Principal Talent Acquisition Partner

Build a career powered by innovations that matter! At Novanta, our innovations power technology products that are transforming healthcare and advanced manufacturing improving productivity, enhancing people’s lives and redefining what’s possible.

We create for our global customers engineered components and sub-systems that deliver extreme precision and performance for a range of mission-critical applications from minimally invasive surgery to robotics to 3D metal printing.

Novanta is one global team with over 26 offices located in The Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Looking for a great place to work?

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This position is part of Novanta’s Corporate and Shared Services global teams. Novanta’s Corporate and Shared Services teams play an important role in executing the company’s strategic mission and operations.

Included in Corporate and Shared Services are the business functions including Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, Information Technology, Legal, Compliance, Corporate Development and Corporate Marketing.

The Corporate and Shared Services teams work closely with all Novanta business units to support operating initiatives contributing to the organization’s financial success.

Job Summary

You will be responsible for managing the end-to-end recruitment process for a variety of positions including G&A (Corporate and Shared Services), Engineering, R&D, Supply Chain, Sales, Product Management and Manufacturing operations across multiple Novanta businesses.

You will source candidates through various channels, plan interview and selection procedures, educate your hiring managers on recruitment best practices and ensure a stellar candidate experience.

You will develop long-term recruiting strategies and nurture trusting relationships with hiring managers and Novanta leaders.

This will entail creating strong talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs.

Primary Responsibilities

• Serve as a Senior Talent Advisor to multiple business segments within Novanta
• Partner and collaborate with the broader HR team and hiring team during the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle and develop effective and scalable recruitment strategies that align to Novanta’s continued success.
• Utilize talent insights (talent landscape and talent mapping information) to build out strong recruitment strategies.
• Recruit / attract qualified candidates through the full cycle recruiting process for multiple sites and regions.
• Source potential candidates through online channels (e.g. social platforms and professional networks) and champion Novanta as a top employer.
• Assess candidate information, including resumes and contact details, using our Applicant Tracking System and provide qualified screened resumes for hiring teams in a timely manner.
• Lead Novanta employer branding initiatives as part of the Novanta overall strategy.
• Develop meaningful metrics for hiring and continuously improve your results.
• Lead various projects across talent acquisition globally.
• Provide mentorship and coaching to team as needed.

General tasks

• Maintain compliance with the quality, occupational safety and environmental regulations.
• Adhere to the instructions of the quality / environmental management representative and the occupational safety specialist.

Required Experience, Education, Skills and Competencies

• Bachelor's Degree preferred or equivalent in Human Resources, Business, Organization Development, or a technical discipline.
• 10+ years direct HR recruiting experience with a minimum of 5 years in-house, corporate experience.
• International recruiting experience (UK, Germany, Spain and / or Czech Republic) is highly desirable.
• Proven professional experience in filling both technical and non-technical positions of varying responsibility across an organization.
• Expert level sourcing abilities and the ability to build solid pipelines for future growth.
• Significant experience building diverse candidate pipelines for underrepresented candidate groups in the market.
• Skilled in using market data to influence recruiting strategy with hiring managers.
• Experience with talent attraction, employer branding and strong networking abilities.
• Experience using metrics to drive results and embodies a continuous improvement mindset.
• Strong proficiency with Applicant Tracking Systems (Workday preferred), LinkedIn Recruiter, MS Office and HRIS systems.
• Ability to work independently, handle multiple tasks, effectively problem solve and adapt to changing priorities without compromising quality.

Travel Requirements

20-25%

Physical Requirements

• Mobility to work in a standard office setting and to use standard office equipment, including a computer.
• Ability to use vison to read computer screen and read printed materials.

Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)

Novanta is proud to be an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action workplace. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, military and veteran status, disability, genetics, or any other category protected by federal law or Novanta policy.

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