Senior Manager, Recruitment - Food & Beverage/Culinary Operations

Job Title: Senior Manager,  Recruitment  - Food & Beverage/Culinary Operations                       

Reports to: AVP, Talent Acquisition 

Direct Reports: None

 

Position Summary:
This role supports global shipboard recruitment operations and the talent acquisition team. The Sr. Manager will support Talent Acquisition on process enhancement, performance management, and project delivery for Food & Beverage and Culinary recruitment efforts. The Sr. Manager leads the performance management of recruiting professionals supporting aligned functional areas to ensure operational objectives are achieved through defined processes.  The Sr. Manager will be responsible for establishing best practices for the Talent Acquisition F&B recruitment team and develop strategies to increase the volume of skilled applicants from restaurant and culinary backgrounds while partnering with functional recruiters to understand the needs of the departments. The Sr. Manager is responsible for providing monthly reporting & analytics on shipboard recruitment, compliance, and strategic plans for continuous improvement. 

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead, manage, and mentor a team of F&B Talent Acquisition professionals to proactively support the recruitment needs of the organization. Responsible for all aspects of managing a team including but not limited to setting strategy, performance management, hiring coaching, development, and workload balancing.
• Plan, develop, and implement an effective F&B Talent Acquisition strategy and partnering with senior leadership and hiring teams to identify critical talent needs, and conduct skills gap analyses.
• Leverage prior experience implementing sourcing strategies to identify and attract top candidates, including passive talent, and build robust talent pipelines.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement in talent acquisition processes and strategies, implementing best practices and staying updated with industry trends and technology.
• Spearhead change initiatives within the F&B Talent Acquisition team, adapting to evolving market conditions and industry trends while inspiring the team to embrace change.
• Serve as the subject matter expert in talent acquisition strategies to educate internal partners on best practices in sourcing, legal requirements, interviewing skills and other related topics.
• Ensure consultative partnership and expertise on executing the recruitment lifecycle requirement identification, sourcing strategies, candidate pipeline development, screening, candidate relationship management, selection, negotiation/closings, and pre-onboarding.
• Collaborate with HR partners and business leadership on the workforce demand to meet overall business targets, as well as the communication of strategy, initiatives, and performance metrics.
• Monitors recruitment efforts and action plans to ensure that all recruitment processes are done in an effective and timely manner to address all staffing requirements of the company.
• Ensures that appropriate measures are in place to promote and administer effective and efficient recruitment methods to maximize productivity and output of the recruitment team.
• Works directly with the Global Sourcing & Talent Programming team to ensure recruitment programs and sourcing strategies are in place to support ongoing hiring needs for the company specifically for F&B and Culinary.
• Assist Global Sourcing & Talent Programming team and operations on shipboard workforce planning and diversity recruitment planning.
• Reviews process implementations and comes up with recommendation for continuous improvement.
• Stays current with current market trends and adjust recruiting approach accordingly.
• Travels to various international or domestic locations as needed to support recruitment events.
• Ability to prepares various reports as required including, but not limited to, status reports, talent search reviews, and list of talent pools for shipboard operations.
• Creates and delivers presentations and training for hiring leaders and recruitment teams as needed.
• Avoids legal challenges in various markets handled by understanding current legislation; enforcing regulations with managers; recommending new procedures.
• Monitors and address performance of the recruitment team to meet KPI and metrics, provide recommendations as appropriate.
• Partners with People Analytics in developing reports to effectively measure recruitment activity metrics.
• Liaises with SHRSS functional experts to address all aspects of the hiring process – from MLC and customs & immigration compliance to scheduling and travel requirements.
• Influences partners and peers through positive relationships, credibility, and recrui