Scope of the Position:The
Director, Talent Acquisition leads Sonepar Canada's national talent acquisition strategy and operating model, ensuring we can anticipate workforce needs, attract high-calibre and diverse talent, and provide a consistent, efficient, and equitable experience for candidates and hiring managers.
Based in
Surrey, BC and reporting to the
Vice President, Human Resources, Sonepar Canada, the Director partners closely with Human Resources, business leaders, and our operating companies across Canada. This role provides both strategic and operational leadership across talent acquisition, including employer branding, sourcing, selection, recruitment technology, governance, analytics, and continuous improvement, while leading and developing the Talent Acquisition team.
Responsibilities:- Develop and execute a national talent acquisition strategy aligned with Sonepar Canada's business, people, growth, and succession priorities.
- Partner with business and HR leaders to translate workforce plans into proactive recruitment strategies, talent pipelines, and market-specific hiring plans, including tailored approaches for critical, high-volume, specialized, leadership, campus, and geographically challenging hiring needs.
- Act as an advisor to senior leaders on talent availability, competitive market conditions, sourcing strategies, hiring risks, and recruitment investment decisions.
- Lead end-to-end recruitment delivery, ensuring an efficient and consistent process from intake and sourcing through selection, offer, pre-boarding, and requisition closure.
- Establish clear service levels, accountabilities, escalation paths, and expectations for recruiters, HR partners, hiring managers, and external recruitment partners.
- Build strong partnerships across functions, regions, and operating companies, providing visibility into recruitment pipelines, progress, and hiring risks while acting as a trusted advisor on executive and critical searches.
- Lead Sonepar Canada's recruitment marketing and employer brand strategy in partnership with Communications, Marketing, HR, and business stakeholders.
- Develop multi-channel sourcing strategies and sustainable talent pipelines across priority areas, leveraging internal mobility, direct sourcing, referrals, professional networks, educational partnerships, community outreach, social platforms, and selected agencies.
- Advance inclusive and community-based recruitment practices, including meaningful Indigenous outreach and partnerships aligned with business and community priorities.
- Optimize Sonepeople (SuccessFactors) and related recruitment technologies while identifying opportunities to standardize, simplify, automate, and continuously improve recruitment processes, data quality, efficiency, accessibility, and user experience.
- Lead, coach, and develop the Talent Acquisition team, building capability in strategic sourcing, stakeholder consulting, assessment, candidate care, technology, data literacy, and project delivery.
- Foster a national Talent Acquisition culture focused on collaboration, inclusion, accountability, customer service, continuous improvement, compliance, confidentiality, and Sonepar's values and leadership expectations.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements:- Minimum 10+ years of progressive talent acquisition experience, including leadership of a multi-region or national recruitment function in a complex, distributed organization.
- Demonstrated experience building or transforming recruitment strategies, operating models, processes, technology, reporting, and governance.
- Experience advising executives and senior leaders and leading business-critical, professional, operational, and leadership recruitment.
- Post-secondary degree or diploma in Human Resources, Business, Commerce, Organizational Psychology, or a related field; an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
- CPHR candidate or designation is an asset.
Benefits & Perks- We offer a competitive salary, plus a full set of benefits, including:
- Flexible benefits program allowing you to choose from options that best fit you and your dependents' needs. Benefit options include: Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Spending Account & RRSP matching.
- Employee Assistance Program, Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Discounts and a career path.
- Regardless of your benefits program, you will receive
