KERING - Talent Acquisition Specialist (12 Month Maternity Cover)

Your Opportunity

Your role is to support with recruitment and talent attraction for Kering UK & Ireland for retail and corporate positions across our brands. You will attract candidates by networking, headhunting and promoting referrals. You will work closely with the Talent Acquisition Manager to provide a professional and cost-effective recruitment service to the business and be responsible for the full spectrum of recruitment from identifying needs through to negotiating offers of employment.

How you will contribute

• You will be responsible for 360 recruitment needs.
• Support Kering and brands in implementing best practices for recruiting across both retail and corporate positions, ensuring a seamless and positive candidate experience.
• Monitor and evaluate key recruitment metrics, including time-to-hire and cost-per-hire. Deliver regular updates to senior management on recruitment performance and highlight opportunities for improvement.
• Manage the Workday Recruiter (ATS).
• Conduct competency-based interviews and assessments.
• Facilitate recruitment days.
• Influence, negotiate and persuade managers to make decisions in the best interest of the Company.
• Ensure fair and inclusive recruitment practices with each hire.
• Stakeholder Management.
• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders, including Store Managers and Corporate managers to define and project manage recruitment strategies tailored for each brand.
• Regularly visit the stores and corporate sites to gain understanding of the team, culture and role.
• Develop a good understanding of different brand DNA, their industry, their work culture and environment.
• Map the luxury market creating talent pools for key roles.
• Sponsor Kering Internal mobility and ensure the process is followed across the business.
• Support and provide commercial results with Talent Acquisition KPI’s
• Maintain and update recruitment trackers, ensuring all relevant details are accurately recorded and provide updates to HRBP’s on a weekly basis.
• Provide progress reports to Talent Acquisition Manager and line managers.
• Work closely with the wider HR team and HR community.
• Define and adapt job descriptions for retail and corporate roles.
• Keep up to date with relevant legislation, including but not limited to immigration, right to work checks and national minimum wage.
• Have the ability to challenge managers/ HRBP’s in instances whereby the offer breaches UK legislation. Coach and guide managers in making the right decision.

Who you are.

• Experience in Talent Acquisitions in luxury retail is highly desirable. 
• Knowledge of and experience in high volume retail recruitment and recruitment legislation in the UK.
• Excellent network and relationships with other HR professionals, recruitment agencies, schools & universities on the topics of recruitment, talent pipelines and candidate pools.
• Project management and prioritisation skills. Willingness to support all aspects of the Kering UK HR strategy and HR initiatives to get the job done, and a solution orientated attitude.
• Great team spirit to foster positive culture across the wider HR team.
• Strong communication skills, capable of engaging effectively with all levels of the business.
• Strong ability to work independently and to be proactive identifying new recruitment tools and technologies.
• Collaborative and flexible to work in groups, or independently with strong interpersonal skills.
• Organised and detail-focused, with the ability to support multiple brands at once.
• Experience in managing internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong administration Skills with the ability to work on your own initiative but also ask the questions needed to ensure you offer the best-in-class service.
• Experience using Workday is a plus.

Why work with us?

This is a fantastic opportunity to join the Kering Corporate HR team based in London and actively contribute to the ongoing success and growth at Kering. Our common vision promotes leadership skills and helps every employee to reach their full potential in a stimulating and fulfilling workplace environment.

Kering is committed to building a diverse workforce. We believe diversity in all its forms – gender, age, nationality, culture, religious beliefs and sexual orientation – enriches the workplace. It opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to adapt to a changing world. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their background.