• Job Description

  Req#: 208926
  AutoNation Headquarters Position Summary As the Director of Talent Acquisition, you'll lead our talent acquisition strategy and drive AutoNation’s mission forward. In this pivotal role, you'll be responsible for shaping our talent acquisition efforts, fostering innovation, and ensuring we attract top-tier talent to fuel our growth. You'll elevate our employer brand, particularly within the automotive retail sector, while leveraging your expertise to manage high-volume recruitment needs effectively. This position is based on-site at our Fort Lauderdale, Florida office. This is an exciting opportunity for a strategic leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment, embraces innovation, and is committed to delivering exceptional results. If you're ready to make a significant impact and shape the future of automotive retail, we invite you to apply! Key Responsibilities Develop and execute AutoNation's talent acquisition strategy, focusing on proactive candidate engagement to cultivate a diverse pipeline of qualified candidates across all departments. Elevate AutoNation's employer brand, particularly within the automotive retail sector, to attract top talent. Assist in leading implementation and go-live of enterprise HCM (Workday) and CRM technologies (Phenom). Gain comprehensive knowledge of our business, market dynamics, competitors, and emerging trends in talent acquisition. Enhance talent acquisition operations by consistently tracking key metrics and implementing strategies to optimize performance. Establish and maintain robust measures to analyze, forecast, and communicate recruitment outcomes and challenges to senior leadership. Continuously improve the candidate and hiring manager experience through lifecycle optimization. Develop, mentor, and lead high-performing talent acquisition teams, providing ongoing feedback and support. Collaborate closely with business leaders to develop proactive hiring plans and ensure alignment with organizational objectives. Implement advanced sourcing techniques, leveraging new technologies, university partnerships, referrals, and talent pipelines. Standardize hiring processes across all departments, including the utilization of applicant tracking systems (ATS). Streamline recruitment processes, ensuring timely communication with candidates and hiring managers, and facilitating efficient decision-making. Ensure competitive and equitable offer structures to attract top talent. Lead Corporate Talent Acquisition team and executive level recruitment activities. Required Qualifications: Proven experience in talent acquisition or recruitment, with a focus on recruitment operations, ideally within a high-volume enterprise or Fortune 500 company. Demonstrated success in managing talent acquisition teams, refining recruitment processes, and implementing strategic initiatives within a large-scale organization, particularly in a retail setting. Proficiency in utilizing ATS systems to track and measure recruitment metrics and outcomes in a complex, enterprise-level environment, with an understanding of high-volume hiring dynamics. Strong leadership and people management skills, with a track record of effectively leading teams in a dispersed setting. Experience in a fast-paced, multi-stakeholder environment with a reputation for operational excellence, managing high-volume recruitment needs while maintaining quality standards. Building and leading TA programs around university relations, executive hiring, and professional networking. Vendor management Advanced proficiency in Excel and data management, particularly in analyzing large datasets. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across diverse teams and stakeholders, including retail management. A collaborative team player who thrives in a fast-paced and evolving enterprise environment, capable of adapting recruitment strategies to meet hiring demands. Company Overview AutoNation, a provider of personalized transportation services, is driven by innovation and transformation. As one of America's most admired companies, AutoNation delivers a peerless Customer experience recognized by data-driven consumer insight leaders, Reputation and J.D. Power. Through its bold leadership and brand affinity, the AutoNation Brand is synonymous with "DRVPNK" and "What Drives You, Drives Us." AutoNation has a singular focus on personalized transportation services that are easy, transparent, and Customer-centric. Benefits Click here to learn more about our Benefits. Join us as we pave the way to moving our company, our communities and our industry forward. Apply today at a location near you or wherever you dream the road will take you. AutoNation is an equal opportunity employer and a drug-free workplace.
  AutoNation, a provider of personalized transportation services, is driven by innovation and transformation. As one of America's most admired companies, AutoNation delivers a peerless Customer experience recognized by data-driven consumer insight leaders, Reputation and J.D. Power. Through its bold leadership and brand affinity, the AutoNation Brand is synonymous with "DRVPNK" and "What Drives You, Drives Us." AutoNation has a singular focus on personalized transportation services that are easy, transparent, and Customer-centric. Benefits Click here to learn more about our Benefits. Join us as we pave the way to moving our company, our communities and our industry forward. Apply today at a location near you or wherever you dream the road will take you. AutoNation is an equal opportunity employer and a drug-free workplace.

• About the company

  AutoNation is an American automotive retailer based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, which provides new and pre-owned vehicles and associated services in the United States.

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