About this role
The VP of Recruiting for the Bennett Family of Companies is a key strategic leadership position for ensuring the growth of our Owner Operators, Drivers and Contractor base. This position sets the strategic direction for our company resulting in targeting growth to meet our customers’ demands. Understanding the Bennett brand, building on our 52 year history and leveraging our core values are key to the success of this position.
Responsibilities:
- Achieve continuous growth to meet or exceed the goals of the business units aligned with serving our customer demands.
- Create and Implement recruiting strategies that improve capacity numbers for Bennett
- Build bench strength through mentoring Recruiting team members resulting in succession planning to ensure a strong foundation for future growth.
- Lead and manage the day-to-day operations of the recruiting team.
- Oversee and manage the metrics for Recruiting
- Manage the P & L of the Department
- Leverage Tenstreet to manage onboarding of drivers, run reports and review daily.
- Partner with Marketing to leverage advertising spend and Recruiting campaigns.
- Manage the quarterly incentive programs for recruiters
- Collaborate with Business Unit Leaders to understand their current needs. Customers, lanes, areas, commodities, etc.
- Participate in operational meetings to ensure recruiting is aligned with operational requirements.
- Partner with retention team to ensure capacity growth.
Qualifications
Required Skills:
- Excellent computer skills – Microsoft Office, TMS, Applicant Tracking Systems
- Outstanding Leadership Shills – Lead / influence at all levels of the organization
- Organizational Skills – Manage large volumes of data
- Change management – Entrepreneurial, lead and manage change
- Communication Skills – Excellent written and verbal.
- Collaboration & Negotiating Skills