Senior Manager Talent Acquisition

Provides leadership to the talent acquisition team developing their capabilities and competencies. Partner with Director Talent Acquisition (TA) to develop functional recruiting strategies and act as a strategic recruiting partner to HR leadership within adidas Commercial Southeast Asia for all supporting functions.
- Key Responsibilities
- Lead point of contact for Talent Acquisition across Commercial functions in Southeast Asia,
- Drive team development through appropriate coaching and managerial processes.
- Ensure the effective implementation and adoption of all TA processes and programs across Corporate and Retail functions.
- Responsible for the high volume retail hiring across Southeast Asia.
- Develop powerful recruiting and employer branding strategies by leveraging key partners within the organization.
- Manage senior business relationships to ensure alignment of talent needs, solve problems and develop new strategies that support the overall effectiveness of recruitment.
- Drive strategic planning and quarterly review meetings with functional/market senior leadership to understand trends as well as current and upcoming talent requirements in order to build a strategy to support overall recruitment effectiveness across Corporate and Retail functions.
- Champion global recruiting initiatives and lead change efforts to ensure harmonized implementation of strategies, standards and processes across all areas of support.
- Ensure a strong knowledge of adidas Group Functions, Markets and teams to be able to understand current and future talent requirements and build strategies to support these areas.
- Partner with overall TA organization and encourage direct reports to drive a collaborative approach to recruiting and driving best practices, including collaboration across whole of Global Sourcing, Global Functions and Commercial Southeast Asia,
- 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.
- Key Relationships
- HR Managers
- Business Leaders
- Regional and Global Talent Acquisition Team
- Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize workload in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage change, problem solve and influence hiring behaviour.
- Ability to set clear goals and deliver into key objectives.
- Demonstrated ability to work with all levels of leadership.
- Ability to work on local, national and international searches.
- Strong level of expertise within the market(s) you are responsible for and across multiple functions.
- Demonstrated people management skills and the ability to lead people towards achieving objectives.
- Strong project management skills.
- Proven performance achieving goals and standards.
- Experience Requirements
- University Degree in HR, Business or related field and minimum of 10 years’ experience in recruiting (agency and in-house).
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in people management and leading teams by creating a high-performance environment build around creativity and empowerment.
- knowledge of the footwear, apparel, retail industry will be an advantage.
- Track record of success driving a holistic recruitment strategy (needs assessment, planning, execution and embedding) for multiple functions and/or markets.
- Strong stakeholder management and stakeholder engagement experience including influencing senior leaders.
- Ability to work independently to achieve key objectives and make critical decisions.
- Strong collaboration skills including the ability to set clear goals, involve others in decision making and building productive relationships.
- Demonstrates a high level of confidence by setting high expectations for personal and team performance, the self-awareness and desire to learn and grow as a leader and the ability inspire and empower others to deliver and contribute.
- Puts effort into their own and others personal and professional growth.
- Uses recognition and celebration to energize and inspire others.
- Consistently seeks new and innovative solutions, creates an environment that fosters creativity and risk taking and has the ability to turn ideas into actions.
- Encourages curiosity and active exploration of new ideas and opportunities.
- Uses a test and learn approach and allows for failure in pursuit of knowledge.
- Pushes boundaries and challenges conventional thinking.
- Creates and environment that encourages creativity.

AT ADIDAS WE HAVE A WINNING CULTURE. BUT TO WIN, PHYSICAL POWER IS NOT ENOUGH. JUST LIKE ATHLETES OUR EMPLOYEES NEED MENTAL STRENGTH IN THEIR GAME. WE FOSTER THE ATHLETE’S MINDSET THROUGH A SET OF BEHAVIORS THAT WE WANT TO ENABLE AND DEVELOP IN OUR PEOPLE AND THAT ARE AT THE CORE OF OUR UNIQUE COMPANY CULTURE: THIS IS HOW WE WIN WHILE PLAYING FAIR.

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