Job Summary:
We are looking for a talented Senior Talent Advisor – Early Careers to join our Cummins Inc. team in Troy, MI.
In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:
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Lead recruiting strategies and hiring activities that deliver top Early Careers talent aligned with business workforce needs.
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Build and sustain talent pipelines through targeted sourcing, campus engagement, and strategic recruiting initiatives.
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Advise hiring managers and stakeholders with market intelligence, recruiting expertise, and data-driven insights to improve hiring outcomes.
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Drive a seamless candidate experience through effective communication, streamlined processes, and proactive stakeholder coordination.
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Strengthen recruiting effectiveness by monitoring key performance indicators and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.
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Ensure compliance with employment policies, legal requirements, and recruiting standards while maintaining operational excellence.
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Partner with cross-functional teams to execute talent acquisition initiatives that support organizational growth and workforce planning.
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Enhance Cummins' employer brand by representing the organization at recruiting events and contributing to talent attraction strategies.
To be successful in this role, you will need the following:
- Advanced ability to lead full-cycle recruiting efforts while balancing competing priorities, stakeholder needs, and evolving business demands.
- Strong consultative, influencing, and relationship-building skills with the ability to serve as a trusted advisor to leaders, recruiters, and candidates.
- Expertise in talent sourcing, candidate assessment, and selection strategies that drive quality hiring decisions and diverse talent outcomes.
- Proven capability to leverage recruiting metrics, analytics, and business insights to inform decisions and improve hiring performance.
- Demonstrated agility, sound judgment, and collaborative leadership with a passion for delivering exceptional candidate and stakeholder experiences.
Education, Licenses, Certifications:
- College, university, or equivalent degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field or equivalent experience required.
Additional Responsibilities & Preferred Key Competencies:
- Serves as the senior recruiting subject-matter expert for the Early Careers recruiting team.
- Owns requisition dispatching, workload coordination, and timely requisition activation.
- Creates and audits functional pipeline requisitions to ensure accuracy and compliance with posting requirements.
- Supports the Early Careers conversion process, including mapping sessions, candidate alignment, tracking, and related recruiting activities as needed.
- Maintains a low-volume, requisition portfolio, adjusted based on seasonal hiring needs and business demand.
- Supports campus, conference, functional, referral, and other strategic recruiting initiatives, including candidate funnel tracking.
- Serves as the backup to the Operations Leader as required.
- Supports special projects, process improvements, and hiring activities as needed.
- Responsibilities may evolve based on business needs and Early Careers priorities.
- Previous experience serving as a senior recruiter, recruiting subject-matter expert, or providing peer guidance and coaching to recruiters, highly preferred
Please note that the salary range provided is a good faith estimate on the applicable range. The final salary offer will be determined after considering relevant factors, including a candidate’s qualifications and experience, where appropriate.
About UsCummins is an equal opportunity employer. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, sex, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity, or other status protected by law.Skills Required
- College, university, or equivalent degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- Advanced ability to lead full-cycle recruiting efforts
- Talent sourcing, candidate assessment, and selection strategy expertise
- Strong consultative, influencing, and relationship-building skills
- Ability to use recruiting metrics, analytics, and business insights
- Senior recruiter, recruiting subject-matter expert, or peer coaching experience
Cummins Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cummins and has not been reviewed or approved by Cummins.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company contribution/match and both defined contribution and defined benefit pension plans are offered, alongside profit sharing and an employee stock purchase plan. This mix supports long-term savings and financial security.
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple medical plan options (HSA, HSA Plus, PPO) with dental, vision, life and long-term disability coverage are provided, along with telehealth, mental-health support, and wellness tools. In-network protections and HSA/HSA Plus structures are described to help manage costs.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid maternity and paternity leave, family medical leave, and adoption assistance are offered. Reduced or flexible hours and unpaid extended leave options further support caregiving needs.
Cummins Insights
What We Do
At Cummins, we empower everyone to grow their careers through meaningful work, building inclusive and equitable teams, coaching, development and opportunities to make a difference. Across our entire organization, you'll find engineers, developers, and technicians who are innovating, designing, testing, and building. You'll also find accountants, marketers, as well as manufacturing, quality and supply chain specialists who are working with technology that's just as innovative and advanced.
