Corporate Recruiter / HR Generalist (Hybrid)
Who We Are
Highline Warren is a vertically integrated distributor of maintenance consumables with unmatched access to the North American market. Headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, the company operates 21 distribution and manufacturing facilities across North America, offering more than 30,000 products to over 10,000 customers.
Highline Warren provides access to over 400 trusted brands — including national, owned, and private label products — and serves as a strategic manufacturing partner to top retailers across North America. With industry-leading fill rates and a strategic network that reaches 99% of the U.S. population within two days, the company simplifies the supply chain for its customers. Employing more than 1,700 teammates, Highline Warren is driven by people powered performance. For more information, visit our website at www.HighlineWarren.com.
Summary
The Corporate Recruiter / HR Generalist plays a critical role in shaping the employee experience and driving growth across the business. This is a high-impact position focused on building strong partnerships, understanding the business, and leading full-cycle recruitment, onboarding, and early-tenure experience for all corporate and commercial roles.
The Corporate Recruiter / HR Generalist reports to the HR Manager and partners closely with the VP of HR and the CHRO. This position blends recruiting and onboarding leadership with broader HR support and offers broad visibility and influence through ongoing collaboration with team members, managers, and leaders at all levels. Whether designing a thoughtful candidate journey, delivering a strong onboarding and orientation experience, or supporting employees through their first year, this role provides daily opportunities to build trusted partnerships and make a meaningful impact across the organization.
The ideal candidate is proactive, organized, and collaborative, brings strong business judgment to decision-making, and communicates with clarity and confidence while navigating a fast-paced, growing organization.
Type of Position: Full Time Location: Memphis Corporate Headquarters
Status: Exempt Work Type: Hybrid (3 days onsite, 2 days remote)
What Sets This Role Apart
- Strategic visibility: Collaborate with team members, managers, and senior leaders across departments
- Autonomy with impact: Improve and implement processes that directly influence talent acquisition and team success
- High-touch partnership: Build trusted partnerships that support a strong candidate experience and ongoing employee engagement
- Opportunity for growth: As the organization expands, so does the reach and influence of this role
Essential Functions
- Own the full lifecycle recruiting process for corporate and commercial roles, partnering with hiring managers and HR leadership on role scoping, candidate strategy, interview execution, selection decisions, and candidate experience
- Manage candidate pipelines end-to-end, including resume review, screening, interview coordination, feedback collection, external recruiter partnerships, and accurate ATS documentation
- Build strong, consultative relationships with hiring managers by aligning on hiring needs, team structure, role scope, and candidate profiles
- Own onboarding and orientation from offer acceptance through the first 30 days, coordinating background checks, IT and system access, documentation, internal communications, and delivery of new teammate orientation
- Monitor onboarding completion and accuracy, identify breakdowns or delays, and implement improvements that enhance clarity, efficiency, and experience
- Own the first-year employee experience from initial candidate contact through early tenure, serving as a primary HR point of contact for high-level benefits questions, company programs, policies, and resources
- Design and manage structured first-year experience milestones that support early engagement, development, and retention
- Continuously evaluate and improve the candidate-to-employee journey by gathering feedback, identifying trends, and enhancing experience touchpoints across recruitment, onboarding, orientation, and early tenure
- Develop tools, resources, and communications that support new hire and first-year success
- Support early-career and engagement initiatives, including the summer internship program and service recognition programs
- Contribute to broader people initiatives, including process improvements and reporting
- Represent the HR function with professionalism, clarity, consistency, and follow-through in all interactions
Minimum Experience, Education, and Certifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field preferred
- 3–5 years of experience in full-cycle corporate recruiting, including both salaried and hourly roles
- Demonstrated experience managing onboarding and partnering with hiring managers and support teams
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence and advise across levels
- Organized and detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively
- Proficient with ClearCompany, ADP, SharePoint, Docusign, and LinkedIn Recruiter preferred, or the ability to quickly learn new systems