Siji Abu Abraham

• Responsible for working on appropriate talent acquisition strategies and managing the end-to-end talent acquisition activities for the Middle East region, including UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan, Iran, Oman, within assigned business areas, ensuring that the right candidates are recruited, at the right time, at the right price.
• Led the hiring project for a new branch being established in Saudi Arabia and successful in establishing & implementing the inter-city move relocation policy, in coordination and association with the local HR and our regional Performance, Rewards & Benefits team.
• Partner with the business and providing both consultative and transactional talent acquisition support to deliver a comprehensive and value-added service, covering the recruitment of all employed worker (internal and external) local and cross border hires and transfers.
• Conduct structured business needs discussions with hiring managers before candidate search commences, identifying the key role and candidate requirements, and agreeing the sourcing and selection strategy.
• Drive the localization targets through hiring.
• Deliver innovative sourcing strategies and solutions to meet business growth needs and generate diverse pools of applicants whilst closely controlling cost bases.
• Develop multi-hire sourcing approaches and work in partnership with colleagues across the network to tap in overseas sourcing channels.
• Ensure all required approvals are obtained before offers are made.
• Work on offer proposals and in close coordination with the Performance, Reward & Benefits team to ensure fair pay for all the hires.
• Negotiate offers between hiring managers and candidates, assisting in the negotiation of release dates and backfill requirements, where applicable.
• Work in partnership with Reward, International Mobility team and hiring managers to establish competitive, effective total reward packages in line with budgets and global policies.
• Manage work permit applications and extensions for new hires and in-country transfers, where required.
• Ensure pre-employment checks are completed in line with global minimum standards, managing any discrepancies or delays with the vendor, candidate or hiring manager.
• For international moves: work with relevant stakeholders to determine the applicable international move policy type; initiate cost estimate generation and obtain hiring manager approval.

on varied roles, including hospitality, professional services,
education, retail sector etc.

As a prominent luxury retailer of the Middle East, Al Tayer is now focused on building a technology driven digital
commerce team. We have launched 5 e-commerce platforms (ounass.com, nass.com, mamasandpapas.ae,
gap.ae and nisnass.com) in 15 month' time span and our team has grown from scratch to 250+professionals.
Responsibilities:
* Reporting directly to the Head of Talent Acquisition- Al Tayer Retail, VP - E Commerce, & Sr. HRBP- Omni.
* Liaising with the recruitment agencies/partners, enterprise solution companies/suppliers.
* Collaborate with Omni HR Partners to assess planned attrition, to forecast future recruitment needs.
* Recruiting for various positions, but not limited to Product & Portfolio, Content and localization, Buying &
Merchandising, Merchandise Planning, E-commerce operations, etc.
* Management of stakeholder relationship across levels, including VP of E-commerce, Head of Trading, Lead
Product Managers, Financial Controller, Sr. Legal Counsel, Project Managers etc.
* Maintaining and keeping the Omni team recruitment roadmap up to date.
* Offer recommendation & preparation, offer negotiation, & initiate On-boarding.
* Lately, also been into a Project involving hiring of Freelance Technical developers, including Full Stack, Front
End, Back End, Magento, Quality Assurance, Android, iOS, DevOps engineers etc.

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