Kingfisher Plc Hiring for Talent Acquisition Specialist at Southampton Full Time

Overview:
We’re Kingfisher. You might know us as B&Q, Screwfix, Castorama, Brico Depot or Koçtaş. We’re made up of over 78,000 passionate people, call over 1,300 stores home and operate in 8 countries. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in.

At Kingfisher our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.

If you require any additional support or adjustments to help you make an application, please contact us at [email protected]

We advocate the benefits of a flexible and hybrid working environment, recognising that this means different things, to different people, in different roles. Want to apply as a job share, or propose a way of working that isn’t the traditional 9am – 5.30pm, Monday through to Friday? We’re all ears

Responsibilities:
About the role

The Talent Acquisition Team is here to partner and support our fast paced and innovative organisation, by identifying the talent needs of the business, understanding our data trends and the market in order to attract, source and onboard extraordinary talent through external recruitment and internal talent programmes whilst proactively building a strong external ‘talent on demand’ pipeline.

As the Talent Acquisition Specialist this person will report into the Talent Acquisition Manager and is ultimately responsible for sourcing, attracting and screening high quality candidates for the Group in a timely and cost-effective manner. Taking full ownership of the candidate journey through Kingfisher, ensuring they leave with a positive experience! You will be part of a great TA team who work across locations but closely together to deliver results and continue to build upon the highly regarded reputation of the team and play a crucial part in the delivery of our People & Inclusion agenda.

Within this role you will:
Build relationships with Hiring Managers and HR Business Partners to understand the recruitment needs of specific functions in terms of actual gaps and talent pipeline.

Define recruitment needs into an effective campaign brief and sourcing strategy.

Own and deliver the full resourcing cycle for finding the best talent.

Through specialist recruitment expertise utilise a suite of online and traditional tools to source and attract high quality candidates for vacancies and to create a proactive talent pool.

Be responsible for the customer experience from application through to their exit point in the recruitment process

Build local and specialist knowledge about the area and roles recruiting for and share with the appropriate internal stakeholders.

Measure the effectiveness of specific recruitment campaigns and utilise and share learning for future briefs.

Ensure audit compliance of recruitment process such as maintaining accurate data, obtaining right to work documentation, always ensuring GDPR compliance.

Have the opportunity to support on innovative projects that support our delivery of the People and TA agenda

Qualifications:
About you

We’re looking for someone with previous direct sourcing recruitment experience, gained within an in-house or agency environment and demonstrable experience of partnering with stakeholders and building effective and positive relationships.

It is essential that you are confident in sourcing high quality candidates through a number of recruiting techniques including; CV mining, advertising, LinkedIn sourcing, networking, social media and briefing 3rd parties as appropriate to build inclusive talent pipelines.

This is a customer focused team; understanding the needs of internal and external customers and ensure the customer/candidate is at the forefront of thinking. You’ll need to be someone who can pre-empt and be aware of potential risks to a recruitment process and tackle any arising issues in a positive manner. Communication is key when working across our multiple stakeholders; you’ll need to be able to clearly and confidently challenge and influence other decision makers when appropriate.

Whilst retail or specific business area knowledge isn’t essential, the business requires the TA team to become experts in their business areas, keeping up to date with current trends in your own area and staying abreast of competitor activity and industry knowledge.

What we offer

In return, we offer an inclusive environment, where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination! We encourage new ideas, actively support experimentation, and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self.

We’re adopting a hybrid approach with some office and some home working, on average 40-60% in the office. Your office location? We can be flexible on this person being based from any of our UK offices (Paddington, Southampton or Yeovil)

We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career.

Interested? Great, apply now and help us to Power the Possible.

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