Sr. Recruiter

Posted 11 Days Ago
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2 Locations
In-Office
Senior level
Logistics • Transportation
The Role
Leads full-cycle recruiting for professional, technical, operations, and leadership roles. Develops sourcing and recruitment strategies, partners with hiring managers, evaluates candidates, manages applicant tracking records, and ensures strong candidate experiences. Advises managers on interviews and hiring decisions, improves recruiting processes, supports employer branding, monitors talent markets, and mentors other recruiters. The role also contributes to workforce planning and talent pipeline development.
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Job Summary & Responsibilities

About the Role:


The Senior Recruiter serves as a strategic talent advisor and full-cycle recruiting expert responsible for attracting, engaging, and hiring top talent across professional, technical, operations, and leadership positions. This role partners closely with hiring managers and HR leaders to develop recruiting strategies, execute proactive sourcing plans, assess talent, and ensure a best-in-class candidate experience.

The Senior Recruiter plays a critical role in supporting workforce planning initiatives, strengthening talent pipelines, improving recruiting processes, and delivering hiring outcomes that enable business growth.


Your Responsibilities:

  • Develop and execute effective recruitment strategies to attract and hire high-quality candidates for various roles within the organization.
  • Collaborate with hiring managers to understand staffing needs, job specifications, and qualifications.
  • Coach hiring managers on interviewing best practices, candidate evaluation, and hiring decisions. 
  • Drive accountability for interview feedback and process timelines. 
  • Lead full-cycle recruitment efforts for salaried exempt positions across multiple business functions. 
  • Develop customized recruiting strategies based on market conditions, talent availability, and business priorities. 
  • Utilize multiple sourcing channels, including social media, job boards, and networking events, to identify and engage potential candidates.
  • Screen and evaluate candidates through resume reviews, interviews, and assessments to determine suitability for specific roles.
  • Manage the entire recruitment process, from initial contact through offer acceptance, ensuring a seamless and positive candidate experience.
  • Maintain accurate records of candidate interactions and recruitment activities using applicant tracking systems.
  • Stay updated on industry trends and best practices in recruitment to continuously enhance capabilities.
  • Identify and implement process improvements that improve efficiency and candidate experience. 
  • Participate in employer branding initiatives to promote Wabash as an employer of choice.
  • Mentor other recruiters and contribute to the development of recruitment best practices.
  • Other duties as assigned

Let's Talk About Your Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field; HR certification preferred.
  • 5+ years of experience in recruitment or talent acquisition, with a focus on corporate functions hiring. Manufacturing, Industrial, Supply Chain, or Engineering recruiting preferred. 
  • Strong knowledge of recruitment strategies, sourcing techniques, and employment laws.
  • Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships with candidates and hiring managers.
  • Proven ability to manage multiple recruitment projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
  • Experience with applicant tracking systems (ADP preferred) and other recruitment technologies.
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team.
  • Key success factors for this role include strong organizational skills, time-management, action oriented, ensuring accountability, and managing ambiguity. 

 

Leadership Attributes:

At Wabash, we pride ourselves on being empowering, and there are some things we feel very strongly about:

  • Embrace Diversity and Inclusion -- Solicit and respect the input of others, celebrate differences, and strive for transparency and inclusiveness
  • Seek to Listen -- Actively listen to reach the best solution and make the strongest decisions
  • Always Learn -- Strive to improve; do not quit or settle for the status quo
  • Be Authentic -- Demonstrate honesty, incredible energy, and grit in everything you do
  • Win Together -- Collaborate, seek alignment, and excel at cross-group communication to success as one team and One Wabash

 

Join us in turning ideas into world-changing realities. Curate and build your high-impact professional career at Wabash!

Affirmative Action/EEO Statement:

Wabash is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for its associates and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, or other protected class or activity under federal, state, or local law. All employment decisions must be based on neutral, legitimate criteria. All employment policies and rules shall be applied equally to similarly situated associates.

 

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Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field
  • HR certification
  • 5+ years of recruitment or talent acquisition experience
  • Experience hiring for corporate functions
  • Manufacturing, industrial, supply chain, or engineering recruiting experience
  • Knowledge of recruitment strategies and sourcing techniques
  • Knowledge of employment laws
  • Strong communication, stakeholder management, and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to manage multiple recruitment projects in a fast-paced environment
  • Experience with applicant tracking systems
  • Experience with ADP
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively
  • Strong organizational and time-management skills

Wabash Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Wabash and has not been reviewed or approved by Wabash.

  • Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is positioned as comprehensive, with medical, dental, and vision options plus added programs like digital physical therapy, second-opinion services, and enhanced cancer detection support. Employer cost sharing is emphasized as substantial, and preventive-care support is highlighted as part of the offering.
  • Retirement Support — Retirement support includes a 401(k) with a defined match formula and relatively early eligibility for new hires. The match structure is clearly articulated, supporting predictable retirement accumulation for contributors.
  • Parental & Family Support — Family-oriented benefits include paid family leave for birth/adoption/guardianship and an adoption assistance payment for eligible employees. Tuition assistance is also offered, reinforcing longer-term household and financial stability supports.

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The Company
HQ: Lafayette, Indiana
2,631 Employees
Year Founded: 1985

What We Do

Wabash: Changing How the World Reaches You® Wabash (NYSE: WNC) combines physical and digital technologies to deliver innovative, end-to-end solutions that optimize supply chains across transportation, logistics and infrastructure markets. Headquartered in Lafayette, Indiana, Wabash designs, manufactures, and services an extensive range of products supporting first-to-final mile operations, including dry and refrigerated trailers and truck bodies, platform trailers, tank trailers, structural composites and more. In addition, through the Wabash Marketplace and Wabash Parts, customers gain access to a nationwide parts and service network, Trailers as a Service (TaaS)℠, and advanced tools designed to streamline operations and drive growth. By enabling businesses to thrive today and prepare for tomorrow, Wabash is Changing How the World Reaches You®. Wabash recently entered into a joint venture, Wabash Marketplace, with Fernweh Group LLC, an investment firm specializing in the industrial technology sector. This joint venture will accelerate Wabash’s development and growth of an end-to-end digital platform, all while enhancing the overall experience for dealers, customers, and suppliers through the ease, speed, and convenience of a connected partner ecosystem. Initial focus of the Wabash Marketplace will be scaling the Trailers as a Service offering as well as part sales and new services. To learn more about Wabash and its innovative solutions, visit www.onewabash.com.

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