managers. Strong preference for experience in a high-tech industry or equivalent combination of education and experience An expert level of knowledge in all full life-cycle recruiting components including, but not limited to sourcing, qualifying, networking, assessing, legal considerations, job analysis, wage and salary trends, relationship management, and due diligence Strong experience utilizing online sourcing methods, creating new attraction strategies/methods, innovating communication standards into proactive recruiting model Experience using LinkedIn and other sourcing tools to identify, source and attract passive talent. Strong bias for action and an ability to deliver results quickly. Demonstrated personal accountability, integrity, credibility and a role model for others Strong intellect and business acumen with an analytical bias. Flexible but tenacious. Easily able to understand and align with the business and deal with top executives Must be able to manage competing demands while maintaining calm demeanor. Must be conceptual, creative, and innovative, with proven success turning ideas into successful operations. Must be extremely resilient, adaptable and flexible Strong project management, writing, and oral communication skills are required, as well as the ability to communicate using a variety of media MS Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word), Slack, LinkedIn, etc. Ability to travel as required to attend university events Strong initiative and solid judgment Must be Internet savvy and experienced in mining online databases Must be able to quickly assimilate technical information and build solutions to the optimal balance of meeting business needs, beating competitors, and operating within financial resource constraints. #Li-Remote Dont meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and underrepresented minorities are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At SunPower, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if youre excited about this role but your past experience doesnt align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Equal Employment Opportunity The Company is an equal employment opportunity employer and makes employment decisions, including but not limited to, hiring, firing, promotion, demotion, training, and/or compensation, on the basis of merit. Employment decisions are based on an individuals qualifications as they relate to the job under consideration. The Companys policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions, the actual sex of the individual, or the gender identity or gender expression), race, color, religion, including religious dress practices and religious grooming practices, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, familial status, age, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected veteran or military status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state or local laws, ordinances, or regulations. The Company is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all persons involved in the operations of the Company and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of the Company, including supervisors and co-workers. EOE Minorities/All Genders/Protected Veterans/Disabled (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/migrated_files/employers/eeoc_gina_supplement.pdf) SunPower Supports EEO Accommodation for Applicants to SunPower Corporation SunPower Corporation is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer and provides reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in job application procedures. If you have any difficulty using our online system and you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, you may use the following alternative email address to contact us about your interest in employment at SunPower Corporation: jobs@sunpower.com. Please indicate in the subject that line of your email that you are requesting accommodation. Only candidates being considered for a position who require an accommodation will receive a follow-up response. NOTICE TO ALL APPLICANTS AND EMPLOYEES Availability of Affirmative Action Plan for Review SunPower is a federal government contractor. As a part of the Companys obligations under law, it must develop a written Affirmative Action Program (AAP) for the Disabled, Recently Separated Veterans, Armed Forces Service Medal Veterans, Disabled Veterans and Active Duty Wartime Or Campaign Badge Veterans and for Women and Minorities as specified by law. Non-confidential and non-proprietary aspects of the AAP are available for inspection by applicants and employees, consistent with applicable law, which will be made available during office hours by contacting the EEO Officer. Diversity at SunPower: Equal Opportunity EmployerSunPower Corporation is an equal employment opportunity employer and makes employment decisions, including but not limited to, hiring, firing, promotion, demotion, training, and/or compensation, on the basis of merit. Employment decisions are based on an individuals qualifications as they relate to the job under consideration. SunPower's policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions, the actual sex of the individual, or the gender identity or gender expression), race, color, religion, including religious dress practices and religious grooming practices, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, familial status, age, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected veteran or military status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state or local laws, ordinances, or regulations.SunPower is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all persons involved in the operations of the Company and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of the Company, including supervisors and co-workers.Accommodation for ApplicantsSunPower Corporation is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer and provides reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in job application procedures. If you have any difficulty using our online system and you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, you may use the following alternative email address to contact us about your interest in employment at SunPower Corporation: jobs@sunpower.com. Please indicate in the subject that line of your email that you are requesting accommodation. Only candidates being considered for a position who require an accommodation will receive a follow-up response.

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