Talent Acquisition Partner

At Avient, we're on the hunt for a dynamic and enthusiastic Talent Acquisition Partner who is passionate about connecting with people and making their career dreams come true. You'll be the matchmaker between top talent and our incredible opportunities, ensuring every candidate feels valued and excited about joining our team.

We are looking to hire a versatile and experienced Talent Acquisition Partner who has strong experience collaborating with multiple facilities, recommending creative sourcing strategies and collaborating with hiring teams to help meet business goals. This role requires the use of advanced search/sourcing methods, the ability to work cross functionally, and the ability to interact with and communicate effectively with leadership and HR partners to identify best fit talent for salaried professionals and management positions.

Essential Functions

• Develops recruiting strategies and performs full cycle recruiting for the company’s salaried positions, with a focus on but not limited to; manufacturing leadership, technical and scientific positions, and sales and support functions

• Manages full life cycle recruiting for 20-30 requisitions concurrently and varies based on business need.

• Brings a solution oriented and consultative approach to all interactions.

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with hiring managers and candidates to ensure a seamless recruitment process.

• Obsess over creating a positive candidate experience, ensuring every interaction reflects our company's values and culture.

• Ability to clearly and effectively communicate with candidates, hiring managers, and team members.

• Flexibility to adjust strategies and approaches based on changing needs and market conditions

• Partners with all levels of management (including executives) to understand succession needs and develops proactive strategies to address talent gaps. 

• Develops an understanding of business requirements, organization plans and candidate qualifications by establishing partnerships with assigned business units. 

• Manages the total candidate experience, which includes but is not limited to; branding and sourcing outreach, communication at all stages in the process, conducting phone and in person interviews, scheduling and interview preparation, to offer and pre-employment screening.

• Maintains relationships with business networks and professional organizations to gain knowledge and obtain referrals. 

• Maintains thorough documentation of requisition status, candidates flow and selection decisions. 

• Understands and strives for excellence to meet KPI’s

• Proactively communicates with hiring managers and HR on open positions, status, roadblocks, wins and opportunities. 

• Works collaboratively with the HR team to identify bottlenecks in the hiring to on-boarding process, propose solutions, implement and communicate the successful solutions more broadly.

• Develops a solid understanding of Avient's HR policies, programs and procedures.

• Contributes to special projects and initiatives as required.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Human Resources, or related field preferred.

• Minimum 3+ years’ experience in Talent Acquisition with emphasis on full life cycle salaried recruiting. Preferably in a manufacturing or consumer packaged goods setting.

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to drive change/process management.

• Strong interpersonal and time management skills.

• Self-starter with high sense of urgency and drive for results in attaining staffing goals.

• Understands Recruiting KPI’s and strives for excellence to deliver results.

• Strong knowledge of Applicant Tracking Systems, and social network recruiting platforms; Oracle Recruitment, Indeed, and LinkedIn Recruiter platform.

Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world.

Innovation goes far beyond materials science; it’s powered by the passion, creativity, and diverse expertise of 9,000 professionals worldwide. Whether you’re a finance wizard, a tech enthusiast, an operational powerhouse, an HR changemaker, or a trailblazer in materials development, you’ll find your place at Avient.

Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities. Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough!

We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self, a leader of others, or a leader of the business.

By playing to win, acting customer centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avient’s strategic goals, to meet our customer needs, and to accomplish your career goals.

At Avient, we believe a wide variety of thoughts, ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world.  In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person’s qualifications, abilities, experience and performance.

Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of non-discrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran’s status, or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state and local law. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to complete an online application, please contact the Avient HR Team by emailing, [email protected].