Recruitment Coordinator (Consultant)
Remote - WFH
Location: Remote - Canada (Greater Toronto Area ideal)
Employment Type: Full-time OR Part-time optional
Compensation: Competitive Base Salary + Performance based Bonus & Commission
Industry: Food & Beverage Manufacturing | Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG)
About Us
CPG Exec is a specialized niche focused recruitment agency focused exclusively on the Food & Beverage Manufacturing and Consumer Packaged Goods sector across Canada, with plans to expand further into the NE USA market.
Known for our deep sector expertise and personalized customer service approach. Leading through values of integrity, transparency, and customer centric work ethic.
Our functional focus ranges across Technical (Operations, Engineering, Quality, Regulatory, R&D, Supply Chain) and Commercial (Sales, Marketing, Finance) mid-management to Executive level recruitment.
Why?
Provide a fulfilling, flexible career for you and your family. Our purpose is to guide hiring teams and talented professionals through their career journeys; building the industry one great hire at a time. Our reward comes from navigating successful win-win outcomes and developing lasting relationships in the food sector.
The Opportunity
Looking for a curious, organized, ambitious Recruitment Coordinator who loves finding and connecting great people. This isn’t just an admin role—you’ll be customer facing, and actively involved in candidate assessment, client research, and business development support while learning our specialized niche.
Job Duties & Responsibilities:
Recruitment Operations (70%)
- Job Posting: Crafting and Advertising Jobs across Indeed / LinkedIn / QTalent / Loxo
- Resume Screening: shortlist applicants to defined requirements
- Phone Screens: Assess motivation, qualifications, and ‘fit’
- Data Collection: Survey / Data info gathering from Candidates
- Interview Coordination: Schedule interviews between clients and professionals
- Pipeline Management: Candidate database management
- Referencing: Reference and background checks as needed.
- Client Submissions: Resume formatting, Submission Preparation
- Feedback and Follow up: Feedback and full-cycle recruitment
Business Development Support:
Planning & Research (30% )
- Market Research: LinkedIn research and list building of target companies
- Prospecting Open Jobs: LinkedIn & Indeed Research, Job Alerts management
- CRM (Loxo) data entry and target list administration
- Employer Client Prospecting: Develop target lists of client contacts
- Skill Marketing: MPC (most placeable candidates) profile creations for e-newsletter
- USA Market Region research (New York/ Ohio /PA/ IL / Michigan/ Wisconsin)
- Marketing Content Support: LinkedIn Content creation and postings.
Ideal Work Experience & Qualifications:
- 3+ years of experience in recruiting, HR coordination, sales support, or customer success. Some recruitment agency experience would be ideal.
- Superior communication skills - comfortable talking to anyone from QA technicians, R&D Food scientists, Sales and marketing leaders to Directors and C-suite executives.
- Exceptionally organized - you naturally create systems manage workflows
- Tech-savvy - comfortable learning new tools (ATS, CRM, LinkedIn Recruiter, AI tools)
- Self-directed - you can take general direction and run with it
- Emotional Intelligence / Awareness – you know your audience, adapt and navigate conversations naturally while developing trust and building rapport
- Comfortable conducting phone screens and assessing job/client fit beyond a resume.
Additional ‘Nice to Haves’:
- Exposure to manufacturing, supply chain, CPG, or food & beverage industries
- Technical Degree in Sciences, Engineering, Psychology, Business And/Or Food & CPG industry experience
- Previous business development or sales coordination experience
- Familiarity with both Canadian and US employment markets
- Experience with LinkedIn Recruiter / Indeed or similar sourcing tools as well as ATS knowledge
- Background in candidate assessment or candidate evaluation
Key Competencies & Attributes:
- Curiosity - natural love for learning and talking to new people everyday.
- Synthesizer - Detail-oriented, organized, strong information synthesizer who can ‘connect the dots’
- Explorer – enjoys research, learning new companies, industries, and job profiles
- Balanced – patience to make small progress everyday and build knowledge overtime
- Driver - self-motivated, desire to master the recruitment ‘craft’ as a fulfilling career
- Adapter - Comfortable wearing multiple hats in a growing company
- Passion - Energized by the idea of becoming a subject matter expert
- Compete – enjoy sport, fitness, or competitions that push your limits and expand your learning.
What Makes This Role Different
You’re not just supporting, you’re learning the business working directly with a founder.
- Direct exposure to client relationships and business development
- Training on how to assess talent in a specialized niche, including psychometric tools and methods
- Opportunity for long term growth in a stable industry.
- Uncapped earnings potential
- Flexibility to shape your role and own your own brand and career path