Contract Sales Recruiter

About Tekion:

Positively disrupting an industry that has not seen any innovation in over 50 years, Tekion has challenged the paradigm with the first and fastest cloud-native automotive platform that includes the revolutionary Automotive Retail Cloud (ARC) for retailers, Automotive Enterprise Cloud (AEC) for manufacturers and other large automotive enterprises and Automotive Partner Cloud (APC) for technology and industry partners. Tekion connects the entire spectrum of the automotive retail ecosystem through one seamless platform. The transformative platform uses cutting-edge technology, big data, machine learning, and AI to seamlessly bring together OEMs, retailers/dealers and consumers. With its highly configurable integration and greater customer engagement capabilities, Tekion is enabling the best automotive retail experiences ever. Tekion employs close to 3,000 people across North America, Asia and Europe.

Summary

The Talent Acquisition Partner II will set the vision to attract, recruit, and retain the best people to join Tekion's team across all functions and levels within the organization. The ideal candidate has a passion for building a strong and unique company culture, loves interacting with different types of personalities, is business focused and is comfortable working with budgets and forecasts. You will be instrumental in building out the team in a period of high growth and, in doing so, working cross functionally with senior leadership across the organization.

Roles & Responsibilities

• This position is full-cycle recruiting; passive sourcing using LinkedIn Recruiter, active sourcing, interviewing, scheduling interviews, ensuring all active participants use Greenhouse, coordinating hiring teams, offers and onboarding

• Serve as a strategic partner to the Executive Leadership team in developing our Employment Branding Strategy and establishing our Talent Acquisition Footprint via the internet

• Help to build team structures, understanding the “right fit” in candidates and sourcing the very best talent to fill open positions

• Understand our brand, culture, mission and values to effectively serve as an ambassador for Tekion and a welcoming first touchpoint to all new hires on their “employee journey” with us

• Serve as the primary ambassador for Tekion at recruitment events if needed

• Work to craft and manage interview processes for each role, coordinating interviews, preparing interviewers and managing required assignments / exercises

• Manage hiring plan and pipeline in conjunction with other functional teams

• Develop and manage externally facing recruitment channels such as job fairs, conferences and other events / channels to promote new and exciting opportunities as needed

• Occasionally manage Talent Acquisition Search firms as needed

Skills & Experience

• BS/BA degree or equivalent experience

• 5+ years of recruitment and sourcing for Sales and Sales related roles.

• Experience working with a fast paced technology software of tech company and supporting various aspects of sales related roles.

• Strong experience in working with leaders and executing full cycle recruitment and utilization of sourcing and AI strategies.

• Comfortable with teams interviews and being on camera

• Strong sourcing to do complex searches and AI skills

• Track record of meeting and exceeding metrics and meeting deadlines

• Ability to build trust and drive team effectiveness

• Strong organization, project management, and communication skills

• Experience working with Ashby is desired

• Strong experience with Boolean searching and LinkedIn usage

• Exceptional interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate a clear and compelling vision and develop effective working relationships

• A “can do” attitude and the ability work as part of a team

• Comfort with accountability and ability to absorb feedback and engage in self-improvement

• A desire to make others successful and collaborate cross functionally

• Demonstrated enthusiasm and optimism

• Ability to reflect and adjust to a dynamic and rapidly changing environment

Perks & Benefits

• The opportunity to work with some of the brightest minds from Silicon Valley’s most dominant and successful companies

• Be part of an early stage, hyper-growth start-up with the opportunity to grow and prosper

• Work on the latest and coolest technologies – everything is home-grown and built ground-up

• A dynamic work environment with a strong sense of community and collaboration

• The open and transparent culture that encourages innovation, rewards performance and discourages hierarchy

• Exciting opportunities for career growth and development