Global Talent Acquisition Director at Jabil in St. Petersburg, FL

Global Talent Acquisition Director Location: St. Petersburg/Tampa, FL At Jabil (NYSE: JBL), we are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions. With 60 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe. JOB SUMMARY The Regional Talent Acquisition Director is responsible for designing, building, and deploying a comprehensive regional talent acquisition strategy, including the structure, processes, tools, and capabilities required to meet both current and future business needs. This role plays a critical part in ensuring the organization attracts, assesses, and selects best-in-class talent through scalable, cost-effective recruitment methods. Operating within a complex, high volume manufacturing environment, the Director will build and lead a strong regional talent acquisition organization, driving operational excellence and continuous improvement across hiring practices. The role partners closely with business leaders to strengthen talent pipelines, enhance hiring quality, and support long term workforce planning. This position is based on site at the company’s Saint Petersburg, Florida office. Job Responsibilities ·Provide strategic leadership for regional talent acquisition across USA, including 25+ plants, ensuring hiring strategies align with business priorities and growth plans. ·Develop and execute region‑wide talent acquisition strategies that support workforce planning, sourcing, and selection needs across multiple business units. ·Build, lead, and continuously develop a highly performing Regional TA organization, including Recruiters, Sourcers, and TA Managers, fostering a culture of accountability, capability building, and results. ·Partner with Senior Leadership, HR Business Partners, and Operations to deliver timely, high quality hiring solutions for both new and existing markets. ·Lead recruitment efforts across complex, high volume manufacturing environments, supporting roles across plant and site leadership, supply chain, quality, engineering, corporate, and shared services functions. ·Act as a trusted advisor to regional business and HR leaders by providing insight into market trends, talent availability, and hiring best practices. ·Continuously assess and improve the effectiveness, scalability, and sustainability of regional recruiting models and processes. ·Own regional recruitment budgeting and forecasting, ensuring financial discipline, cost optimization, and strong return on investment. ·Forecast staffing needs and design systems and processes that proactively support business strategies and long term workforce requirements. ·Create and execute scalable hiring models to support site expansions, new site launches, and periods of accelerated growth. ·Lead campus and early career hiring strategies across the region and represent the organization at community, university, and industry events. ·Design and implement strategies to reduce reliance on external recruitment vendors, lowering overall hiring costs while maintaining quality. ·When required, establish and manage external vendor partnerships, including search firms, staffing agencies, and RPO providers. ·Track, analyze, and report talent acquisition metrics and performance indicators, using data to drive continuous improvement and informed decision making. ·Demonstrate strong stakeholder influence, change leadership, and agility in a fast paced, matrixed environment. ·Ensure full compliance with company policies, procedures, and security requirements. ·Perform additional responsibilities as required to support business objectives. JOB QUALIFICATIONS KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS ·Experience to include in-depth knowledge and awareness of staffing strategies, experience building and executing strategic plans, internal and external provider management, and building high performance talent acquisition teams. ·Experience in staffing and recruiting management across a geographically dispersed manufacturing company, with knowledge of United States of America labor markets, employment laws, and talent market insights. ·Experience in managing high volume staffing ramps, tracking progress and reporting results to Senior Leadership teams in the US. ·Experience in using and optimizing an applicant tracking system/ATS, workforce planning tools and talent analytics. ·Proficiency in use of personal computers, Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint) and e-mail skills required. EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS ·Bachelor’s degree in human resources or related field required, master’s degree preferred. ·Minimum of 8 years Talent Acquisition experience, with a minimum of 5 years’ management experience. BE AWARE OF FRAUD: When applying for a job at Jabil you will be contacted via correspondence through our official job portal with a jabil.com e-mail address; direct phone call from a member of the Jabil team; or direct e-mail with a jabil.com e-mail address. Jabil does not request payments for interviews or at any other point during the hiring process. Jabil will not ask for your personal identifying information such as a social security number, birth certificate, financial institution, driver’s license number or passport information over the phone or via e-mail. 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