Talent Acquisition Specialist

Company Description

As one of the world’s largest fashion companies with more than 171,000 colleagues worldwide, H&M is an exciting and dynamic place to pursue a career within the fashion industry. Our business concept is to offer fashion and quality at the best price in a sustainable way and with our fast expansion we are always looking for new talents. Would you like to be part of our team?

Job Description

As a Talent Acquisition Specialist within Sales Market Sweden, you'll serve as a talent partner supporting our Sales leaders throughout the organization. You will be responsible for hands on, full-cycle recruitment for Store and Area level roles throughout the market and will be the leader in optimizing, driving and educating teams on all talent operations including the creation of tools, processes and modern ways of working.

Your Day-to-Day Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Driving the recruitment from start to finish, securing a fair, transparent, and inclusive process.
• Partnering with hiring managers to provide consultation on talent acquisition strategies, hiring best practices, and emerging talent trends.
• Sourcing, attracting, and engaging with active and passive talent through a variety of methods to build a consistent pipeline.
• Collaborating with other members of the team to drive TA efficiencies and performance.

Qualifications

We are looking for an ambitious and driven colleague who is resilient and thrives in a fast-paced, international environment. With strong communication skills, business understanding and a collaborative approach, you are able to build trust and make an impact.   

We see that you are either in the beginning of your career looking for an opportunity to grow or have worked for a couple of years in retail and want to take the step to specialize yourself towards people and talent topics.

Preferred Skills and Experiences:

• Bachelor's Degree in a related discipline, or equivalent years of experience
• Excellent communication skills and comfortable in taking decisions and coaching others
• A high degree of curiosity to be able to understand and translate business needs into actions and a desire to stay on top of recruitment and industry trends
• As a person, we believe you are humble, collaborative and a natural at building trust
• Strong leadership skills – you act as a role model who always lives and talks our H&M values.
• Familiar and comfortable using Microsoft Office Suite on a daily basis (i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams, etc.)
• Fluent in Swedish and English, both spoken and in writing.
• Available to travel within Sweden when needed.

Additional Information        
This is a one-year parental cover with a start date in October, based in Stockholm. You will report to the Talent Acquisition Manager for Sweden and be part of our central HR team for Sales Market Sweden/Finland.

The interviews will be ongoing, so please send your application as soon as possible, but no later than 14th of September.

We look forward to receiving your application!

We know that diversity is what makes us strong. Our teams should consist of great mix of people that share and combine their knowledge, experiences, and ideas. It leads to a positive impact on how we address challenges, what we perceive possible and how we choose to relate to our colleagues and customers all over the world.