Corporate Recruiter

About Sara Lee Frozen Bakery

Sara Lee desserts have always stood for incredible flavor and superior value in the frozen food aisle and away from home markets. For the first time in over 60 years, Sara Lee is operating independently as Sara Lee Frozen Bakery, a collection of top brands united in quality and innovation, including Sara Lee®, Chef Pierre®, Van’s®, Bistro Collection®, Superior on Main® and Cyrus O’Leary’s®.

Sara Lee Frozen Bakery is proud to take these iconic brands into a new era and to continue the evolution that transformed one small Chicago bakery into an American institution. Using carefully sourced ingredients and time-honored recipes, the company is committed to making life’s moments a little sweeter, putting its customers first and discovering new ways to make everyone’s favorite foods even better.

Working for Sara Lee

Our vision is to be the world’s most beloved bakery by creating irresistible foods, growing with our customers, and delivering value for all. We believe that each of us has unique points of difference and experience to offer. We will achieve success through collaboration and innovation in an environment where employees feel empowered to execute with speed.

Summary:

We have an excellent opportunity in our Human Resources Department for a Talent Acquisition Specialist. The Talent Acquisition Specialist will be responsible for achieving talent acquisition objectives throughout the organization. Primary duties include supporting the Human Resources Department through the development and execution of recruiting plans, networking through various outlets, and employing traditional sourcing strategies while simultaneously developing new, creative recruiting ideas.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Manage full lifecycle recruitment for all corporate and professional level roles in bakeries.
2. In partnership with the Sr Manager, Talent & Organizational Effectiveness, develop a company-wide talent acquisition sourcing model and process.
3. Utilize data and analytics to make decisions and recommendations on recruitment strategies, sharing and consulting with hiring managers as appropriate.
4. Manage sourcing for professional level talent and provide leads and connections for frontline level talent in bakeries.
5. Manage third party agency relationships in support of talent attraction and sourcing strategies. Establish guidelines for partnerships to include temporary staffing partnerships.
6. Remain abreast with industry trends, insights and events to attract top talent at all levels.
7. Provide insights to HR colleagues with an eye toward continuous improvement of onboarding experience.
8. Collaborate on cross-functional HR projects as needed.
9. SLFB follows a hybrid work structure where employees work in the office 50% of the time (2-3 days per week) and remotely for the rest. Our in-office time is used primarily for team meetings and formal and informal collaboration.

The position responsibilities outlined above are not to be construed as all encompassing. Other duties and responsibilities may be required and/or assigned as necessary.

Knowledge and Skill Requirements

1. Bachelor’s degree preferred.
2. 3-5 years’ experience in Recruiting, with preferred recruitment experience in both a corporate and agency setting.
3. Exceptional communication skills.
4. Ability to multitask and manage relationships and partnerships with a variety of stakeholders (e.g. hiring managers, vendors, HR team members) to ensure that key deliverables are met.

Sara Lee Frozen Bakery provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.