Talent Acquisition Business PartnerWhat you will do... The Talent Acquisition Business Partner will lead full-cycle recruitment for professional, corporate, and commercial positions across Beech-Nut Nutrition Company. As a strategic Talent Partner, you will do much more than fill positions, you'll grow teams, influence leaders, and help build the organization that will engage our next stage of growth.
You'll partner closely with leaders to understand business priorities, develop proactive talent strategies, and deliver exceptional hiring outcomes while continuously improving how we attract, assess, and hire great people.
The ideal candidate brings proven experience recruiting within the Consumer-Packaged Goods (CPG) industry and has successfully filled roles across Sales, Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain, Operations, Human Resources, Research & Development, and other corporate functions. We're looking for someone who combines strong recruiting expertise with business acumen, consulting skills, and a passion for building scalable talent solutions. You'll thrive in ambiguity, influence without authority, and help evolve our Talent function into a competitive advantage.
Location: This role could be based out of the Woodcliff Lake, NJ Commercial Office, or the BN headquarters in Amsterdam, NY. The ideal candidate would be based within the Tri-state area (NJ, NY, CT) but may reside anywhere in the Northeast.
What You'll Do...Strategic Talent Partnership- Partner with hiring managers and business leaders to understand organizational priorities, workforce needs, and talent requirements across commercial, corporate, and professional functions.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders on talent acquisition strategies, labor market conditions, compensation expectations, organizational design considerations, and competitive hiring practices.
- Collaborate with HR and business leadership on workforce planning, succession discussions, capability building, and strategic hiring initiatives.
- Influence hiring decisions through market intelligence, talent insights and data-driven recommendations.
- Support organizational growth by identifying critical talent needs and developing proactive hiring strategies aligned to business objectives.
- Leading performance management cycle to support the organization
End-to-End Talent Acquisition- Lead and own the full recruitment lifecycle for commercial, corporate, and professional positions from intake through onboarding.
- Develop and execute customized recruitment strategies to attract top talent across Sales, Marketing, Category Management, Finance, Human Resources, Supply Chain, Procurement, Technical Services, Operations, and other business functions.
- Facilitate strategic intake sessions that define business outcomes, required capabilities, leadership competencies, and long-term growth potential.
- Source, screen, assess, interview, and recommend qualified candidates while ensuring alignment with role requirements and organizational culture.
- Drive alignment across interview teams while ensuring timely, objective, and high-quality hiring decisions keeping the candidate experience a priority.
- Manage all candidate activities and documentation within the Applicant Tracking System, ensuring compliance, accuracy, and process integrity.
- Partner with onboarding stakeholders to ensure a smooth transition and positive new hire experience.
- Manage multiple searches simultaneously while balancing speed, quality, and candidate experience.
Talent Market Intelligence- Leverage market intelligence and recruiting analytics to guide hiring decisions and talent strategies to drive business priorities.
- Provide insights on talent availability, compensation trends, competitor hiring activity, and emerging workforce trends.
- Build long-term pipelines for critical advantage roles, capabilities and future leadership needs.
- Track, analyze, and report key recruiting metrics including time-to-fill, source effectiveness, pipeline health, candidate conversion rates, and quality of hire.
- Utilize data and insights to identify recruiting challenges and recommend process improvements.
Candidate Experience & Employer Brand- Deliver a best-in-class candidate experience through timely communication, transparency, and professional engagement throughout the recruitment process that reflects Beech-Nut and Hero Group's values.
- Develop proactive sourcing strategies utilizing LinkedIn Recruiter, professional networking, employee referrals, industry associations, talent communities, and innovative sourcing channels.
- Strengthen Beech-Nut's employer brand as a member of the Hero Group through social media engagement, professional organizations, university partnerships, industry events, and networking opportunities.
- Establish and maintain partnerships with colleges, universities, community organizations, employment agencies, and workforce development programs.
- Represent Beech-Nut at career fairs, networking events, industry conferences, and recruiting initiatives to promote awareness of career opportunities and company culture.
- Gather candidate feedback and identify opportunities to continuously improve our hiring experience.
Talent Strategy & Continuous Improvement- Continuously evaluate and enhance recruitment processes, tools, and strategies to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and hiring manager experiences.
- Partner with the Group HR Talent Acquisition Team on enterprise recruiting initiatives, employer branding efforts, and strategic workforce planning projects.
- Identify opportunities to strengthen diversity of talent pipelines and broaden sourcing approaches.
- Champion best practices in talent acquisition, candidate assessment, interviewing, and selection methodologies.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of recruiting programs, policies, and processes that support organizational growth and talent objectives.
- Stay current on recruitment technologies, talent acquisition trends, and evolving labor market dynamics to drive innovation and continuous improvement.
Who You Are...- Deciding and Initiating Action: You are able to make timely decisions while weighing risks. You act without being prompted and take responsibility for projects, people and mistakes.
- Analyzing: You are able to analyze all types of information using a wide range of sources. You draw well-reasoned conclusions and pinpoint key information from large data sets. You are able to identify themes and produce effective solutions.
- Learning and Researching: You rapidly learn new tasks and quickly commit information to memory. You ask key questions and use all relevant information to make decisions. You use mistakes as a learning opportunity and encourages others to learn from one another.
- Planning and Organizing: You are able to set clearly defined objectives, establish priorities, plan activities and project and manage time effectively. You monitor progress against deadlines and milestones.
What You'll Need...- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or related field.
- 6+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience.
- 3+ years recruiting commercial, corporate, professional, or leadership roles within the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), food & beverage, consumer health, retail, or related industries.
- Strong business acumen with the ability to connect hiring decisions to organizational priorities.
- Excellent consultation, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.
- Expertise in competency-based interviewing and structured selection methodologies.
- Proven sourcing expertise with experience engaging and converting passive talent.
- Demonstrated success sourcing and hiring passive talent through LinkedIn Recruiter and other direct sourcing methodologies.
- Experience recruiting across Sales, Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, Human Resources, Operations, R&D, or related business functions.
- Experience working with Applicant Tracking Systems and recruitment analytics.
Preferred
- Experience supporting multi-state recruiting efforts.
- PHR, SHRM-CP, SPHR, or SHRM-SCP certification.
- Experience within a manufacturing and/or food & beverage organization.
What's in it for you? Compensation, Benefits & More... At Beech-Nut, we are devoted to creating an inclusive culture where our team members are professionally challenged and cared for personally.
We are committed to fair and equitable compensation practices and take into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skills, relevant work experience, certifications and qualifications, education, and other business needs. Compensation for a role will be in line with the location in which the position is filled.
Our associates also have access to opportunities for professional development and access to our on-site amenities as well as many other benefits and perks! We are proud to offer our associates the following:
Pay:The annual base salary range for this in-person role is $100,000 - $120,000. This is a salaried, exempt position.
Benefits: This position gives you access to a comprehensive benefit package that includes medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage for you and your dependents; life & long-term disability, flexible spending and health savings account, paid vacation and holidays, New York State paid sick time, and 401(k) retirement benefits with 4% company match.
Professional Development:
- Tuition assistance program
- Access to online learning system (LMS)
More Perks!
- Opportunities to volunteer and support the local community
- Generous maternity/paternity benefits & take your child's 1st birthday off
- Take your birthday off each year!
- Baby food coupon program until your child's 2nd birthday
- Summer Fridays for eligible positions (Memorial Day - Labor Day)
- Service Awards
Office Amenities:
- On-site fitness center
- On-site café
