At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!
As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.
At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.
Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!
Your Role: Talent Sourcing Partner, Global Manufacturing & Quality
As a Talent Sourcing Partner for Manufacturing & Quality (M&Q), you will be a key member of the Global Sourcing Center of Excellence, reporting to the TA Sourcing & Operations Director, dedicated to identifying top-tier talent for Elanco’s manufacturing sites and corporate M&Q functions. In this role, you’ll be responsible for advancing our global talent pipeline through extensive proactive outbound sourcing, managing complex stakeholder relationships, and executing data-driven strategies for niche and confidential roles. This is a two year fixed duration role with potential to extend if/as business needs demand.
Your Responsibilities:
Identify and engage passive talent globally for complex, niche, and confidential roles across all manufacturing sites and corporate M&Q functions.
Collaborate with Hiring Managers, Recruiters, and HRBPs to understand technical requirements and develop comprehensive sourcing strategies.
Execute multi-channel outreach campaigns using drip sequences and nurturing strategies to build long-term talent pipelines.
Utilize advanced sourcing tools including Gem CRM, Workday, and LinkedIn Recruiter to track engagement metrics and provide data-driven insights to leadership.
Manage high-volume outreach initiatives while ensuring a premium candidate experience and alignment with Elanco’s employer brand.
What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):
Education: Bachelor’s Degree or High School Diploma / GED with equivalent level of experience.
Required Experience: A minimum of 5 years of experience in talent sourcing specifically within a manufacturing environment, including extensive experience in proactive outbound talent identification.
Mastery of outbound sourcing techniques and proficiency managing pipelines within a CRM and ATS.
Demonstrated experience influencing and collecting input across many levels of the organization.
What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications):
Proven experience navigating global talent markets and influencing stakeholders across diverse time zones and geographies.
Demonstrated ability to utilize data analytics and Key Performance Indicators to measure sourcing effectiveness and optimize talent funnels.
Hands-on experience with Gem and Workday.
Success in high-volume outreach and building automated drip sequence messaging campaigns.
Ability to nurture and engage executive or senior-level talent for confidential placements.
Additional Information:
- Travel: 10%
- Location: Global Elanco Headquarters - Indianapolis, IN - Hybrid Work Environment
Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown underrecognized groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Elanco we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive work environment. If you think you might be a good fit for a role but don't necessarily meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this role or other roles!
Elanco Benefits and Perks:
We offer a comprehensive benefits package focusing on financial, physical, and mental well-being while encouraging our employees to pursue our purpose! Some highlights include:
- Multiple relocation packages
- Two weeklong shutdowns (mid-summer and year-end) in the US (in addition to PTO)
- 8-week parental leave
- 9 Employee Resource Groups
- Annual bonus offering
- Flexible work arrangements
- Up to 6% 401K matching
Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status
Elanco may use automated tools, including AI, to support parts of our recruitment process, such as reviewing applications against job‑related criteria and/or transferrable skills. These tools help ensure a consistent, structured evaluation, but they do not make hiring decisions. All decisions involve a human reviewer. For more information on how we handle personal data, please see our Elanco Workforce Privacy Notice.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or high school diploma/GED with equivalent experience
- Minimum 5 years of talent sourcing experience within a manufacturing environment
- Extensive experience with proactive outbound talent identification
- Mastery of outbound sourcing techniques
- Proficiency managing pipelines within a CRM and ATS
- Experience influencing and collecting input across multiple organizational levels
- Experience navigating global talent markets and diverse time zones and geographies
- Ability to use data analytics and KPIs to measure sourcing effectiveness and optimize talent funnels
- Hands-on experience with Gem and Workday
- Experience with high-volume outreach and automated drip sequence messaging campaigns
- Experience engaging executive or senior-level talent for confidential placements
Elanco Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Elanco and has not been reviewed or approved by Elanco.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off options are broad, including PTO, flexible leave, and the ability to purchase additional vacation. These provisions are highlighted as supportive of work-life balance.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes medical, dental, and vision alongside company-paid life, disability, and wellness support. Pet insurance and assistance programs reinforce a comprehensive wellbeing offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a U.S. 401(k) and, for some employees, access to a defined benefit pension. These programs add meaningful long-term value to total rewards.
Elanco Insights
What We Do
At Elanco, we work to improve the health of animals through innovative products and services for pets and farm animals around the world. As a global animal health company, we provide solutions that empower our customers to advance a vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life. Since 1954, Elanco has committed to empowering veterinarians, farmers, and all those who care for animals with the tools they need to help animals live healthy lives. Healthier animals are the key to making our lives better - This is the fundamental belief uniting all global Elanco employees. That’s why we are committed to the idea that our business can be a unique force for good for all in society. Through our Elanco Healthy Purpose™ framework of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) commitments, we focus on delivering sustainable solutions to advance the well-being of animals, people and the planet. This program also enables our employees around the world to take paid time off to make an impact as a volunteer, offering their time or talent to give back to our customers, causes and communities. #ElancoHealthyPurpose #WeAreElanco
