Recruitment Marketing Operations Partner (Talent Acquisition)- Ace Hardware Home Services

Recruitment Marketing Operations Partner (Talent Acquisition)- Ace Hardware Home Services

Oak Brook, IL (Hybrid: 3 days onsite, 2 remote)

Build the engine behind how we attract talent.
Ace Hardware Home Services, a business unit of Ace Hardware Corporation is growing fast, and hiring is mission critical. We are looking for a Recruitment Marketing Operations Partner, to design, optimize, and scale how we attract and engage skilled trades and frontline talent across the business. If you enjoy turning data into action, building programs from the ground up, and partnering across teams to drive results, this role puts you at the center of it.

What You Will Do

Drive talent attraction strategy and execution

• Partner with TA leaders to design recruitment marketing strategies aligned to hiring demand
• Build programs that create consistent pipelines for high-volume and hard-to-fill roles
• Identify gaps in attraction strategy and recommend new channels, partners, or solutions

Optimize the recruiting engine

• Standardize and improve workflows, tools, and processes across the hiring lifecycle
• Increase efficiency, consistency, and experience for both candidates and hiring teams
• Support implementation of new tools and technologies from build through adoption

Use data to influence decisions

• Track and analyze key metrics, including funnel conversion, sourcing performance, and req volume
• Turn data into clear insights that guide strategy and stakeholder decisions
• Create reporting that drives accountability and transparency

Build and scale talent pipelines

• Support programs across CRM, trade schools, skilled trades partnerships, military talent, and inclusive recruiting efforts
• Help the business move from reactive hiring to proactive pipeline building

Partner across the business

• Work closely with HR Managers, Hiring Managers, and Operations leaders
• Influence adoption of best practices and standardized hiring approaches
• Act as a trusted thought partner for recruitment initiatives

Own vendor and program coordination

• Manage relationships with recruiting and marketing partners
• Coordinate hiring events, career fairs, and local hiring activations
• Maintain and improve documentation, playbooks, and process guides

What You Bring

• 2+ years in talent acquisition operations, recruitment marketing, or employer branding
• Experience in high-volume decentralized hiring environments; skilled trades or home services exposure preferred
• Strong project management skills with a track record of delivering end-to-end initiatives
• Comfort using AI tools for content creation, reporting, and campaign optimization
• Ability to translate data into clear, compelling insights
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Hands-on, builder mindset with attention to detail
• Experience with ATS platforms; Workday preferred
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and reporting tools
• Willingness to travel up to 20%

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Compensation Details:

$76300 - $95500 per year

Why should you join our team?

We live our values - W.E.L.I.G.H.T (Winning, Excellence, Love, Integrity, Gratitude, Humility, and Teamwork). Gratitude. Humility. Love. You don’t often see values like these in most corporate statements, but Ace is different. These things are important to us. They represent our commitment to the company, our employees, to Ace retailers and to the Ace brand.

In addition to providing our employees a great culture, Ace also offers competitive benefits* that address life’s necessities and perks, many of which expand and improve year after year, including:

• Incentive opportunities, based on role/grade level (company growth over the past 5 years resulted in incentives being paid out at an average of 122% of your target opportunity!)

• Generous 401(k) retirement savings plan with a fully vested matching contribution the first year in addition to quarterly contributions and annual discretionary contribution (once eligibility requirements have been met).  Over the past 5 years, company contributions (matching, quarterly & discretionary) for fully eligible employees have averaged 10% of total eligible compensation

• Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision and disability – up to 26 weeks short-term disability and long-term disability) & life insurance benefits for you and your dependen