Talent Acquisition Manager

The Company: Edwards Lifesciences is driven by a passion to help patients. The company collaborates with the world’s leading clinicians and researchers to address unmet healthcare needs, working to improve patient outcomes and enhance lives.

Summary:

Manage the Talent Acquisition Manufacturing team for our Moncado/Valencia Spain plant and provide expertise and guidance on global talent acquisition strategies

How You'll Make an Impact:

• Plan strategic talent acquisition projects and recruiting activities with accountability for successful completion within scope of significant project deliverables including analyzing relevant metrics, (e.g., market trends, hiring trends), identifying gaps, recommending solutions while providing direction and guidance; may anticipate organization needs by ensuring an ongoing talent pool

• Manage and/or lead a small team within talent acquisition. Develop team members to increase business acumen and functional skills while achieving higher level of performance.

• Collaborate with HRBPs and hiring managers on search strategies and solutions while developing slates of candidates and ensuring finalization and completion of the hiring process

• Responsible for managing and driving Government and Campus relationships in view of grants negotiation, recruitment and branding tie-ups, changes in employment legislations, etc pertaining to talent acquisition, etc.

• Establish key relationships with internal and external stakeholders including assigned functional area

• Responsible for maximizing the use of recruiting tools and technologies to streamline activities and remain at the forefront of talent acquisition. Research and recommend the use of other vendors and any other continuous improvement solutions that may improve the effectiveness of recruiting and/or sourcing activities

• Responsible for the talent acquisition compliance processes, representing this functional the area during internal and external audits as subject matter expert

• Driving employer value and branding Propositions initiatives, and participating/driving in talent acquisition and cross functional related projects

• Interface with external experts to understand the market and emerging tools, trends and opportunities in order to recommend talent acquisition solutions

• Other incidental duties

What you will need (Required Qualifications):

• Bachelor's Degree in in related field

• 8 years' experience of related talent acquisition experience

• Fluent in Spanish and English

What else we look for (Preferred Qualifications):

• Experience working in a manufacturing company

Additional Skills:

• Demonstrated experience directly sourcing external passive talent

• Demonstrated personal accountability and integrity.

• Demonstrated ability to meet rapidly changing business requirements

• Demonstrated ability to command the attention and respect of leadership; ability to create and manage strategic alliances while driving the process

• Previous experience in both agency and corporate recruiting

• Proven successful project management skills

• Proven expertise in MS Office Suite, including advanced Excel; ATS systems (e.g., Taleo) and advanced sourcing skills and systems (e.g., LinkedIn Recruiter, Zoominfo)

• Excellent facilitation and presentation skills

• Excellent problem-solving, organizational, analytical and critical thinking skills

• Excellent communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills including negotiating and relationship management skills with ability to drive achievement of objectives

• Extensive understanding of talent acquisition procedures while defining team operating standards and ensuring essential procedures are followed based on knowledge of own discipline

• Extensive knowledge and understanding of policies, procedures, and requirements relevant to talent acquisition

• Demonstrated skill set to manage assigned team and provide coaching and feedback, including responsibility for all employee actions including hire/fire authority and partnering with HR on all aspects of employee relations

• Ability to develop and integrate metrics into the projects and operations that clearly demonstrate the value of talent acquisition to the business

• Excellent leadership and negotiating skills and ability to influence and implement change

• Strict attention to detail

• Ability to interact professionally with all organizational levels

• Ability to work and e