Ergon Inc. seeks a full-time Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition to join our Human Resources team in Flowood, MS. The Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition, leads the execution and continuous improvement of Ergon's enterprise recruiting strategy, with a strong emphasis on building a Center of Excellence (COE) model for salaried hiring. This role ensures consistent, high-quality hiring outcomes through a disciplined, scalable, and data-driven approach, while strengthening proactive talent pipelines across experienced and early career talent.

By establishing standardized recruiting practices and elevating hiring manager capability, this role enables the organization to move from reactive hiring to a strategic, pipeline-driven model. In close partnership with HR Business Partners, Talent Management, and business leaders, the Senior Manager ensures recruiting efforts align with business priorities and future capability needs while delivering an exceptional candidate experience grounded in Respectful Relationships and Empowered Service.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required
• 8+ years of progressive experience in Talent Acquisition
• Experience leading recruiting teams in a multi-function or multi-business environment
• Demonstrated success building scalable recruiting processes and operating models
• Experience partnering with and influencing business leaders on hiring decisions
• Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience building or operating within a recruiting Center of Excellence (COE), particularly for salaried hiring
• Strong expertise in structured interviewing and selection methodologies
• Experience developing proactive talent pipelines, including early career programs
• Proven ability to improve hiring manager capability and accountability
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Experience reducing reliance on external search firms through internal capability building

Duties and Key Responsibilities:

• Define and execute enterprise recruiting strategy aligned to workforce plans and business priorities
• Build and lead a Center of Excellence (COE) for salaried recruiting, establishing standardized processes, tools, and service delivery models
• Establish and enforce recruiting standards, service levels (SLAs), and consistent practices across all business units
• Build and maintain proactive talent pipelines for critical and salaried roles, reducing reliance on reactive recruiting
• Lead university relations and early talent programs (internships, co-ops, and conversion pipelines) to support long-term workforce needs
• Improve quality of hire through structured selection, assessment, and interview practices
• Drive consistency and rigor in candidate evaluation and hiring decisions across the enterprise
• Partner with HR Business Partners and business leaders to prioritize hiring needs and ensure alignment
• Build hiring manager capability in interviewing, candidate evaluation, and decision-making, reinforcing accountability for outcomes
• Monitor and improve key metrics including time-to-fill, offer acceptance rates, and first-year retention
• Drive operational excellence through standardization, process improvement, and effective use of recruiting systems and tools
• Optimize recruiting team capacity, workload balancing, and delivery model to support COE effectiveness
• Leverage data and analytics to identify risks, improve performance, and inform recruiting strategy
• Lead and develop the Talent Acquisition team, fostering a high-performing, accountable, and service-oriented culture aligned to Selfless Leadership

Come and join the Ergon team!

Job Role: Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition

Location: Flowood, MS