Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist (Luxury/High-end Retail)
Allegis Global Solutions is founded on a culture that is passionate about transforming the way the world acquires talent by delivering client-focused solutions that make a difference for businesses worldwide. From refining how you manage your contingent workforce to strengthening your employer brand to recruit top talent, our integrated talent solutions drive the business results you need.
The key focus for the Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist (SME/Individual Contributor) is to lead the successful fulfillment of open requisitions with relevant hiring managers and to be the first point of contact for their hiring needs.
You will assist in driving best practices across the recruitment lifecycle and strive to be an ambassador for the Allegis Global Solutions brand at every interaction.
Your duties may include, but are not limited to:
- Undertaking end-to-end recruitment activities focusing on direct (passive/outbound/referrals) and active recruiting (inbound applications and database), and building relationships with your stakeholders, assuring a positive experience.
- Understanding the recruitment delivery process and carrying out activities accordingly to ensure that account KPIs are met.
- Communicating recruitment trends, market intelligence, and acting as a talent advisor and partner to hiring managers.
- Identifying and escalating risk or compliance issues.
- Managing requisitions through accurate documentation of all recruitment-related data and information as per current recruitment legislation and agreed client process at all times through the relevant ATS.
- Monitoring and analysing recruitment activity of designated business area for accurate volume forecasting.
- Coaching candidates on how to prepare for selection stages.
- Providing professional advice and open and honest feedback to candidates promptly, whilst ensuring a positive experience.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Demonstrated end-to-end talent acquisition/recruitment experience (5 to 8 years plus) within in-house, RPO, agency/headhunter, and corporate recruiting (or mix), preferably within retail and/or volume-based roles such as airlines, hospitality, sales, customer service, etc.
- Strong stakeholder management and engagement experience.
- Prior experience conducting behavioral-based interviews for a variety of roles.
- Successful experience managing multiple searches and stakeholders at different stages of the recruitment lifecycle simultaneously.
- Great communication and interpersonal skills.
- Functional knowledge of Microsoft Office and recruiting tools.
- Prior experience in using an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) is preferred, such as Workday.
- Ability to write client-oriented communications e.g., emails, LinkedIn messages, and job descriptions.
- Tertiary qualification in business or a related discipline is highly desirable - Bachelor’s degree preferred but not mandatory.
As a workplace, we focus on relationships – with each other, our clients, and our candidates - in fact serving others is one of our core values. We support open communication and recognize that giving constructive criticism can be even harder than receiving it. We appreciate the fearless and the passionate, who force us to be better. Everything we do sits on a pillar of diversity - diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and ideas drive innovation and make us successful.
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