Talent Acquisition Specialist

About Us

Finlays Solutions is a leading partner to the B2B beverage manufacturing industry, recognized for its deep expertise, strong industry relationships, and commitment to innovation. The company plays a central role in supporting beverage brands, flavor houses, private label partners, and manufacturers through high-quality products, technical capabilities, and collaborative problem-solving. With a strong presence in the ready-to-drink beverage market, Finlays Solutions focuses on identifying emerging opportunities, expanding into new market spaces, and delivering solutions that meet evolving customer and consumer needs.

Finlays Solutions operates with a strong commitment to its mission, values, ethics, and long‑term goals, ensuring that every initiative reflects the company’s dedication to integrity, partnership, and sustainable success.

Job Summary

The Talent Acquisition Specialist is responsible for managing full-cycle recruitment for assigned business areas, from initial intake and sourcing strategy through candidate selection, offer acceptance, and transition to onboarding. This role partners closely with hiring managers and HR partners to understand workforce needs, develop effective recruiting strategies, and attract high-quality talent. The ideal candidate is a proactive, resourceful recruiter who thrives in a fast-paced environment, builds strong stakeholder relationships, and delivers an exceptional candidate and hiring manager experience.

This position is hybrid, based out of the Glenview IL office.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead full-cycle recruitment for assigned business areas, managing the hiring process from intake consultation through offer acceptance and transition to onboarding.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand business needs, position requirements, candidate profiles, hiring priorities, and recruiting timelines.
• Develop and execute targeted sourcing strategies for difficult-to-fill, specialized, and business-critical positions.
• Proactively source, screen, assess, and engage qualified active and passive candidates through LinkedIn, job boards, referrals, networking, talent databases, recruiting events, and other channels.
• Conduct candidate assessments to evaluate experience, qualifications, career interests, compensation expectations, and alignment with position requirements.
• Build credible, consultative relationships with hiring managers and HR partners, providing recruiting expertise and guidance throughout the hiring process.
• Provide hiring managers with market insights, talent availability, candidate feedback, recruiting challenges, and recommendations to support informed hiring decisions.
• Manage multiple requisitions and competing priorities while maintaining strong organization, responsiveness, attention to detail, and follow-through.
• Deliver a positive and professional candidate experience through timely communication, transparency, and consistent engagement throughout the recruitment process.
• Facilitate interview coordination, candidate selection, offer development and delivery, and pre-onboarding activities in partnership with hiring managers and HR.
• Maintain accurate and timely candidate and requisition information within the applicant tracking system while appropriately handling confidential and sensitive information.
• Develop talent pipelines for current and future business needs and support recruiting projects, career events, process improvements, and other Talent Acquisition initiatives as business needs evolve.

The salary range for this role is $80,000 - $95,000 annually.

Within this range, individual pay is determined by the work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. The total compensation package for this position also includes a choice of health care plan (medical, vision, and dental insurance), a quarterly incentive bonus, paid time off, parental leave, bereavement leave and a 401(K) for all eligible employees.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field preferred.
• 3+ years of progressive recruiting experience in a fast-paced, high-performance environment, with demonstrated success managing end-to-end recruitment processes required.
• Proven experience developing and executing sourcing strategies for difficult-to-fill positions and engaging both active and passive candidates.
• Proficiency with applicant tracking systems and recruiting technologies; ADP experience preferred.
• Demonstrated proficiency using LinkedIn and other sourcing platforms to identify, engage, and build relationships with prospective candidates.
• Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills, with the ability to establish credibility and work effectively with hiring managers, HR partners, senior leaders, front-line employees, candidates, and external vendors.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with demonstrated ability to build rapport, influence stakeholders, and communicate professionally with candidates at all levels.
• Highly organized and self-directed, with the ability to independently manage multiple requisitions, competing deadlines, and shifting priorities in a dynamic, cross-functional environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Demonstrated passion for Talent Acquisition, a proactive and innovative approach to attracting top talent, and the ability and willingness to travel to company locations and recruiting events, including overnight travel as required.

Physical Demands

• Willingness to work additional hours, and tailor schedule appropriately, to support team goals and meet deadlines
• Must possess adequate vision, hearing, and verbal communication skills to meet essential job performance and safety standards

Quality Statement

• Our Quality and Food Safety Management strategy is anchored by our food safety and quality culture and a two-pronged approach to “be the best” as we produce “only the best”. Every employee has a role to play in this strategy as outlined by the following:
• Follow Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s), allergen control, food defense, HACCP, SQF, and regulatory requirements so that we make consistently safe, quality products.
• Ensure the presence of visitors, contractors, and customers are documented on each visit in and out of the facility to maintain good manufacturing practices, allergen controls, food defense/food security and HACCP controls.
• Report all food safety and quality issues to management immediately.
• Partner with colleagues across all functions to share knowledge, skills, and information regarding quality and food safety.
• Adhere to all health and safety work practices.
• Exhibit an understanding of quality and food safety standards and be able to speak about the Finlays quality and food safety system and your role in it.
• Handle customer complaints in a timely and professional manner so that the customer is put first, always.
• Participate fully in Finlays programs that drive continuous improvement methodologies.

Any employee in doubt as to the role they play in the Finlays quality and food safety management system must reach out to the site Quality Manager or VP of Quality.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Finlays Solutions is an equal employment opportunity employer seeking diversity in qualified applicants for employment. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, gender, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, perceived disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other protected status, as defined by applicable law. Finlays employs individuals that are 18 years of age or older.

This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship