Talent Acquisition Partner, GCN

As a Talent Acquisition Partner, you play a key part in attracting and hiring of talented and diverse colleagues that share our company values and ambition.

Reporting to the Talent Acquisition Lead, you will provide coaching and guidance primarily to store hiring managers within your organization on recruitment best practices, including Inclusion & Diversity (I&D), candidate experience, recruitment processes, onboarding, and succession planning.

Your efforts will directly contribute to the achievement of our recruitment KPIs, driving the overall success of the team and the organization, covering GCN markets.

Responsibilities consist of but not limited to:

• Guide hiring managers on effective recruitment strategies, offering recommendations and valuable insights. Ensure their commitment to selecting the right candidates within the agreed timeline, directly contributing to the achievement of recruitment KPIs.
• Manage the full recruitment process primarily for store roles, ensuring candidates receive timely, constructive feedback and a positive experience, while aligning with the organization's Inclusion & Diversity (I&D) policies.
• Train managers using Portfolio Brands' recruitment training and ATS training, coaching them to select the best candidates based on hiring criteria and ensuring adherence to the correct procedures.
• Work with H&M Group HR colleagues within the region to stay informed, and build successful collaborations with regards to labour market insights, salary and benefits, as well as changes in employee relations and legal requirements.
• Enhance our employer brand by contributing to social media campaigns, attending career fairs and university events, and showcasing COS as the 'Employer of Choice' for early-career professionals, building a strong talent pipeline.
• Drive candidate interest and applications through online networking and social media engagement, while proactively exploring innovative strategies to attract talent and build strong pools for high-priority roles.
• Partner with the Talent Acquisition Lead to establish annual recruitment budgets and ensure agency and advertising expenditures remain within budgetary limits.

As a specialist in a multibrand network organization, you face various demands. Your strength lies in understanding stakeholders and involving them effectively. Additionally, your excellent communication skills allow you to adapt to the needs of the stakeholders you encounter.

You believe in a non-hierarchical culture of collaboration, transparency, safety, and trust. You are no stranger to giving feedback, providing inspiration, and motivating others in their day-to-day work. You are a self-starter, have a yes-we-can attitude and are comfortable with working with uncertainty, or limited information.

For this role, we are particularly interested in candidate who have:

• Experience in a recruitment or HR-related role, with a proven track record of working alongside an in-house recruitment team.
• Excellent prioritization skills & are capable of multitasking.
• Experience in coaching and developing store management teams, with the ability to tailor communication strategies to effectively engage diverse audiences.
• Experience in building an attractive employer brand through dynamic social media strategies is highly desirable.
• Prior experience in the retail industry is a strong advantage.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and decision-making skills with a track record of delivering effective solutions.
• Results-driven, with a strong focus on meeting and exceeding recruitment KPIs to drive success.
• Demonstrated ability to think creatively and strategically in identifying and sourcing candidates through a variety of diverse channels.
• Excellent understanding of industry trends and talent market dynamics, with the ability to leverage insights to improve recruitment strategies.
• Ability to collaborate and build strong relationship with multiple stakeholders.

This is a full time permanent contract based at our Office in Shanghai.

Benefits

We offer all our employees attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe. All our employees receive a 25% staff discount usable on all our H&M Group brands in stores and online. In addition to our staff discount, all our employees are included in our H&M Incentive Program – HIP. You can read more about our H&M Incentive Program here.

In addition to this, you will also receive

• 15 days Annual Leave
• Birthday leave
• Medical Insurance
• 13th month salary
• Supplementary health insurance

Inclusion & Diversity  

At COS we're determined to create and maintain inclusive, diverse and equitable workplaces throughout our organisation. Our teams should consist of a variety of people who share and combine their knowledge, experience and ideas. Having a diverse workforce leads to a positive impact on how we address challenges, what we perceive as possible and how we choose to relate to our colleagues and customers all over the world, therefore all diversity dimensions are taken into consideration in our recruitment process.