Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist - Corporate Functions (m/f/d)

The People & Culture team is committed to enhance C&A’s growth and performance while living our values. We enable the organization to lead and transform the business through people and foster a workplace where everyone can become their best self.

People are intrinsic to our transformation mission, and as a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist you will have the opportunity to attract, recruit and select top talent for our Corporate Functions teams within our Düsseldorf Head Office, ensuring a consistent and high-level experience for all involved.

• Develop clear and successful data-driven hiring strategies for our Corporate Functions teams, including Finance, Legal, HR and Corporate Communications.
• Develop and implement strong selection capabilities that deliver high quality hires, ensuring an inclusive hiring process and a consistent and compelling candidate experience.
• Implement various sourcing strategies for candidates, leveraging existing talent acquisition channels and exploring new sourcing opportunities to build talent pipelines and pools.
• Effectively manage the applicable recruitment processes, which may include writing job ads, source candidates, screen CVs, conduct candidate screenings and selection interviews, organising assessments and negotiate offers with candidates.
• Develop strategic partnerships with agencies, universities and other providers that help to expand the pipeline of talent.
• Identify opportunities to optimise processes and suggest improvements based on analytics and research, including optimising of the applicant tracking system (ATS) to enable the team to work more efficiently.
• Contribute to TA projects e.g., employer branding and digital talent recruitment to strengthen our position in the market.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Track record of delivery in an enterprise-scale matrix environment, with an understanding of business and organisational evolution
• Knowledge of Talent Acquisition strategies and proactive candidate engagement
• A data-driven approach to Talent Acquisition, with clear examples of using insights and facts to advise and influence key stakeholders
• Ability to structure, plan, implement and monitor talent Acquisition strategies

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in recruitment at an enterprise scale
• Corporate/in-house experience is preferred in at least one of these areas: Finance, Legal, HR and Corporate Communications.

This is an opportunity for you to join us on a truly exciting transformation journey, where you’ll be able to leave footprints that last and contribute significantly to our vision. As well as knowing that you played a key part in the evolution of one of Europe’s most recognisable retail brands, you will also enjoy:

• An international and inspirational working environment
• An in-depth induction into your life at C&A
• A positive working atmosphere with an open feedback culture
• Attractive discounts including a public transport travel pass

Hybrid Working: Please note, this role will require an on-site presence in Dusseldorf; our hybrid working policy brings our teams together onsite on a weekly basis.