Contract Manufacturing Recruiter

Kyowa Kirin is a fast-growing global specialty pharmaceutical company that applies state-of-the-art biotechnologies to discover and deliver novel medicines in four disease areas: bone and mineral; intractable hematologic; hematology oncology; and rare disease.  A Japan-based company, our goal is to make people smile by delivering breakthroughs where no adequate treatments currently exist, working from drug discovery to product development and commercialization. In North America, we are headquartered in Princeton, NJ, with offices in California, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Ontario.

Job Purpose:
This role that is responsible for driving the execution of manufacturing talent acquisition for Kyowa Kirin North America. This position works closely with HR and the businesses management/leadership on candidate sourcing strategy, digital recruiting, development of recruitment channels, understanding market conditions and executing the hiring of highly effective talent for Kyowa Kirin North America.

Key Responsibilities:

• Recruiting for all levels of manufacturing in Sanford, NC. This including working with hiring managers to gain a full understanding of recruiting needs by assessing those needs and identifying critical skills necessary for success in the role as well as ability to work effectively within our company culture.
• Implementing sourcing strategies to build a pipeline of available candidates in anticipating hiring needs
• Prescreening candidates and presenting to hiring managers
• Partnering with hiring managers and run hiring process debriefs
• Managing our current applicant tracking system to manage applicant flow through the hiring process and to effectively manage candidate communications
• Negotiating offers with candidates, explaining the value of each package thoroughly
• Serving as an influential, consultative voice on hiring decisions
• Utilizes the analytics of the Talent Acquisition function to make decisions based on facts and data.
• This role will be responsible for exempt and non-exempt recruitment execution

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 5 year’s of experience in corporate Talent Acquisition environment.
• Experience in Biotech or Pharmaceutical manufacturing is required.
• Strong experience in developing digital recruiting strategies is required
• Strong management skills including the ability to effectively consult, negotiate, resolve conflict and influence change
• Strong data analytical skills and experience using data strategically to manage the function
• Have a good understanding of employment laws and regulations relevant to the Talent Acquisition function
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Possess a strong level of discretion and integrity to manage confidential information
• Demonstrated ability to organize, prioritize, meet deadlines, make decisions, and change course of action quickly
• Experience working with an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) – Greenhouse preferred
• Detail oriented and excellent follow through
• Ability to balance work independently with minimal supervision and be able to respond effectively to competing priorities
• The ability to flex and deal with ambiguity in a dynamic, fast-paced, high growth environment

 Physical Requirements:

• This position requires candidates to be able to work in Sanford, North Carolina 5 days a week.

It is the policy of Kyowa Kirin North America, Inc. to provide equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons without regard to race, religion, creed, color, pregnancy, sex, age, national origin, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation or affection preference or citizenship status or any other category protected by law.

When you apply to a job on this site, the personal data contained in your application will be collected and stored by Kyowa Kirin, Inc. (“Controller”), which is located at 510 Carnegie Center Dr. Princeton, NJ 08540 USA and can be contacted by emailing [email protected]. Controller’s data protection officer can be contacted at [email protected]. Your personal data will be processed for the purposes of managing Controller’s recruitment related activities, which include setting up and conducting interviews and tests for applicants, evaluating and assessing the results thereto, and as is otherwise needed in the recruitment and hiring processes. Such processing is legally permissible under Art. 6(1)(f) of General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR”) as necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Controller, which are the solicitation, evaluation, and selection of applicants for employment. 

Your personal data will be shared with Greenhouse Software, Inc., a cloud services provider located in the United States of America and engaged by Controller to help manage its recruitment and hiring process on Controller’s behalf. Accordingly, if you are located outside of the United States, your personal data will be transferred to the United States once you submit it through this site. The transfer will be made using appropriate additional safeguards under the standard contractual clauses approved by regulators for transfers of personal data outside the European Union.

Your personal data will be retained by Controller as long as Controller determines it is necessary to evaluate your application for employment.  Under the GDPR, if you are located in the European Union, you have the right to request access to your personal data, to request that your personal data be rectified or erased, and to request that processing of your personal data be restricted. You also have the right to data portability, and to lodge a complaint with an EU supervisory authority. If you have any questions about our use of your data, you may contact us by email at [email protected].

Recruitment & Staffing Agencies

Kyowa Kirin does not accept agency resumes unless contacted directly by internal Kyowa Kirin Talent Acquisition. Please do not forward resumes to Kyowa Kirin employees or any other company location; Kyowa Kirin is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.