The Opportunity

The Job Shoppe is recruiting a Talent Acquisition Lead on behalf of a large, multi-facility manufacturing organization in Windsor, Ontario.

This hands-on role combines full-cycle recruitment with the opportunity to strengthen and evolve the organization’s talent acquisition function. You will support hiring across all organizational levels—from high-volume production and skilled trades to engineering, qualified, management and senior leadership positions.

Working closely with HR, plant leadership and hiring managers, you will build proactive talent pipelines, introduce consistent recruitment practices and identify opportunities to improve hiring through technology, automation and AI. Exposure to Talent Acquisition Centre of Excellence (COE) practices will be valuable as you help build greater structure and consistency across facilities.

Key Responsibilities

- Manage full-cycle recruitment across multiple manufacturing facilities, including sourcing, screening, interview coordination and offer management.
- Partner with HR, plant leadership and hiring managers to understand workforce needs, define role requirements and develop recruitment strategies.
- Recruit for production, skilled trades, engineering, technical, professional, management and senior leadership positions.
- Develop proactive talent pipelines for recurring, critical and difficult-to-fill roles.
- Lead recruitment intake meetings and advise hiring managers on sourcing approaches, talent availability and market conditions.
- Help establish consistent recruitment processes, tools and best practices by introducing relevant COE concepts.
- Support workforce planning by identifying upcoming hiring needs and potential talent gaps.
- Use ATS technology, LinkedIn, job boards, referrals, networking and community partnerships to attract qualified candidates.
- Bring ideas to improve sourcing, screening and efficiency through recruitment tools, automation and AI.




- Track and interpret recruitment metrics, including time-to-fill, pipeline activity, source effectiveness, offer acceptance and requisition aging.
- Identify opportunities to improve recruitment efficiency and the candidate and hiring-manager experience.
- Support the development and communication of the organization’s employer brand and employee value proposition.

Required Qualifications

- Minimum of five years of progressive talent acquisition or recruitment experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Marketing or a related field.
- Strong recruitment experience within manufacturing, automotive, industrial or a similar operational environment.
- Proven ability to recruit across organizational levels, from hourly production through senior leadership.
- Experience supporting multiple facilities, business units or a complex organization.
- Demonstrated success in full-cycle recruitment, proactive sourcing and talent-pipeline development.
- Experience managing high-volume recruitment alongside specialized and difficult-to-fill searches.
- Strong communication, relationship-building and stakeholder-management skills.
- Ability to use recruitment data and market insights to inform hiring strategies.
- Ability to travel occasionally to the United States, with a valid passport or the ability to obtain one.

Preferred Qualifications

- Exposure to a Talent Acquisition Centre of Excellence, centralized TA model or established recruitment best practices.
- U.S. recruitment or cross-border Canadian/U.S. talent acquisition experience.

What Success Looks Like

You can deliver on immediate hiring needs while helping build a stronger recruitment function for the future. You bring structure, consistency and practical ideas, understand the demands of a multi-facility manufacturing environment and build productive relationships with candidates and hiring teams.

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Pay: $80,000.00-$100,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person

📌 Talent Acquisition Lead (Windsor)
🏢 The Job Shoppe
📍 Windsor