Talent Acquisition Consultant - Fashion Retail (6 Month Contract)

Job description / Role

INSPIRE | EXHILARATE | DELIGHT

For over six decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. The Group, in its endeavour to excel as a hybrid retailer, has reinforced its distribution and marketing services with a portfolio of eight owned brands and over 300 international brands in the luxury, beauty, fashion, and art de vivre categories. More recently, the Group expanded its expertise into new categories of luxury watches, jewellery, and eyewear.

Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken with the customer at heart. Be it constantly reinventing itself or focusing on innovation to provide luxury experiences at over 750+ experiential retail stores, online and through mobile apps, each touch point leads to delighting the customer.

Today, Chalhoub Group stands for 14,000 skilled and talented professionals across seven countries, whose cohesive efforts have resulted in the Group being ranked third in the Middle East and first in Saudi Arabia as a Great Place to Work®.

To keep the innovation journey going, the Group has set up "The Greenhouse", which is not just an innovation hub, but also an incubator space and accelerator for start-ups and small businesses in the region and internationally. This is just one of the several initiatives taken by the Group to reinvent itself, catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing. The Group has also been embedding sustainability at the core of its business strategy with a clear commitment towards people, partners and the planet, and by being a member of the United Nations Global Compact Community and signatory of the Women's Empowerment Principles.

What you'll be doing

We are seeking a experienced Talent Acquisition/Recruitment consultant to join our Fashion Retail team in the UAE. Working with the Retail Talent Acquisition team to attract and recruit exceptional talent to join our Fashion Retail stores. In this position, you will be responsible for continuously seeking out top talent, developing a compelling employment brand, and fostering positive relationships with candidates and employees.

To thrive as a Talent Acquisition consultant, you should have a proven track record in full-cycle recruiting and employment branding. You will play a pivotal role in advancing our organization's commitment in creating a diverse and inclusive workplace culture by attracting, sourcing, and hiring top talent from diverse backgrounds

As the Talent Acquisition consultant you will to contribute towards our efforts in recruitment, working closely with hiring managers and HR professionals to ensure a seamless recruitment journey. Your expertise in sourcing strategies, candidate assessment, and employer branding will contribute to our success in attracting the best candidates for Chalhoub Group.

- Work closely with the assigned brands to fill all requisitions in a timely manner with high calibre talent.
- Lead the briefing conversation to understand hiring requirements, sourcing strategy and interview process and align on timeline according to SLAs.
- Provide talent attraction advice and execute talent attraction tactics to ensure Chalhoub Group brand is well placed and attracts quality talent.
- Effectively screen candidates in alignment with our culture and values and aligned competencies.
- Provide effective reporting communication to assist with briefing Hiring Managers on shortlisted talent, market insights and competitive landscape.
- Ensure an excellent candidate journey through all touch points of the candidate experience.
- Partner with hiring managers to ensure best practice throughout the recruitment journey.
- Continually build networks and communities to source and pipeline talent.
- You will foster collaboration between departments.

- A minimum of 1 year of relevant talent acquisition experience.
- Fluency in English is a must.
- Based in Dubai Design District Head office.
- Ability to work autonomously with very good time management skill.
- Previous experience working with ATS tools.
- Previous experience of working in a Retail or Hospitality industry is a plus.
- Experience recruiting in the European and/or Middle Eastern Markets.
- Experience in social sourcing tools
- Strong understanding of Diversity Equity & Inclusion concepts and best practices in recruitment.
- Salary Bracket: 7,500AED per month (potential to develop into a permanent contract)

What we can offer you

With us, you will turn your aspirations into reality. We will help shape your journey through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal mobility. Our Group offers diverse career paths for those who are extraordinary, every day.

We recognise the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive benefits package which includes health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies as well as exclusive employee discounts.

We Invite All Applicants to Apply

It Takes Diversity Of Thought, Culture, Background, Differing Abilities and Perspectives to truly Inspire, Exhilarate and Delight our customers. At Chalhoub Group, we are committed to inclusion and diversity.

We welcome all applicants to apply and be part of our exciting future. We ensure equal opportunity for all our applicants without regard to gender, age, race, religion, national origin or disability status.

Department PEOPLE & CULTURE

About the Company

The Chalhoub Group is the leading partner for luxury across the Middle East since 1955. As an expert in retail, distribution and marketing services based in Dubai, the group has become a major player in the fashion, beauty and gift sectors regionally.

By blending its Middle East expertise and intimate knowledge of luxury, Chalhoub Group is building brands in the region, by offering service excellence to all its partners and a unique experience to its customers through its passionate teams.

With a growing workforce of more than 9,000 people, implemented in 14 countries, as well as the operating of over 470 retail outlets, the group's success is attributed to its most valued asset of highly skilled and dedicated teams. Professionalism and passion are what fuel the Chalhoub Group's competitive edge in today's market.

By being committed to implementing sustainable practices into their business, the Chalhoub Group has been awarded in 2013 the CSR Label from the Dubai Chamber of Commerce.