Our client is an established company continuing to grow their team. We seek a Director of Talent to create a unique recruitment experience. He/She will develop a pipeline of diverse, high-performing talent to support corporate positions. As a highly visible and critical member of the Human Resources team, the Director will serve a partner to the senior leadership team. He/She will bring a comprehensive perspective for attracting and retaining the very best talent in the industry via employer branding strategies.
Responsibilities
- Development and implementation of crucial talent acquisition strategy(s). Lead the result of a full candidate lifecycle experience from sourcing, recruitment, internal stakeholder partnerships and management offer, onboarding, integration, and career path planning
- Develop and execute the employer branding and candidate experience across channels that align with company objectives and strategies
- Team leadership and development: inspire, enable and support the TA team in their development and performance
- Partner with business leads and functions to ensure consistent employer branding; a compelling candidate experience.
- Educate and coach hiring managers on the available talent pool, recruiting best practices, and their role in supporting the company's hiring policies, procedures, and company values.
- Build strong selection capabilities and criteria that deliver high-quality hires.
- Promote diversity in the workplace and ensure recruiting strategies attract diverse candidates.
- Lead and drive follow-up with management to determine the effectiveness of recruiting programs.
- Create talent acquisition KPIs to measure TA performance
- Partner with the Talent Management team to identify talent gaps for key positions and build pipelines accordingly
- Build and implement a framework for a roster of external recruitment firms, including financial and quality parameters
- Build industry awareness and market intelligence regarding hiring and compensation trends and challenges.
- Partner with immigration counsel to initiate and oversee the completion of visa sponsorships for foreign national candidates
- Partner with external relocation representative to initiate and oversee the relocation of newly hired associates
- Oversee the applicant tracking resources.
- Develop cost-conscious recruiting strategies that support the company's needs; implement new processes and continuously improve existing processes to continue the company's mission to source high-quality talent.
- Build upon relationships with Universities, Business Schools.
- Oversee internship program
- Oversee the Temporary/ Consultant programs/ agreements
- Responsible for traveling to Miami headquarters every month
- Ad Hoc projects as needed
CRITERIA/PROFILE
- Bachelor's Degree in a plus
- Talent Acquisition experience in a similar role. Minimum 5-7 years' experience in a TA role
- Minimum of 5 years in a Managerial role leading successful teams
- International experience/ exposure a plus
- Proficient understanding of the fashion business and ability to recruit accordingly
- Executive presence
- Resilience and personality to deal with the demands of a fast-moving, changing, entrepreneurial business with levels of creative energy and ambiguity
- Experience working within matrixed organizations
- Strategic and capability-building experience
- Expertise and ambition to develop a team and function
- Strong leadership skills to ensure collaboration and team atmosphere across the TA and TM groups
- Experience with international relocation and visa processing a plus
- Must have high standards of ethics, integrity, and confidentiality
- Experience with ATS systems (Taleo), social media / online resources (LinkedIn) and recruiting process workflows
- Knowledge of federal, state, and local laws governing employment policies and practices
- Assertiveness, inspiring, wise, collaborative, and decisive. Results-oriented are critical characteristic to success of the chosen candidate
- Ability to gain confidence and build trust with internal and external contacts. Highly organized and detail-oriented
- Excellent listening, verbal, and written communication skills
- Passion for contemporary culture (luxury, art, technology, music, travel, leisure...)
- A positive, can-do attitude and problem solver, resourceful and pragmatic