Talent Acquisition Manager, Retail - West

About This Role

This role is for a Talent Acquisition Manager focused on retail positions in the Western region, playing a crucial part in executing the recruitment strategy and enhancing the candidate experience. The manager will screen candidates, collaborate with HR Business Partners and Hiring Managers on market trends, and build a strong talent pipeline, covering the full recruitment lifecycle with an emphasis on networking and relationship building.

Responsibilities

• Lead and conduct intake meetings with hiring managers to understand vacancies, share potential profiles, define interview cadence, and provide labor market intelligence
• Interview potential candidates against position-specific competencies and behaviors for current vacancies
• Conduct exploratory calls to identify high-potential candidates
• Establish and maintain relationships with referrals while acting as a brand ambassador
• Provide Hiring Managers with a diverse shortlist of candidates in a timely manner
• Establish and maintain a high-touch candidate experience throughout the hiring process
• Proactively build talent pipelines using the Applicant Tracking System (ATS), social media, job boards, and field recruitment
• Consistently outreach to passive candidates to develop robust talent pools for future vacancies
• Understand and communicate labor market trends, regional compensation benchmarks, and talent availability
• Identify and recommend innovative recruitment initiatives, best practices, and digital enhancements
• Lead candidate generation and direct active sourcing and recruiting for qualified candidates using various search tools, processes, and strategy
• Develop and maintain relationships with Hiring Managers and Commercial Leaders to understand needs, create an interview matrix, provide market feedback, and communicate updates
• Collaborate and partner with the HR Business Partner to enhance service delivery to internal stakeholders
• Work closely with the AVP of Talent to create recruitment strategies by Maison and function to minimize time to fill
• Interact with personnel across the organization
• Participate in staffing committees and talent sharing meetings to identify and highlight strong candidates, facilitate talent exchanges, and maintain a robust internal talent pipeline
• Work closely with the Talent Specialist to ensure data integrity
• Facilitate and manage the external vendor contract process and engage external vendors for key searches
• Contribute to global/HQ initiatives by partnering with talent colleagues across Maisons and in other regions
• Develop and maintain relationships with external recruitment agencies, local high schools and colleges, trade schools, and other relevant stakeholders