Talent Acquisition Partner - Retail

Job description / Role

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 organization 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

Role Purpose:

To lead end to end recruitment process for specific set of businesses or Business Unit, ensuring that Hiring Manager, Candidate and Stakeholder experience is deliver at highly satisfactory levels. Is accountable for keeping KPIs and SLAs in accordance to group standards and ensures that all recruitment efforts are delivered in accordance to BU and group principles, following the stablished methodology for each of the positions.

Key Role Specific Accountabilities:
- 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
- Provides proactive insights to what the market looks like during the strategic planning stage
- Manage end to end sourcing solutions (attract, source, select and integrate) through understanding business needs and growth plans.
- Drive a proactive fulfilment of manpower business requirements through developing extensive network in the market.
- Develop relationship with external talent to ensure a proactive approach towards business talent acquisition pipeline.
- Support business units with appropriate assessment tools to attract, source and select the right talent.
- Facilitate and record activities and results and ensure results are used in a comparative fashion to guarantee merit based decisions are taken on candidates
- Efficiently use different tools such as Sniperhire (ATS), social media, job boards
- Plan and conduct assessment centres/ open days to identify suitable candidates for the business
- Plan and develop Talent Pools for the business in order to meet the requirements of the Hiring Plan
- Use the right interviewing skills to match candidates profiles with business requirements
- Ensure right referencing is completed before selecting the final candidate
- Manage offers and ensure they are in line with business manpower budgets and internal total rewards policies

Requirements

Person Specific:

Education:
- A minimum of 4-7 years recruitment / sourcing experience preferred

Minimum Experience and Knowledge:
- Previous experience with an ATS, Recruitment platforms and Linkedin recruiter.
- Extensive knowledge of UAE labour laws and regulations is an advantage

About Al-Futtaim Retail

Al-Futtaim Retail has established itself as one of the leaders in Retail across the Middle East, Africa & Asia over the past 30 years. We have developed partnerships with some of the biggest and most respected Brands in the world including IKEA, ACE and Toys R Us in the Middle East and the Inditex Group of Brands (Zara, Mango, Bershka and P&B) across Asia. We are also one of the largest Global partners of Marks and Spencer's in both regions with over 75 stores offering both fashion & food options.

Most recently we have been responsible for bringing brands to the Middle East for the first time with the exciting launches of Watsons and B&Q and we aim to continue to be agile and adaptive to our markets with new launches and further development. For this to be possible we aim to recruit the best talent from all backgrounds who will continue to challenge and develop our diverse workforce which includes over 100 nationalities across 12 countries. Join us today and make a difference

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.