Founded in 2013, Home Chef is the leading meal solutions company with both a retail and online presence. Available online at homechef.com and in retail at more than 2,100 Kroger grocery stores, Home Chef is committed to inspiring and enabling more people to cook simple, delicious meals, no matter how busy they are.

Similar to our recipes, we recognize that variety is the spice of life, and therefore, our employees also bring their uniqueness and color to our fantastic team. We’re eager to work with humble team players and pragmatic next-level thinkers to innovate on Home Chef’s offerings. 

While most of us continue to work remotely, our newly renovated headquarters at the Old Post Office is open for voluntary return to work. Our organization is closely following the evolving COVID-19 pandemic and will share updates on our 2022 return to the office plan as soon as any decisions are made.

Do you love finding the right people for the right roles and making successful job-fit matches? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth atmosphere? We're looking for a Senior Recruiter who has a passion for identifying talent for Corporate and Operations roles. You will be responsible for the full life cycle of the recruiting process. This entails sourcing and screening candidates, coordinating the interview process, and facilitating offers and employment negotiations, all while ensuring candidates have a positive experience. 

Our ideal candidate has a passion for selling the Home Chef brand and possesses excellent candidate sourcing and selection skills. This individual must be able to work independently to source and close multiple positions with competing priorities and deadlines. You must be able to build and strengthen relationships internally and externally, as well as drive Talent Acquisition efforts through a variety of methods and techniques. If you're hard-working and dedicated, Home Chef is an excellent place to grow your career!

Responsibilities:

• Forge strong relationships with HR, Corporate and Plant Leadership to understand headcount requirements.
• Drive the hiring process from sourcing and resume review through interviews, offer compilation, and offer negotiation.
• Establishes recruiting requirements by understanding organization workforce plans and objectives, meeting with managers to discuss needs and requirements of the roles.
• Builds and sources candidate pool by utilizing various recruiting strategies such as industry-specific resources, employment agencies, media, software, and internet sites. 
• Champion inclusion and diversity in the recruitment process.
• Collaborate with other Recruiters to source candidates & build a strong network of candidates through expert use of online sourcing techniques, networking, referrals, etc.
• Implement new initiatives to increase pipeline and build employer brand awareness.
• Deliver a brand-worth candidate experience.
• Use discipline in following the hiring process and documenting work in Lever, our company applicant tracking system.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of talent acquisition experience full-cycle recruitment in a fulfillment center or food manufacturing environment preferred
• 5+ years of experience conducting competency and behavioral-based interviews
• 5+ years of Applicant Tracking System experience
• 2+ years of experience developing and executing sourcing methodologies to include: market mapping, recruitment strategies, and Boolean searches
• Completion of a four-year degree program in a related field: Business Management or HR-related concentration
• Demonstrated ability to provide excellent support to candidates throughout the recruitment process to ensure a world-class candidate experience
• Ability to build strong, productive relationships with hiring managers
• Relevant in-house experience gained in a manufacturing or fulfillment center environment, managing recruitment across multiple sites ideally
• The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability needed for this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

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Perks/Benefits:

- Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance – benefits start the 1st day of the month following your start date 

- Company paid Life Insurance, Short Term Disability and Long Term Disability

- 401k Employer match - 50% on the $1, up to 6% of the employee's earnings 

- We offer flexible spending accounts (FSA) for qualified Medical, Dependent Care, Parking, or Transit expenses

- Flexible paid time off (PTO) policy, plus sick days 

- Generous Parental Leave 

- Great Work/Life Balance – We value and support each individual team member

- Quarterly company-wide “Town Hall” meetings 

- Ongoing professional development opportunities by level and function

- Your choice of Windows or Mac laptop, plus an extra screen 

- Onsite gym 

- Weekly Fooda credit

- Newly renovated office in the historic Old Main Post Office which is located close to multiple Metra and CTA options

- Employee discounts through Perkspot

- Discounts on Home Chef meal kits and at Kroger stores

- Casual dress in a fun, friendly and collaborative work environment

Candidates can experience Home Chef as a customer - enter promo code PEOPLE30 for $30 off your first order!

How We Work Together

We are humble team players. 

We are warm and gracious with team members and customers. We seek feedback to improve ourselves - and respectfully listen to and accept input.

We are pragmatic next-level thinkers.

We come up with novel and unique ideas. We explore new strategies to avoid being constrained by conventional thinking. 

We take ownership.

We approach ambiguous problems, prepared to dive in, get curious, and learn more. We are results-driven, always challenging ourselves to exceed goals.

Be at Home at Home Chef

We all show up authentically at Home Chef. Our team includes individuals with a variety of identities, backgrounds, and perspectives. You can trust that you’ll be able to bring your whole self to an inclusive and enjoyable workplace. 

We welcome people of all races, colors, religions, national origin or ancestry, sex (including sexual identity), age, physical or mental disabilities, pregnancy, veteran or military status, unfavorable discharge from military service, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, order of protection status, citizenship status, arrest record or expunged/sealed convictions, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law.

Home Chef is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Home Chef will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact our People team at [email protected].

Home Chef is an equal opportunity employer.

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