Group Talent Acquisition Lead
International Luxury Group (ILG)
Total years of experience :13 years, 0 Months
• Determine selection criteria of the new vacancies and lead the end-to-end Recruitment process across the group i.e. Middle East, Europe, Africa and U.S for all luxury divisions; watches, eyewear, perfume, shoes, jewelry and accessories including Triboo - ILG (Joint E-commerce venture of ILG and Triboo)
• Define and execute on Talent Management and Talent Acquisition strategy across the group
• Work closely with Business units to identify staffing needs and setting timelines.
• Supervise and coordinate internal Transfers within the group.
• Retain and develop top talent and diverse candidates across all levels of our organization.
• Lead and identify high potential talent introducing and utilizing Talent Assessment tools.
• Source potential candidates through various channels (e.g. job boards, social media platforms and professional network.)
• Conduct online assessment of the shortlisted candidates
• Initiate the onboarding process of the selected candidates.
• Recommend new approaches, policies, strategies and procedures to promote HR best practices while ensuring their alignment with brand values, guiding principles and the Group strategies.
• Manage Talent pool to fill in future vacancies in timely manner
• Design job descriptions that reflect each position’s requirements
• Ensure and oversee achievement of recruitment needs as per the plan and develop talent for succession planning
• Manpower planning - Forecast quarterly and annual hiring needs by Business Units and prepare annual recruitment budget. Manage budget allocation, staff cost and benefit plans
• Lead the new joiner's orientation.
• Ensure smooth exit of the departing employees by leading exit formalities.
• Coach and advice to employees on HR related matters and establish trustful relationship with the HQ’s, Boutiques’, Kiosks, international and Regional offices teams
• Keep abreast with employment legislations / laws of Europe, Middle East, Africa and the U.S
• Meet the evolving hiring needs through sourcing, recruiting and hiring talent.
• Partner closely with stakeholders and drive the recruiting process to identify the right fit for the teams.
• Stakeholder Management - Partner with the stakeholders to provide insights and expertise on sourcing for talent and suggest creative ways for addressing talent acquisition challenges
• Collaboration - Work closely with the HR business partners to understand the recruitment needs for the quarter/ year
• Candidate Experience - Manage effective communication with candidates and set expectations throughout the process to provide for seamless experience.
• Execution - Enabling and educating hiring managers on the recruitment process and ensure that the experience for both candidates and hiring managers is seamless.
• Partnering with the business throughout the hiring process, from creating job descriptions, to ensuring established processes are followed to ensure a positive candidate experience
• Proactively sourcing, screening and shortlisting top talent
• Providing Hiring Managers with regular updates and summaries of recruiting progress and activity
• Working with Hiring Managers to determine best fit candidates, co-ordinate interviews, obtain qualitative feedback and present/manage through to offer stage.
" RPO Project recruitment for well reputed banks in the UAE
" Recruiting for multiple Banking roles for mid-level positions across the Bank.
" Identify candidates by utilizing multiple strategies including: LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, social media, networking, direct sourcing and referrals
" Hiring for MENA (Kuwait, Bahrain, U.A.E, Saudi Arabia) region.
" Screening, sourcing and interviewing candidates in order to provide the clients with the best Talent available
" Worked on AKIN (includes CRM & HRMS)
Talent Acquisition
•Identify candidates by utilizing multiple strategies including: LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, social media, networking, direct sourcing and referrals
•Recruitment for various industries including Retail & Luxury Brands, I.T., Telecom, FMCGs, Banking, Catering, Hospitality and Oil & Gas.
•Maintaining an extensive candidate data base / Talent Pool for future vacancies.
•Handled mass recruitment projects. Hiring directly from home countries for Banking professionals.
•Strong knowledge of U.A.E Labor laws
•Hands on experience with Taleo
•Nationalization Projects
Achievements:
• “Best Recruiter of the Year 2014”
• “Best Recruiter of the Year 2016”
• “Best Recruiter of the Year 2017”
(Recruitment)
•Conducting final interviews of candidates selected by the Businesses.
•Hiring employees for Branch Banking and Head Office
•Conducting online tests for the applicants
•On campus Recruitment Drives
•Management of Internal Transfers of the employees
•Maintaining the Talent Pool
•Selection of candidates for Internship and their placements.
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