Senior Associate - Talent Acquisition

Job description / Role

Inspire | Exhilarate | Delight

For over six decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. The Group, in its endeavour to excel as a hybrid retailer, has reinforced its distribution and marketing services with a portfolio of eight owned brands and over 300 international brands in the luxury, beauty, fashion, and art de vivre categories. More recently, the Group expanded its expertise into new categories of luxury watches, jewelry, and eyewear.

Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken with the customer at heart. Be it constantly reinventing itself or focusing on innovation to provide luxury experiences at over 750 experiential retail stores, online and through mobile apps, each touch point leads to delighting the customer.

Today, Chalhoub Group stands for 14,000 skilled and talented professionals across seven countries, whose cohesive efforts have resulted in the Group being ranked third in the Middle East and first in Saudi Arabia as a Great Place to Work.

To keep the innovation journey going, the Group has set up "The Greenhouse", which is not just an innovation hub, but also an incubator space and accelerator for start-ups and small businesses in the region and internationally. This is just one of the several initiatives taken by the Group to reinvent itself, catalyzed by forward thinking and future-proofing. The Group has also been embedding sustainability at the core of its business strategy with a clear commitment towards people, partners, and the planet, and by being a member of the United Nations Global Compact Community and signatory of the Women's Empowerment Principles.

What you'll be doing

Our Talent Acquisition Senior Associate is responsible for working closely with the assigned business area to fill vacant roles with the right candidates in a timely manner. You will also be responsible for ensuring applicants have a great experience throughout the process by regularly keeping in touch, following up, and providing feedback.

Organizational:

• Follow all relevant Talent Acquisition policies, processes, and standard operating procedures so that work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner.

Operational:

• Implement activities under close supervision.
• Escalate complex problems to the relevant person to ensure case/issue is closed efficiently and in a timely manner.
• Address assigned business areas' recruitment needs in a timely manner.
• Meet with and advise hiring managers on best practices in recruitment and selection process.
• Adhere to the recruiting and interviewing plan for each open position.
• Review applicants' CVs to evaluate if they meet the position requirements.
• Proactively source/headhunt for open and potential future positions.
• Use relevant selection tools to assess candidates (including CBI, assessment centers, psychometric evaluations, and all other applicable tests).
• Develop, proactively, a pool of qualified candidates for immediate replacements.
• Upkeep relevant records on the applicant tracking system.
• Ensure all applicants have a great candidate experience.
• Interview and follow up referrals from management and employees.
• Build networks and communities to source and pipeline candidates.
• Provide support on other HR projects that include talent acquisition as and when required.
• Participate in relevant projects and community activities as and when needed.

What you'll need to succeed

• University degree in HR, psychology, business administration, or any other related field.
• 0-2 years of experience in the same field or a similar field.

What we can offer you

With us, you will turn your aspirations into reality. We will help shape your journey through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities, and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal mobility. Our Group offers diverse career paths for those who are extraordinary, every day.

We recognize the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive benefits package which includes health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies, as well as exclusive employee discounts.

We invite all applicants to apply

It takes diversity of thought, culture, background, differing abilities, and perspectives to truly inspire, exhilarate, and delight our customers. At Chalhoub Group, we are committed to inclusion and diversity.

We welcome all applicants to apply and be part of our exciting future. We ensure equal opportunity for all our applicants without regard to gender, age, race, religion, national origin, or disability status.

Department: People & Culture

About the Company

The Chalhoub Group is the leading partner for luxury across the Middle East since 1955. As an expert in retail, distribution and marketing services based in Dubai, the group has become a major player in the fashion, beauty and gift sectors regionally.

By blending its Middle East expertise and intimate knowledge of luxury, Chalhoub Group is building brands in the region, by offering service excellence to all its partners and a unique experience to its customers through its passionate teams.

With a growing workforce of more than 9,000 people, implemented in 14 countries, as well as the operating of over 470 retail outlets, the group's success is attributed to its most valued asset of highly skilled and dedicated teams. Professionalism and passion are what fuel the Chalhoub Group's competitive edge in today's market.

By being committed to implementing sustainable practices into their business, the Chalhoub Group has been awarded in 2013 the CSR Label from the Dubai Chamber of Commerce.