Talent Acquisition Partner

Job description / Role

Company Overview

Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions: automotive, financial services, real estate, retail, and healthcare; employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world's most admired and innovative brands.

Al-Futtaim Group’s entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organisation to continue to grow and expand, responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.

By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration, and integrity, Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day.

Overview of the Role

The Talent Acquisition Partner is responsible for leading the recruitment process for specific business units, ensuring a satisfactory experience for all stakeholders involved. The role entails full ownership of meeting KPIs and SLAs in line with group standards. Additionally, it involves managing and driving the sourcing and selection processes, developing networks and talent pipelines, and facilitating assessments and offers. Continuous collaboration with business units to align recruitment efforts with manpower planning and strategic goals is fundamental.

What You Will Do

• Support the business unit during manpower planning and scheduling.
• Contribute to the development of a hiring plan for different brands to fulfil budgeted manpower requirements.
• Provide proactive insights into market conditions during strategic planning stages to align recruitment efforts with business needs.
• Lead the end-to-end recruitment process for assigned businesses or business units ensuring a highly satisfactory experience for hiring managers, candidates, and stakeholders.
• Manage end-to-end sourcing solutions, including attraction, sourcing, selection, and integration, while understanding business needs and growth plans.
• Drive proactive fulfillment of manpower business requirements by developing an extensive network in the market and fostering relationships with external talent for business talent acquisition pipelines.
• Utilize appropriate assessment tools to attract, source, and select the right talent. Facilitate and record assessment activities to ensure merit-based decisions.
• Efficiently use tools such as Sniperhire (ATS), social media, and job boards. Plan and conduct assessment centers and open days and develop talent pools to meet hiring plan requirements.
• Ensure SLAs are adhered to, processes are followed for all roles, and regularly review SLAs and processes with business units to ensure alignment and improvement.

Required Skills to Be Successful

• Strong proficiency with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and recruitment platforms.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for interviewing and stakeholder interaction.
• Ability to conduct organizational needs analysis and develop suitable hiring plans.
• Experience with strategic manpower planning and detailed understanding of labor market trends.

What Qualifies You for the Role

• A minimum of 5 years of recruitment and sourcing experience in the retail industry is preferred.
• Experience with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), recruitment platforms, and LinkedIn Recruiter.
• Extensive knowledge of UAE labor laws and regulations is an advantage.
• Strong interviewing, personal assessment, problem-solving, analytical, and teamwork skills.

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Before you click “apply”: Please read the job description carefully to ensure you can confidently demonstrate why this opportunity is right for you and take the time to put together a well-crafted and personalised CV to further boost your visibility. Our global Talent Acquisition team members are all assigned to specific businesses to ensure that we make the best matches between talent and opportunities. We not only consider the requisite compatibility of skills and behaviours, but also how candidates align with our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, and excellence.

As part of our candidate experience promise, we also want to make ourselves available to you throughout the application process. We make every effort to review and respond to every application.

About the Company

Established in the 1930's, the Al-Futtaim Group initially operated as a trading enterprise. Rapid development throughout the 1940's and 50's saw it establish itself regionally as an integrated commercial, industrial and services organisation, positioning itself one of the leading business houses in the lower Gulf region. Today, it operates collectively over 40 companies bearing the Al-Futtaim name, dominates many market segments in the UAE, and has expanded its sphere of operation to include Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Egypt.

The Group comprises a diverse range of strategically positioned operating subsidiaries and associate companies, structured to give the Al-Futtaim Group the flexibility and versatility to keep ahead of local competition while keeping pace with the ever-evolving global business scenario. The Groups continued investment in world-class systems technology is clear evidence of its commitment to maintain leading edge performance and service delivery.

The success of the Al-Futtaim Group can be attributed to a business approach that combines the ability to change with the traditional values of integrity, service and social responsibility that define its core business philosophy. This, linked with the Groups belief in decentralisation, gives the heads of the operating companies a high degree of functional autonomy and authority, providing the Group with essential flexibility, and individual employees a clearly defined work culture and sense of responsibility.