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Who We Are McMaster-Carr is an innovative e-commerce company helping customers build anything because we offer everything. We’ve thrived for over 120 years thanks to our relentless focus on the customer experience, adaptability, and world-class operations. Our curious, exceptional people are always at the center of our evolution, turning new challenges and disruptive technologies into opportunities to learn new skills and get important work done that makes our customers' lives better. What You'll Do We’re growing our team to meet ambitious goals, and we know that great people are the key to our success. As a Sourcing Generalist , you’ll play a critical role in shaping how we identify and evaluate talent. You will build context for relevant talent markets, thoughtfully assess potential, and surface insights that help us make strong hiring decisions. Your work will help us build high-performing teams by identifying exceptional leaders across a range of industries, companies, and professional backgrounds. You’ll bring curiosity and adaptability to learning new talent markets and candidate archetypes, recognizing meaningful indicators of capability, and making sound hiring decisions. You’ll evaluate candidates’ contributions, growth, progression, and accomplishments with a discerning eye for their potential to succeed here. You’ll also help candidates understand our opportunities and discover what a career here could look like while creating a seamless, meaningful experience centered on their needs. Your key responsibilities as a Sourcing Generalist will include: Talent Identification & Evaluation - Develop expertise in our pipeline goals and target talent markets. Assess candidate potential by using research to gather credible context, thinking critically, and applying nuanced judgment to make sound sourcing decisions. This work goes beyond resume review. Candidate Engagement & Coordination - Support candidates’ exploration of our opportunities through thoughtful, responsive correspondence that builds understanding and maintains engagement. Coordinate interviews that connect candidates with our leaders and maintain forward momentum, building excitement about pursuing a career here. Insight Development - Turn observations into ideas. Share candidate insights that help hiring managers assess fit and long-term impact. Continuous Learning - Reflect on hiring outcomes and share feedback that helps us refine how we assess and engage talent. Who You Are A bachelor's degree is required for this role. We’re looking for curious, thoughtful professionals who are energized by people and ideas. Ideal candidates demonstrate: Discerning Judgment & Assessment: Demonstrated ability to assess complex and varied backgrounds, synthesize information from multiple sources, and make thoughtful decisions based on capabilities, potential, and long-term success rather than relying solely on conventional indicators. Comfort with Ambiguity & Strategic Adaptability - Navigates uncertainty with confidence, adjusting strategies and evaluation criteria to align with evolving team goals and candidate profiles. Insight-Driven Decision Making - Skilled at turning nuanced observations into actionable insights that inform hiring decisions. Collaborative Relationship Building - Builds trust across teams through clear communication and a shared commitment to thoughtful, high-impact hiring. Cash Compensation Total cash compensation is generally around $103,000 to $118,000 and includes a profit sharing based on company profitability. Be Rewarded We are committed to comprehensive benefits to support employees and their dependents, such as: 100% tuition reimbursement Medical, dental, pharmacy, and vision plans with no monthly premiums Industry leading company-funded retirement accounts Employee resource groups Inclusive, all-gender benefits First-time home buyer assistance Paid parental leave for all new parents Adoption and surrogacy assistance Paid time off for vacatio…