Talent Acquisition Executive | Retail | KSA

Talent Acquisition Executive | Retail | KSA

Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions; automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and healthcare; employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world's most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Group’s entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organisation to continue to grow and expand; responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.

By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration and integrity; Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day.

Role Purpose: To lead end to end recruitment process for specific set of businesses or Business Unit, ensuring that Hiring Manager, Candidate and Stakeholder experience is delivered at highly satisfactory levels. To also be accountable for maintaining KPIs and SLAs in accordance with group standards and ensuring that all recruitment efforts are delivered in accordance with BU and group principles, following the established methodology for each of the positions.

What you will do:

1. Support the business unit during manpower planning and scheduling
2. Contribute to the development of a Hiring Plan for different brands to fulfil budgeted manpower requirements
3. Provide proactive insights to what the market looks like during the strategic planning stage
4. Manage end to end sourcing solutions (attract, source, select and integrate) through understanding business needs and growth plans.
5. Drive a proactive fulfilment of manpower business requirements through developing extensive network in the market.
6. Develop relationships with external talent to ensure a proactive approach towards business talent acquisition pipeline.
7. Support business units with appropriate assessment tools to attract, source and select the right talent.
8. Facilitate and record activities and results and ensure results are used in a comparative fashion to guarantee merit-based decisions are taken on candidates
9. Efficiently use different tools such as ATS, social media, job boards
10. Plan and conduct assessment centers/open days to identify suitable candidates for the business
11. Plan and develop Talent Pools for the business in order to meet the requirements of the Hiring Plan
12. Use the right interviewing skills to match candidates' profiles with business requirements
13. Ensure right referencing is completed before selecting the final candidate
14. Manage offers and ensure they are in line with business manpower budgets and internal total rewards policies
15. Ensure SLAs are adhered to and processes followed for all roles
16. Review SLAs and processes with business units regularly

What you will need:

1. 4-7 years recruitment/sourcing experience preferred
2. Previous experience with an ATS, Recruitment platforms and LinkedIn recruiter.
3. Extensive knowledge of labour laws and regulations is an advantage
4. Interviewing personal assessment skills
5. Problem-solving
6. Analytical skills
7. Teamwork