Job Description

Corporate Recruiter
Location: Highland Park, Illinois | In-Office (Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm)

Our client is a successful, family-owned global wine and spirits company with an established portfolio of premium brands distributed internationally.

They are now seeking a Corporate Recruiter to join their lean global HR team and take ownership of recruitment across the US business.

This is a highly hands-on position, with a particular emphasis on direct sourcing and sales recruitment. You will manage vacancies from initial briefing through to offer, working closely with hiring managers while proactively identifying candidates rather than relying solely on applications or external agencies.

The environment is entrepreneurial and relatively lean from a systems perspective, so this role will suit someone who is resourceful, organized, and comfortable working autonomously, rather than someone dependent on extensive recruitment technology and highly structured processes.

Job Description:
As a Corporate Recruiter, you will own US recruitment activity, partnering closely with HR, hiring managers, and business leaders to identify and secure talent across the organization.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing the full recruitment lifecycle from initial vacancy briefing through to accepted offer and onboarding
• Partnering with hiring managers to understand requirements and develop practical recruitment strategies
• Taking a highly proactive approach to candidate sourcing, particularly across sales and commercially focused positions
• Building candidate pipelines through LinkedIn, job advertising, referrals, networking, talent communities and direct outreach
• Screening CVs and conducting initial candidate interviews
• Assessing experience, competencies and alignment with the organization and role
• Coordinating interviews and ensuring hiring teams provide timely feedback
• Maintaining momentum throughout the recruitment process and delivering a professional candidate experience
• Preparing and extending offers and supporting compensation discussions within agreed parameters
• Building proactive pipelines for both current and anticipated hiring requirements
• Maintaining accurate candidate and recruitment records
• Monitoring recruitment metrics including time-to-fill, source effectiveness and candidate experience
• Supporting compliance with federal, state and local employment requirements
• Identifying practical improvements to recruitment processes and sourcing methods
• Recommending new recruitment tools, channels or approaches where they can demonstrably improve results
• Supporting selected HR and recruitment-related projects as capacity allows

Qualifications:

• 2+ years’ full-cycle corporate recruitment experience
• Proven sales recruitment experience
• Strong direct sourcing capability, including identifying passive candidates and developing creative search strategies
• Confidence using telephone outreach, email, LinkedIn, and direct approaches to engage prospective candidates
• Experience screening candidates and conducting telephone and virtual interviews
• Ability to manage recruitment from job briefing and sourcing through interview coordination, offer and onboarding
• Experience recruiting across different functions and organizational levels
• Strong hiring manager and stakeholder relationship skills
• Ability to manage several open positions and competing priorities simultaneously
• Experience using LinkedIn Recruiter or Recruiter Lite, ATS platforms and other sourcing tools
• Comfortable operating within a lean environment where some recruitment processes remain manual
• Knowledge of US recruitment practices, employment legislation and behavioral interviewing techniques
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related discipline
• Able to work five days per week from the Highland Park office

Experience recruiting within wine, spirits, beverage alcohol, consumer goods, FMCG, or a distributor-led business would be highly desirable. Relevant exposure to organizations where sales and field-based commercial recruitment forms a significant part of the hiring requirement would be particularly valuable.

Why This is a Great Opportunity:

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious recruiter who wants genuine ownership and visibility rather than becoming one member of a large talent acquisition function.

You will work closely with senior stakeholders, recruit across a varied US business, and have the freedom to suggest new approaches as the company’s internal recruitment capability continues to develop.

For someone who enjoys sourcing, speaking directly with candidates, solving difficult searches, and making things happen without excessive process, this offers considerable scope to develop alongside an established international premium drinks business.

Our client offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes Medical, Dental, Vision, STD/LTD, and 401(k).