About Kerry Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment. About the role Role Overview We are seeking an experienced Talent Acquisition Partner to join Kerry’s team. This role serves as a trusted advisor, working with senior leaders, hiring managers, and HR to support effective hiring across the region. Key aspects include managing multiple recruitment projects, building stakeholder relationships, and addressing future talent needs. As a Talent Acquisition Partner, you will lead the full recruitment process for various roles, deliver market insights, and help strengthen Kerry’s employer brand. Responsibilities also include sourcing candidates, screening and interviewing, managing offers, ensuring a strong candidate experience, staying updated with industry trends, and supporting diversity and inclusion. Key responsibilities Partner with senior stakeholders and hiring managers to understand business priorities, workforce needs, and role requirements, providing expert advice on talent strategy, sourcing approaches, and market conditions. Lead the full end-to-end recruitment lifecycle across a broad portfolio of professional, technical and leadership roles, including role scoping, sourcing, assessment, selection, offer management and candidate acceptance. Proactively source, headhunt and build talent pipelines using multiple channels, including direct sourcing, LinkedIn Recruiter, networking, referrals and targeted attraction campaigns. Deliver high-quality candidate assessment using structured and competency-based interviewing techniques, ensuring fair, consistent and objective hiring decisions aligned to Kerry’s hiring standards. Act as a strategic advisor to hiring managers, sharing real-time market intelligence, talent availability insights, diversity considerations and hiring risks or opportunities. Build and maintain strong external networks ensuring Kerry is positioned as an employer of choice and external recruitment agencies are effectively managed where required. Ensure accurate and timely management of requisition and candidate data within Kerry’s Applicant Tracking System (SuccessFactors), and act as an expert user of recruitment technology (i.e. Phenom, LinkedIn, etc.) supporting reporting, compliance and audit requirements. Actively promote Kerry’s employer brand by representing the organization professionally and consistently across all candidate, stakeholder and market interactions. Ensure job postings are aligned to Kerry standards as well as ensure they are shaped and promoted in a way that ensures the greatest visibility and attraction across all potentially interested candidate pools. Contribute to regional or global talent acquisition projects, continuous improvement initiatives and ad hoc assignments as required. Qualifications and skills Key Skills & Capabilities Strategic stakeholder management and consultative partnering skills. Advanced sourcing and direct recruitment expertise. Strong communication, influencing and relationship-building capabilities. Ability to interpret and apply recruitment data and market intelligence to inform decision-making. High level of professionalism, integrity and confidentiality. Collaborative, adaptable and solutions-oriented mindset with a passion for talent and continuous improvement. Required Experience & Qualifications Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience. Minimum of 4–5 years’ progressive experience in talent acquisition or recruitment, with demonstrated experience operating at a Recruiter level. Prior in-house, RPO/agency experience and work within a matrixed organization preferred. Proven experience recruiting across multiple countries and/or provinces within Canada (broader North America preferred), with an understanding of regional labor markets, hiring practices and compliance considerations. Strong proficiency in competency-based and structured interviewing methodologies. Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, deliver results with urgency, and operate with a high level of organization and attention to detail. Fluent in French and English with crisp verbal and written communication skills The pay range for this position is 70,000- 105,000 CAD in Annual Salary. Kerry typically does not hire an individual at the top or near the top of the range, as we are a pay-for-performance company, and this range is set to continue to reward performance annually while in role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. The specific compensation offered to a candidate within the above range may be influenced by a variety of factors including skills, qualifications, experience, internal equity, and Location. In addition, this position is also eligible to earn a performance-based incentive compensation. Kerry offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental and lifestyle coverage, disability, life insurance, a retirement savings program with employee and company contribution opportunities, employee share purchase plan and tuition assistance amongst others. In addition, Kerry employees enjoy easy access to mental health and well-being support. This job posting is anticipated to expire on August 1, 2026 We adhere to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable provincial laws. We may use artificial intelligence tools to support the review and assessment of applications and assist with scheduling interviews. We do not use AI to make decisions during the interview process. All candidate assessments and hiring decisions are made by our recruitment and leadership teams.