Retail Talent Acquisition Specialist

Do you want to be a part of the world’s leading jewellery company while putting your Retail recruiting experience into use? If yes, then we might have an exciting opportunity for you! You will be part of an exciting business area and work in an international organisation of can-do spirited, passionate, and performance-driven people.
About the Team:
During the next year, we will continue to establish a world-class Talent Acquisition team of thinkers, makers, and doers to ensure hiring and attracting the best talent is at the heart of our business. We want you to bring your expertise, knowledge, ideas, entrepreneurial spirit, and experience to make a significant impact, and help build and shape this with us from an early stage.
The Talent Acquisition Specialist will support the global talent strategy in the North America (NAM) cluster, specifically supporting our Owned & Operated (O&O) stores. You will drive the full life cycle recruitment process for O&O stores across Canada in partnership with the retail leadership team.
You will also support the development and execution of strategic initiatives for O&O stores, including but not limited to diversity & inclusion, talent management, succession planning, store acquisitions and new store openings. Inhouse experience as a Talent Acquisition Specialist recruiting for high volume positions in retail stores are required.
Your role as a Field Talent Acquistion Specialist :

• Responsible for creating recruitment strategies, objectives and timelines for new store openings to ensure a fully staffed store prior to opening.
• Ability to interview candidates in both English and Candian French fluently
• Works closely with Talent team and retail leaders to support local and global training initiatives
• Ensures that we are in compliance with the Company’s policies as well as Federal and State laws.
• Plan, facilitate and/or execute additional projects and responsibilities as needed
• Works closely with the Compensation Analyst to ensure competitive pay for internal and external candidates.
• Increases the effectiveness of field succession planning for store management roles
• Researches, suggests and implements diversity and inclusion initiatives
• Recommends new approaches, policies, and procedures to effect continual improvements in efficiency and support the delivery of cluster objectives
• Collaborates with management throughout recruitment and selection process, identifies and resolves any obstacles that may arise
• Proactively partners with business stakeholders and the Manager, Talent Acquisition to review practices and procedures, determines whether improvements can be made and work to implement changes as appropriate.
• Positions themselves as the subject matter expert for talent acquisition in O&O by providing best practices and updates to support the attraction and selection of world class talent in stores (i.e. sharing recruitment metrics, industry updates, etc.)
• Develops an effective partnership with retail leadership teams
• Develops and manages the strategic, full cycle talent acquisition process for Store Managers and Assistant Store Managers across Canada.
• Manages the seasonal hiring strategy and process (high volume)

What is needed to succeed:

• Recognizes the importance of professional relationships and proactively seeks out individuals to complete required tasks
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills across all levels
• Demonstrates flexibility and the ability to quickly adapt to change in the work environment
• Must be able to maintain high level of confidentiality.
• Has a Global Mindset- is a broad thinker and can connect the dots
• Fluency in Canadian French is a requirement
• Responsive to candidate and employee needs while maintaining professionalism, respect and consideration of others.
• Experience with managing and understanding data to drive business decisions and insights
• Attention to detail, with strong organizational, analytic and problem-solving skills.
• Previous experience hiring: Store Managers, Assistant Store Managers etc is required
• Demonstrated knowledge of Talent Acquisition best practices and principles
• 6+ years previous in house recruitment experience as a recruiter/TA Specailsit is essential with a focus on volume hiring within retail stores
• Experience within a global retail organization is required
• Strong time management skills and sense of accountability
• Ability to work at a fast pace with multiple competing priorities
• Exhibits a natural curiosity of how things are and explores how things could be improved
• High level of comfort with ambiguity and working in the “gray”
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Communication, Business Administration/Management is preferred
• HR Certifications such as PHR or SHRM-CP is a plus

Travel Required: Up to 25% depending on business needs.
About Pandora:
Pandora designs, manufactures and markets hand-finished jewellery made from high-quality materials at affordable prices. Pandora jewellery is sold in more than 100 countries through 6,800 points of sale, including more than 2,700 concept stores.
Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, Pandora employs 27,000 people worldwide and crafts its jewellery at two LEED certified facilities in Thailand using mainly recycled silver and gold. The company plans to be carbon neutral by 2025 and has joined the Science Based Targets initiative to reduce emissions across its full value chain. Pandora is listed on the Nasdaq Copenhagen stock exchange and generated a revenue of DKK 23.4 billion in 2021.
At Pandora, we believe that creating an inclusive and diverse workplace and reflecting societal diversity in our customer engagement is essential to delivering on our company purpose: to give a voice to people’s loves. We dedicate ourselves to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of inclusion and diversity where everyone feels respected and valued.