Strategic Talent Sourcing Partner - Sales & Marketing

Job Title: Strategic Talent Sourcing Partner – Sales & Marketing
Job Location: Atlanta, GA
Scope: North America (United States & Canada)
DHL Global Forwarding (DGF) is the world leader in air freight services and one of the leading providers of ocean freight services.

Around 30,000 employees work to ensure we transport our customers of shipments by air or sea.

DGF's logistics solutions span the entire supply chain, from the factory to the shop floor.

This also includes special transport-related services.  Visit our career site on the web at https://www.logistics.dhl/us-en/home/careers.html 
Job Purpose

The Strategic Talent Sourcing Partner – Sales & Marketing builds proactive external talent pipelines and market intelligence for critical commercial capabilities across North America.

Operating primarily before vacancies exist, this role identifies and engages high-performing passive talent, maps competitor commercial organizations, and develops ready now and ready later pipelines across Sales, Business Development, Key Account Management, Commercial Leadership, and Marketing.

Working closely with Sales & Marketing leadership, Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, and HR, this role provides external talent insights that strengthen workforce and succession planning and enable faster access to critical commercial talent when business needs emerge.
Key Responsibilities

Commercial Talent Mapping & Intelligence

• Map commercial talent across competitors, adjacent industries, and target organizations, with a focus on Sales and Marketing capabilities.
• Build intelligence on competitor commercial structures, key talent, talent movements, geographic markets, compensation, and emerging capabilities.
• Identify external talent pools for priority areas including Sales Leadership, Business Development, Key Account Management, Vertical Sales, Trade Lane Development, and Marketing.
• Translate external market information into actionable insights and recommendations for Sales & Marketing and HR leadership.
• Maintain strong knowledge of the freight forwarding, logistics, supply chain, transportation, and broader B2B commercial talent landscape.
Proactive Talent Sourcing & Pipeline Development

• Proactively identify high-performing passive commercial talent through direct sourcing, professional networks, referrals, research, and market intelligence.
• Build and maintain ready-now and ready-later external pipelines for designated critical commercial roles.
• Develop relationships with prospective candidates before specific vacancies exist.
• Create targeted sourcing strategies for difficult-to-find commercial profiles and priority capabilities.
• Continuously refresh pipelines as talent develops, moves between organizations, or becomes open to new opportunities.
Candidate Engagement

• Build credible, long-term relationships with high-performing Sales & Marketing professionals and commercial leaders.
• Conduct exploratory car...