Recruiting Partner - Apparel & Footwear Design

Job Description:

  • Lead the entire recruitment process including requisition approval, hiring manager briefing, job advertising, candidate sourcing, application review, candidate screening, interview strategy, and offer process
  • Maintain relationships and leverage advertising resources and other candidate marketing strategies to attract qualified applications
  • Build, engage and maintain candidate pools; use internal and external databases; proactive outreach to passive candidates
  • Screening resumes and conducting initial phone screens to assess qualifications as well as suitability for role, followed by in-depth interviews evaluating skills, experience and culture add
  • Partner with recruiting and sourcing colleagues to share candidates and foster collaboration
  • Continuously identify new candidate pools and leverage existing resources and various channels, such as social media, job boards, referrals and networking, to proactively identify passive candidates to create awareness and proactively reach out to them
  • Provide guidance to the hiring teams throughout the recruitment process and frequently update them on the status of the process
  • Advocating for and driving a diverse and inclusive recruitment strategy
  • Conduct weekly check-ins with active candidates and hiring managers throughout the entire recruiting process for each role
  • Own responsibility for candidate and hiring manager experience results and drives standards to ensure a quality performance against all standards
  • Effectively utilize comprehensive knowledge of adidas brand and adidas Group offerings, benefits, comp strategies, and programs to market adidas and the adidas Group as an Employer of Choice
  • Lead additional recruitment initiatives as needed
  • Plan and participate in strategic planning meetings with functional/market leadership and key business partners of all levels to understand current and upcoming openings in order to build a strategy on effective recruitment activities for positions within your area of responsibility
  • Conduct quarterly review meetings with business leaders and key business partners to provide an overview of recruiting achievements as well as opportunities to improve hiring performance moving forward
  • Utilize recruitment systems effectively following key standards, documenting key actions, recommending improvements and ensuring all data is accurate for reporting purposes
  • Apply and adapt broader talent acquisition strategies (employer branding, internal recruiting, diversity, etc.) within your designated function or market
  • Act as a key point of contact to support the implementation of global initiatives within your designated function or market

Requirements:

  • 4-6 years of footwear and apparel design recruiting experience
  • Experience in international/global Design recruiting, leading local, international and global recruitment mandates for all level candidates through a broad range of sourcing channels (including proactive outreach).
  • Design industry experience and deep knowledge of the footwear, apparel and/or retail industry
  • Experienced working in large, international/global matrix company
  • Demonstrated track record of driving end-toend recruitment mandates (including sourcing, assessing and hiring talent in volume roles) and global recruiting initiatives
  • Experienced in offer negotiation, awareness of local legislation and employment market/compensation trends
  • International experience, having worked on projects in multiple geographies
  • Knowledgeable about managing diversity & inclusion from talent acquisition perspective
  • Min BA degree in HR, Business or related studies
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills in English

Benefits:

  • robust and progressive medical, including HSA (Health Savings Account) with employer funding or FSA (Flexible Spending Account) options
  • dental, vision, prescription drug coverage
  • adoption, with surrogate and fertility support
  • short and long-term disability
  • basic life and AD&D insurance, which can be supplemented with employee-paid coverage
  • 401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match
  • education assistance and generous Leave policies including 12 weeks of paid parental leave
  • annual bonus based on both company and personal performance
  • prorated flexible time off in the amount .4388 hours per day that increases with years of service
  • twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year
  • Service Time Off during milestone years
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