The future looks like you
The People & Culture team is committed to enhance C&A’s growth and performance while living our values. We enable the organization to lead and transform the business through people and foster a workplace where everyone can become their best self.
People are intrinsic to our transformation mission, and as a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist you will have the opportunity to attract, recruit and select top talent for our Corporate Functions teams within our Düsseldorf Head Office, ensuring a consistent and high-level experience for all involved.
Your responsibilities
- Develop clear and successful data-driven hiring strategies for our Corporate Functions teams, including Finance, Legal, HR and Corporate Communications.
- Develop and implement strong selection capabilities that deliver high quality hires, ensuring an inclusive hiring process and a consistent and compelling candidate experience.
- Implement various sourcing strategies for candidates, leveraging existing talent acquisition channels and exploring new sourcing opportunities to build talent pipelines and pools.
- Effectively manage the applicable recruitment processes, which may include writing job ads, source candidates, screen CV's, conduct candidate screenings and selection interviews, organising assessments and negotiate offers with candidates.
- Develop strategic partnerships with agencies, universities and other providers that help to expand the pipeline of talent.
- Identify opportunities to optimise processes and suggest improvements based on analytics and research, including optimising of the applicant tracking system (ATS) to enable the team to work more efficiently.
- Contribute to TA projects e.g., employer branding and digital talent recruitment to strengthen our position in the market.
What you bring
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Track record of delivery in an enterprise-scale matrix environment, with an understanding of business and organisational evolution
- Knowledge of Talent Acquisition strategies and proactive candidate engagement
- A data-driven approach to Talent Acquisition, with clear examples of using insights and facts to advise and influence key stakeholders
- Ability to structure, plan, implement and monitor talent Acquisition strategies
Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:
- Minimum 5 years of experience in recruitment at an enterprise scale
- Corporate/in-house experience is preferred in at least one of these areas: Finance, Legal, HR and Corporate Communications.
What we offer
This is an opportunity for you to join us on a truly exciting transformation journey, where you’ll be able to leave footprints that last and contribute significantly to our vision. As well as knowing that you played a key part in the evolution of one of Europe’s most recognisable retail brands, you will also enjoy:
- An international and inspirational working environment
- An in-depth induction into your life at C&A
- A positive working atmosphere with an open feedback culture
- Attractive discounts including a public transport travel pass
Hybrid Working: Please note, this role will require an on-site presence in Dusseldorf; our hybrid working policy brings our teams together onsite on a weekly basis.
C&A fosters equal opportunity for people of all backgrounds and identities. We are led by a gender-balanced board committed to build a diverse and inclusive organization where everyone can become their best self. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, religion or belief, parental and family status, or any other protected characteristic. We welcome applications from women, men and non-binary candidates of all ethnicities and socio-economic backgrounds. We encourage people belonging to underrepresented groups to apply.