Talent Acquisition Director

Summary: This leader is responsible for U.S. Talent Acquisition. You will be responsible for building and maintaining a world-class recruiting function that gives AutoZone a competitive edge in the marketplace and delivers top talent across three verticals, Stores, Supply Chain, and Corporate. The Director of Talent Acquisition manages the internal and external stakeholder relationships in addition to guiding, supporting, and developing a recruitment team through a business partnership and relationship management mindset. This individual manages the candidate experience from end-to-end, providing superior attention to detail with a focus on showcasing AutoZone’s Employer Brand. You will be an individual who demonstrates strong leadership capability, expertly understands the corporate and retail talent landscape, possess exceptional decision-making and problem-solving, can navigate ambiguous situations and will thrive in a dynamic fast paced environment. Responsibilities: • Inspire, motivate, develop, and oversee a high-performing and engaged team of US based recruiters and Mexico-based shared HR service leads with dedicated recruiting teams to support high volume recruiting. • Design and implement a strategic talent plan that aligns with our 3- to 5-year business strategy • Develop targeted recruiting using methods, such as, active networking, referrals, and direct sourcing techniques, to increase brand awareness and identify talented, diverse executive candidates who are both passive and active job seekers • Defining, measuring, and communicating metric results to provide visibility and demonstrate the value of talent acquisition • Build out best practices for recruiting at scale, working closely with Leadership to create scalable, efficient, and effective processes. • Actively engage in industry networking groups; you will identify and internally deploy best practices leveraging a people, process and technology approach. • Develop and execute ongoing talent programs (college recruiting, entry level sales programs, internships, veteran programs, etc.) to proactively build a talent pipeline • Develop and manage the TA budget • Accountable for managing executive, executive candidate relationships for full life-cycle recruitment • Develop and nurture strong, collaborative relationships with Leadership and key stakeholders (to drive effective hiring strategies), and potential executive level talent (to become viable and interested candidates) • Drive Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion practice from a recruiting lens by engaging business resource groups, sourcing, training, and selection strategies in partnership with our DEI Team. • Strive for operational excellence: elevate internal processes, ensure consistent candidate experience, deliver strong employer values, and elevate and develop the tools and technology for the team. • Utilize strong sales skills to effectively negotiate offers and sell upside potential of the AutoZone’s compensation model • Stays abreast of industry activities and our key competitors for talent. Proactively seeks out benchmarking data through networking and formal sources to maintain awareness of our position in the market. • Effectively use the applicant tracking system, to maintain accurate records of recruiting activities, provide timely, accurate reporting and track other relevant data (like pipeline and talent pools) • Special projects as assigned Required Education/Experience: · Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, Human Resources, Business or related field. Master’s or above preferred · 10-15 years’ experience of overall experience in Human Resources, preferably with the majority in the recruiting/talent acquisition industry, including substantial experience leading and managing talent acquisition teams · Must have strong leadership and communication skills coupled with strong listening skills · Experience representing organization to customers partners, and/or industry Business acumen, analytical skills, reliability and sound judgment · Diplomatic and articulate communication style in dealing with senior executives · Action orientation, superior attention to detail, project management, and organizational skills · Proclivity toward teaming and collaboration · Ability to build consensus and relationships at all levels of management · Demonstrated ability to effectively manage high-volume workload and complex priorities · Demonstrated success utilizing alternative and innovative sourcing methods · Experience in executing successful executive, leadership, sales and college recruiting programs · P&L experience and the ability to manage a department budget · Proficiency in MS Office programs (e.g., Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint) Preferred: · Cloud HCM technology and use to create efficiencies · Global talent experience · Experience leading a large-scale change management initiative · Public speaking experience · Passion for personal accountability, achievement, learning and continual improvement within AutoZone’s framework · Experience implementing policies and procedures in a fast-paced environment