Pet Circle Hiring for Talent Acquisition Specialist (Supply Chain) Job at Sydney Full Time

Talent Acquisition Specialist (Supply Chain)

At Pet Circle, we want to create a world where pets and their families are healthy, happy and spend more time together. Over the past eleven years, we’ve scaled to become one of Australia’s Top 5 eCommerce companies, the No.1 player in the Online Pet industry and with intentions of becoming the best Pet Company in the world. We will accelerate our growth as we continue on our mission to disrupt the way that pet parents discover and shop for the products they love.

The pet industry is booming (it’s a $15billion dollar industry!) and pets are holding bigger spaces in our hearts and homes than ever before. Online penetration of the pet industry is going to grow exponentially in the next 5 years. This is a unique opportunity in your career to be part of our exceptional growth story!

Founded and headquartered in Sydney, our team is now +500 people strong and are based across Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines.

The Opportunity

Our People and Culture team is a high energy, high impact group who are enabling all business functions across Pet Circle to grow, develop and support their teams effectively as we continue to scale. We are seeking a resourceful, service oriented talent professional to partner with our Supply Chain leadership to execute on Pet Circle’s people-based growth plans. You will constantly challenge how we do things and always be looking to attract and secure top talent within the Supply Chain Industry. We have Fulfilment Centres located across NSW, WA, QLD and additional exciting plans for expansion over the coming 18 months.

Your Responsibilities

Business Partnering

• Work with Hiring Managers across our national Supply Chain teams to develop comprehensive job descriptions, candidate briefs and best in class interview frameworks
• Provide market insights to your stakeholders to ensure we remain competitive and up to date with talent trends
• Contribute to our workforce planning process and inform stakeholders around strategies to attract, secure and retain top supply chain talent.

Recruitment

• Work on end-to-end recruitment across Pet Circle’s Supply Chain and contribute to other functional areas
• Proactively headhunt and pipeline candidates for future roles. You’ll build and maintain a network of strong supply chain talent across all levels (senior leaders through to entry level talent)
• Deliver an exceptional candidate experience, keeping candidates updated on role progress and future opportunities to join Pet Circle’s Supply Chain team
• Test innovative ways to source Supply Chain talent. You’ll be thinking outside the box to grow our talent brand in this space

What Success Looks like

• Time to hire is reduced and internal stakeholders feel the Talent Acquisition function is a trusted business partner
• Candidates are proactively applying to Pet Circle as a result of increased brand awareness and our strong reputation in the market
• Talent Acquisition is providing key market insights to the business on a regular basis
• All candidates leave with a positive impression of the Pet Circle Talent Acquisition process, feedback is incredibly positive and we are seen as a desirable employer within the SC (and broader eCommerce) industry.

Your Ideal Experience

• Ideally 5 years experience in leading end to end recruitment from brief taking through to candidate placement (experience with onboarding is highly desirable)
• Experience achieving success on Supply Chain searches is essential. You’ll bring expert, deep knowledge of Supply Chain talent from planning through to fulfilment and logistics. We are a collaborative team, so you must be willing to recruit across all of our business functions
• Outcomes driven: You will be focused on achieving incredible talent results, building high performance teams, enabling our business to push boundaries and shape an industry.
• System savvy: you are very quick to learn new systems and tools (e.g. ATS platforms, LinkedIn and candidate databases, HR software) and continuously strive to automate and improve the recruitment process
• Problem solver and comfortable in a fast, changing environment: you will bring a creative approach to sourcing for candidate short roles, you will have worked creatively across LinkedIn, industry-specific job boards, referral networks or events to source top talent
• Humble, practical, can-do attitude: you are not afraid to roll up your sleeves to support the People & Culture team and the wider business with ad hoc projects
• Naturally energetic and enthusiastic: you inspire and motivate those around you

Other Benefits of Working at Pet Circle

• Make an impact: Enjoy being part of a cohesive team with a collaborative culture that values decision-makers and action.
• Invest in you: Accelerate your career through our learning & development opportunities – think learning tools, stretch projects, focus groups, secondments and other internal mobility opportunities!
• Work where it works for you – work anywhere in the world for up to 2 weeks per year.
• We value wellbeing: We’re here to support you in times of need with our Employee Assistance Program. Team hybrid working arrangements also enable you to balance collaboration with home and family commitments and our ClassPass subsidy is there to promote physical and mental wellness.
• Pet better: Take advantage of our employee discount, on-demand vet support, product sample giveaways, puppy and kitten boxes and PAWrental leave for your furry family!
• Help us to give back: Join us on our animal welfare mission: we donate 10,000kg of pet food and supplies per month to pet shelters and support our communities through team charity volunteer days

Role Location

At Pet Circle we believe that collaboration and team connection is key for success. This role will be based in Sydney (both Eastern Creek and the CBD) with a blended working arrangement of 3 days in our pet friendly offices and the remaining working from home.