Job Description

Overview of the Company

United Wheels Inc. (“UWI”) is an international, privately held business, with affiliated companies and operations in Asia, the Americas and around the world. UWI is a world leader in the design, manufacture and international distribution of bicycles, e-bikes, and rideable toys, manufacturing more than 6 million bicycles and e-Bikes each year.

UWI owns and operates several bicycle-related subsidiaries. These subsidiaries include:

• Huffy Corp. ( the iconic bicycling company based in Dayton, Ohio, with more than 125+ years of bicycling history.
• Buzz Bicycles (
• Batch Outdoors Inc. (
• Niner Brands International Inc. (
• VAAST Bicycles (

Summary

The Talent Acquisition & Development Partner drives end-to-end talent acquisition and employee development across UWI’s global teams. This role ensures the company hires, develops, and retains exceptional talent while fostering a culture of learning, growth, and positivity. The position blends strategic workforce planning with hands-on recruiting and development program design.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Talent Acquisition

• Lead full-cycle recruitment for all levels and functions, from job design to onboarding.
• Build strong talent pipelines through proactive sourcing and relationship-building.
• Use Predictive Index and other assessment tools to evaluate candidate fit and potential.
• Collaborate with leadership to align hiring strategy with business goals and workforce plans.
• Partner with the People Analytics & Engagement Lead to track and improve hiring metrics, time-to-fill, and quality-of-hire.

Learning & Development

• Design, launch, and manage employee development programs, including onboarding, continuous learning, and leadership development.
• Conduct skills gap analyses and build targeted learning plans to close them.
• Establish mentoring, coaching, and training programs that promote career growth.
• Partner with managers to identify emerging talent and support succession planning efforts.

Talent Planning & Retention

• Support career pathing and succession planning to promote internal mobility.
• Use data and engagement insights to develop retention strategies.
• Collaborate with the People Operations Lead to ensure HR processes support long-term retention and employee success.

Culture & Employee Engagement

• Act as a culture ambassador throughout hiring, onboarding, and learning initiatives.
• Promote a positive, inclusive, and high-energy environment that reflects UWI’s values.
• Partner with HR and leadership to strengthen engagement and employee experience across all locations.

Supervisory Responsibilities

No current supervisory responsibilities

Education and/or Experience

• 5+ years of experience in talent acquisition, learning, and development.
• Proven ability to design and deliver employee development and engagement programs.
• Experience using Predictive Index or similar talent assessment tools.
• Knowledge of workforce planning, retention strategies, and HR best practices.
• Strong relationship-building, facilitation, and communication skills.

Competencies

• Customer Focus - Aims to satisfy all customers while maintaining effective relationships, both internal and external. Maximizes those relationships to improve personal, department, and organizational performance. Holds co-workers and customers to a similar standard.
• Energy - Have a tremendous amount of energy and passion for our people, products, and brands. Approaches each date willing to take on the day’s challenges. Operating at their individual peak performance without encouragement.
• Energize - Energize teams with enthusiasm and excitement without intimidating them. Projects a positive mental attitude and can-do spirit, who lifts up members of his / her team. Does not get discouraged by setbacks.
• Edge - Have a competitive edge and an overwhelming desire to win. Hates losing and will give 100% commitment to achieving or exceeding their plan. Willing to make difficult decisions, when called upon.
• Execution - Action and performance oriented and are focused on attaining results. A team player who is reliable and follows through on tasks to completion. Attention to details.
• Increases Company Value - Strives to increase sales, reduce costs, improve efficiency, and maximize profits to increase the value of the Company.
• Innovative / Continuous Improvement - Committed to improving processes, products, services, and a willingness to embrace change for the benefit of our team, department, organization, and shareholders.
• Integrity - The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness. Elevating challenges in order to collaborate with co-workers, SLT, ELT, and the Board.

Language Skills

• Ability to read, write, and communicate effectively in English.
• Strong presentation and interpersonal communication skills for collaboration with global teams.

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to interpret and analyze numerical data related to recruiting, compensation, and retention.
• Proficient in using metrics and KPIs to evaluate program effectiveness.
• Comfortable working with budgets and recruitment data in partnership with HR and Finance teams.
• Reasoning Ability
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to handle complex challenges.
• Proven ability to make sound, data-informed decisions in fast-paced environments.
• Able to anticipate business needs and align talent strategies accordingly.

Certifications

• SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, or SPHR preferred.
• Certification in Predictive Index, DISC, or other behavioral assessment tools preferred.
• Ongoing professional development in talent management, analytics, or leadership coaching encouraged.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

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