HR Talent & Talent Acquisition Specialist

As a HR Talent & Talent Acquisition Specialist, you are responsible for Talent acquisition, Learning, Talent and development processes for the entire population of Carmeuse Belgian operations (blue & white collars, operations & support functions, located in Belgium or reporting to Belgian operations).  You support the business on the soft people processes, making sure we hire the right people, and we develop them, for the current job and for the future. Constantly thriving to bring value to the business, you understand its needs and expectations and proactively suggest solutions to satisfy internal customers’ needs. You collaborate with your HR colleagues from Belgium and from Carmeuse Europe Middle East and Asia, to guarantee alignment with Carmeuse’s global people strategy. You get strong support from global and regional teams and can rely on their expertise.

Your responsibilities :

1. Talent Acquisition 

Talent Acquisition & Recruitment Operations 

• As a HR Talent & Talent Acquisition Specialist, you collaborate closely with HR Coordinators/HR Manager Operations and Hiring Managers to ensure alignment with business needs, while respecting budget constraints. 

• You manage the full recruitment lifecycle for roles across EMEA HQ, Group HQ and Western Europe: intake meeting, job requisition creation, job postings, sourcing, screening, personality questionnaires analysis, interviews and candidates’ reports. 

• You support and empower Hiring Managers through the recruitment process. 

• You promote referral program.  

• You track recruitment KPIs (e.g., time-to-fill, quality of hire, referral) and actions in Oracle HCM. 

Sourcing & Employer Branding 

• You develop and execute sourcing strategies using job boards, social media, career fairs, and partnerships with universities and agencies. 

• You build up and maintain a strong talent pipeline and manages recruitment campaigns. 

• You enhance employer branding in collaboration with key stakeholders, taking part to global Employer Branding initiatives, with regional/global talent and communication experts.  

 

2. Learning & development and talent management 

Learning & Development

• You understand and analyse development needs of employees (white and blue collars) in close collaboration with managers and HR Coordinators.  

• You prepare training & development plans, offer relevant learning opportunities considering the training budget. 

• You organize training sessions, manage communication with trainers and participants, and follow up on learning outcomes. 

• You promote the usage of learning tools and platform to the right audience (Linkedin Learning, Bookboon, Oracle learning, …) via our internal communication channels.  

• You collaborate internally with EMEA and group talent managers and promote regional /global learning & talent initiatives.   

• You collaborate externally with partners specialized in training and development initiatives (suppliers, Cefora, …).  

• You ensure a close follow-up on budget and communicate regularly on its status and learning KPIs to the managers and HR Coordinators. You manage learning purchasing orders and obtains subsidies.  

• You ensure legal obligations in terms of learning and development are met and prepare learning reporting (eg “bilan social”).   

Talent & Development Management Process: development, talent review and contribution review  

• As a HR Talent & Talent Acquisition Specialist, you promote development for all our employees (via our GPS initiative, Grow, Perform, Succeed), acting like a key user of our HCM system.  

• You communicate and ensure that the processes are understood and known by employees (white collars) and managers.  

• You actively participate to talent development discussions and follow-up on development plans and create active interconnection between all the departments at more global level. 

• You participate to talent calibration sessions with managers, guiding managers to build an impactful talent action plan (development, succession, performance improvement actions). 

• You set-up succession plans for critical positions.  

• You follow-up on talent & development actions plan, in coordination with HR Coordinators and HR Manager Operations.  

Culture & engagement 

• You propose and follow-up on engagement action plans (based on t