Middle East Jobs, Careers, Vacancies: Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist, Kerry, Dubai, UAE

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist, Kerry, Dubai, UAE

About Kerry:

Kerry offers the industry’s largest portfolio of Taste & Nutrition Systems and Functional Ingredients & Actives, serving the Global Food, Beverage and Pharmaceutical industries. We work with the world’s top Retailers and Manufacturing companies to produce some of the best private-label products and tailored Food & Beverage solutions on the market. We also work with the leading Food Service chains helping to deliver appetising, relevant and innovative custom solutions, using our expertise in new product development, production and commercialisation.

Our Values: Courage | Ownership | Inclusiveness | Open-mindedness | Enterprising Spirit

About the Role:

We currently have an opportunity for a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist to join the Kerry APMEA (Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa) Talent Acquisition team. This role will be based out of Dubai and will cover strategic hiring across Middle East, India Sub-continent and Africa (MISA) sub-region.

This role will require you to manage the end-to-end recruitment at a senior / strategic level. Working closely with senior stakeholders, your focus will be to recruit for immediate / planned / project requirements and to also build strong talent pipelines for the business; all while developing and promoting Kerry’s Employer Brand through your interactions with Candidates and the Marketplace.

Key Responsibilities:

Manage a diverse portfolio of strategic hires across the MISA sub-region, from sourcing, headhunting, to screening, assessing and advising
You will be driving the definition of role requirements, identifying the most appropriate recruitment channels, screening / interviewing / assessing candidates, and monitoring pipelines through to negotiation and candidate acceptance
Implement creative recruitment strategies to meet hiring demands across the business - using various recruitment methods / channels as appropriate - job boards, LinkedIn, networking, referrals, etc.
Work closely with the regional and global HR teams to assess internal talent, to review and assist with future talent moves, to participate in brainstorming and strategy sessions and to advise on offers
Build strategic relationships with the Senior Leadership team in MISA and the Regional Heads of Function, bringing updates, insight and market intelligence – communicate challenges / opportunities / ideas!
Build strong, external, strategic relationships in order to promote Kerry as an Employer of Choice – develop and maintain fruitful working relationships with our preferred external partners / vendors
Maintain candidate and requisition data accurately on the global ATS – SuccessFactors – to ensure BI reporting is accurate and transparent
Report and measure the impact / return-on-investment of various activities including spend, agency usage, recruitment campaigns and various recruitment metrics
Work cross-functionally to promote our Employer Brand and always represent Kerry in the best possible way
Assist with strategic TA-related projects in the region (example, graduate hiring) when required

Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

Minimum Bachelors’ degree
Minimum 8 years’ dedicated recruitment experience – applicants will need to have worked in an in-house Talent Acquisition capacity, but previous executive search / agency experience is highly beneficial
Experience partnering with managers, interviewers and HR throughout the recruitment process – excellent stakeholder management skills
Preference shown for those candidates who have recruited for manufacturing industry or similar
Experience in recruiting for multiple countries within Middle East, Africa and India is a requirement for the role
Experience dealing with global mobility cases and the recruiting of international candidates is highly desirable
Must have competency-based interviewing experience
Planful and organised in approach, agile in execution with a sense of urgency
Must display a passion for recruitment with an innovative, creative, collaborative attitude