.Create a healthier, brighter future for pets, pet parents and people!If you want to make a real difference, create an exciting career path, feel welcome to be your whole self and nurture your wellbeing, Petco is the place for you.Our core values capture that spirit as we work to improve lives by doing what's right for pets, people and our planet.- We love all pets like our own- We're the future of the pet industry- We're here to improve lives- We drive outstanding results together- We're welcome as we arePetco is a category-defining health and wellness company focused on improving the lives of pets, pet parents and Petco partners. We are 29,000 strong and operate 1,500+ pet care centers in the U.S., Mexico and Puerto Rico, including 250+ Vetco Total Care hospitals, hundreds of preventive care clinics and eight distribution centers. We're focused on purpose-driven work, and strongly believe what's good for pets, people and our planet is good for Petco.**Essential Job Functions**:- The partner must be able to perform all of the following duties and responsibilities with or without a reasonable accommodation:_- Drive quality hiring outcomes by conveying an understanding of critical components of functional business results and proactively identifying potential hiring needs and role expectations, demonstrating knowledge of the internal and external labor markets, and influencing two-way partnerships with hiring leaders by establishing trust, setting strong expectations, probing inquiry, making difficult trade-offs, and managing priorities.- Proactively establish relevant internal and external business relationships to facilitate referrals, gain cross-functional business knowledge and promote Petco employee value proposition nationwide. Collaboratively share contacts and business knowledge with colleagues to enable enterprise-wide knowledge of talent team and support a centralized recruiting model.- Leverage effective verbal and written communication skills to drive value from internal and external partnerships to manage the recruitment timeline and achieve performance deliverables. Examples of partnerships are external placement agencies, skill-based membership organizations and internal business leaders.- Conduct behavioral**Education/Experience**:- High school diploma or its equivalent (GED) with two years of college-level courses in business, management, communications or education, or the equivalent combination of education and experience. 4-year college degree and/or Human Resources certificate or PHR/SPHR is strongly preferred.- Minimum 5 years of recruiting experience. Corporate recruiting experience strongly preferred.- Minimum 2 years of experience working with business leaders as a strategic partner through functional knowledge, business acumen and influencing skills.- Ability to adjust communication styles appropriately to work with a diverse set of leaders and associates at various levels across the organization