Talent Acquisition Partner

Job Requisition ID: 181097

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 A”rab 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.

Overview:
To manage the end-to-end full life cycle of the recruitment process within specific business division(s) of the Al-Futtaim group. To partner with the business unit stakeholders and Human Resources Business Partners to ensure the business growth plans are supported with the best global and local talent. To ensure all recruitment and hires made within the relevant division are recruited fairly and that the hiring process is conducted in a timely manner while adhering to the Al-Futtaim Group recruitment policy

What You will do:

• Support the business unit during manpower planning and scheduling
• Contribute to the development of a Hiring Plan for different brands to fulfil budgeted requirements
• Interact with business units and line managers to assess recruitment requirements and provide solutions to attract and source quality candidates in a timely manner
• Manage end to end recruitment cycle (attract, source, select and offer management) and drive a proactive fulfilment of business requirements through developing an extensive network/talent pool in the market.
• Ensure that each stage of the recruitment process is completed within the required time frame.
• Support and educate line managers with appropriate assessment tools to attract, source and select the right talent.
• Provide the business with market mapping data to ensure current market trends and status are considered for any recruitment campaigns.
• Facilitate and record activities and results and ensure results are used in a comparative fashion to guarantee merit based decisions are taken on candidates
• Efficiently use different recruitment tactics such as careers website, social media, job boards, headhunting and LinkedIn to attract talent
• Plan and conduct assessment centers/ open days to identify suitable candidates for the business
• Plan and develop Talent Pools for the business in order to meet the requirements of the Hiring Plan
• Use relevant interviewing techniques to match & select candidate profiles with business requirements
• Ensure candidates are fully referenced checked before selecting the final candidate
• Manage offers and ensure they are in line with business manpower budgets provided by the HRBP and internal total rewards policies
• Ensure SLAs are adhered to and processes followed for all roles

Required Skills to be Successful:
Job-Specific Skills:

• Interviewing personal assessment skills
• Problem-solving
• Strong communication skills
• Stakeholder management
• Analytical skills
• Teamwork and collaboration

What Qualifies you for the Role:
Education & Work experience:

• A bachelors degree within any professional field relevant to the business area or within HR would be preferred.
• A minimum of 3 years recruitment/ sourcing experience is required
• Experience of working within a large matrix organisation would be an advantage.
• In house experience preferred with ability to manage complex stakeholders and multiple HRBPs
• Experience of working with high volume or niche roles

Other Experience and Knowledge:

• Previous experience working with an ATS preferred (Success Factors)
• Good knowledge of local country labor laws and regulations is an advantage
• Experience of creating extensive market mapping to provide the business and company with specific candidate and company market data
• Experience conducting large scale candidate assessment center’s would be preferred.

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