Senior Manager Talent Acquisition Europe HQ & Central(m/f/d)

PURPOSE

 

In this role, you will be responsible for driving the strategic and operational direction of the TA team for Europe.

 

The role consists of two distinct areas of focus, with on the one hand, partnering closely with the hiring teams to understand their hiring needs and develop effective recruitment plans. You will be responsible for developing and implementing recruitment strategies to attract and hire talent, including sourcing, interviewing and selection. Through the work you do, you will focus on consistently elevating capability and relentlessly delivering on hiring needs across all of your dedicated area. You will be responsible for a portfolio of recruitment mandates yourself as well as optimally balancing the workload for your team.

 

Your second focus in the role will be on leadership of the team. You will provide leadership to a team of 3-10 recruiters and providing them guidance and support to ensure they meet their goals and objectives. Leveraging a metrics and data driven approach, you will create a high performing Talent Acquisition team and the further development of their capabilities and competencies.   

 

You will help the team to deliver on recruitment mandates against tight timelines and competing priorities. As a leader of the team, you will provide the team with all the necessary structure and support to ensure they are equipped to perform at the highest level. Moreover, you will consistently provide support and guidance to further elevate their capabilities and competencies.

 

As an adidas senior manager, you will role model our values through courageous and innovative leadership and mindset and enabling ownership.

 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

 

• Develop and implement recruitment strategies to attract top talent, including sourcing, interviewing, and selection.
• Closely partner with the hiring teams to understand their hiring needs and develop effective recruitment plans
• Utilize innovative sourcing methods to attract top talent, including social media, job boards, employee referrals, and networking – with specific focus on proactive outreach and recruitment.
• Utilizes data, trends and customer information to gather insights to drive appropriate candidate generation and talent pool strategies
• Ensure a strong knowledge of adidas Group Functions, Markets and teams to be able to understand current and future talent requirements and build strategies to support these areas.
• Effectively utilize comprehensive knowledge of adidas brand and adidas Group offerings, benefits, comp strategies, and programs to market adidas and the adidas Group as an Employer of Choice. Partner with the Employer Branding team to ensure a clear strategic alignment with the employer brand, We Power Possible.
• Manage business relationships to ensure alignment of talent needs, solve problems and develop new strategies that support the overall effectiveness of recruitment.
• Coach and influence management (business and HR) to gain alignment on all aspects of talent acquisition including candidate collaboration, resource allocation and funding requirements.
• Drive strategic planning and quarterly review meetings with functional/market senior leadership to understand trends as well as current and upcoming talent requirements in order to build a strategy to support overall recruitment effectiveness.
• Own responsibility for candidate and hiring manager experience results and drive standards for self and team to ensure a quality performance against all standards.

 

• Lead and manage the recruitment team, providing guidance, coaching, and support to ensure the team meets their recruitment targets.
• Lead an ‘always on’ approach to sourcing, focusing on proactive recruitment as well as inbound candidate flows/applicants.
• Drive team development through appropriate coaching and managerial processes.
• Ensure the effective implementation and adoption of all TA processes and programs.
• Support the development of recruiting and employer branding strategies led by the EB team by leveraging key partners within the organization.
• Champion global recruiting initiatives and lead change efforts to ensure harmonized implementation of strategies, standards and processes across all areas of support.
• Partner with overall TA organization and encourage direct reports to drive a collaborative approach to recruiting and driving best practices.

 

 

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

 

• Director TA
• HR Business Partners
• Line Managers/Hiring Managers
• External vendor
   

KEY MEASURE OF SUCCESS

 

TIME:

• Speed of hire for the teams under this Senior