Talent Acquisition Specialist - Supply Chain

Deliver recruitment for supply chain professionals and assigned Solids Control roles across NOV’s US businesses. Help leaders define the capabilities needed for dependable material flow, sourcing and service delivery. Build relevant candidate pipelines and assess functional experience with business experts, balancing specialist requirements with responsive hiring support.

Houston, Texas. US-wide assigned professional recruitment in procurement, sourcing, planning, materials, logistics and related supply chain functions, together with designated Solids Control portfolios. Solids Control coverage follows the agreed business and role allocation. Coordinate hourly or field-operational requirements through the TA leader’s routing decisions.

• Agree the scope and success requirements for each search, distinguishing strategic sourcing, buying, planning, inventory, logistics and operational supply chain responsibilities. For Solids Control, clarify the product, service or operational context and relevant field or technical experience.
• Research industrial, manufacturing and energy-service talent markets. Build pipelines for transferable supply chain capability and specialist Solids Control experience, and advise managers where product knowledge, location or work arrangements narrow the candidate pool.
• Screen for evidence of functional contribution, such as supplier management, planning decisions, materials availability, logistics coordination or service execution. Partner with business experts on relevant scenarios and technical assessment; distinguish direct experience from broad industry familiarity.
• Own assigned searches from intake through sourcing, assessment and offer to an explicit onboarding handover. Agree priorities and service expectations with managers, track stalled decisions and rebalance competing work with the TA leader before service is affected.
• Develop candidate relationships and manage the offer process within approved terms. Use internal talent routes and sourcing support where available, coordinate candidate and manager feedback, and maintain clear communication through the transition to onboarding partners.
• Maintain accurate Hub Recruiting records, candidate evidence and stage dates. Use approved technology and AI for agreed tasks, check outputs for accuracy and job relevance, and apply confidentiality and data-handling standards. Explain approved candidate AI-use rules and escalate concerns through designated owners.
• Use recruitment data and market feedback to improve delivery. Test agreed workflow changes, account for review effort when evaluating time saved, and use released capacity for hiring-manager advice and candidate engagement. Share useful learning with colleagues.

• Contribute selection evidence and post-hire feedback to shared quality-of-hire reviews. Help managers and HR distinguish issues in selection from onboarding, role expectations or manager support, and agree practical follow-up actions within the recruiting remit.

  Decision rights and key interfaces

  Own day-to-day recruitment delivery and recommendations for the assigned portfolio. Hiring managers retain selection accountability; designated owners approve headcount, compensation and policy exceptions. The TA leader owns portfolio allocation and workload balancing. Partner with HR, onboarding teams and functional assessors; coordinate Talent Scouts or other support where available. Escalate material scope, capacity or candidate concerns promptly.

• Proven end-to-end recruitment experience in supply chain, procurement, materials, logistics or related industrial professional functions.
• Ability to understand different supply chain disciplines and assess relevant candidate experience. Recruiting experience in Solids Control, drilling services or adjacent technical service operations is desirable.
• Strong sourcing and stakeholder advisory skills, with the ability to balance recurring professional recruitment and specialist searches across different business contexts.
• Ability to advise hiring managers, explain market and recruitment-funnel evidence, and use structured interviews and consistent candidate documentation.
• Proficiency with applicant tracking systems and accurate data management. Ability to use approved AI tools, verify outputs and recognize when human review is needed. Oracle Recruiting Cloud experience is desirable.

• Clear written and spoken English, sound judgment and effective collaboration with business and HR partners. Relevant degree or equivalent practical recruiting experience.

  Success measures

  Relevant candidate supply and conversion across supply chain and Solids Control portfolios, with timely escalation of specialist or location constraints. Evaluate agreed delivery, offer acceptance, candidate experience and hiring-manager service feedback alongside hiring complexity and dependencies. Maintain accurate records and consistent assessment evidence. Contribute to shared quality-of-hire learning and improvement; agree numeric targets with the TA leader using the portfolio baseline.