Senior Talent Acquisition Executive

Michael Page; Dubai; On-site; AED 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Michael Page is seeking a seasoned recruitment professional to manage the full lifecycle across technical, operational, and leadership vacancies in a fast-paced retail environment in Dubai. You will partner with hiring managers to design proactive hiring strategies aligned to workforce planning and business growth.

The role requires sourcing across direct channels, social platforms, and recruitment partners, with a focus on building strong talent pools for critical and high-turnover roles.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of recruitment experience across high-volume roles.
• Automotive recruitment experience preferred; transferable sectors considered.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and build trusted relationships.
• Highly organized, structured, and accountable with strong planning.
• Excellent communication, interviewing, and candidate management skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle across technical, operational, blue-collar and management vacancies.
• Partner with hiring managers to deliver proactive hiring strategies aligned to workforce planning.
• Develop innovative sourcing approaches across direct channels, social media platforms, talent pipelines and recruitment partners.
• Build and maintain strong talent pools for critical and high-turnover positions including technicians, painters, workshop staff and leadership hires.
• Analyse recruitment trends, market intelligence and sourcing effectiveness to continuously improve hiring outcomes and recruitment efficiency.

Skills

Recruitment experience

High-volume hiring

Automotive recruitment

Stakeholder management

Communication & interviewing

Job description

Client Details

• The organisation operates in the retail industry

Description

• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle across technical, operational, blue-collar and management vacancies within a fast-paced environment.
• Partner with hiring managers to deliver proactive hiring strategies aligned to workforce planning and business growth objectives.
• Develop innovative sourcing approaches across direct channels, social media platforms, talent pipelines and recruitment partners.
• Build and maintain strong talent pools for critical and high-turnover positions including technicians, painters, workshop staff and leadership hires.
• Analyse recruitment trends, market intelligence and sourcing effectiveness to continuously improve hiring outcomes and recruitment efficiency.

Profile

• 5+years of recruitment experience, ideally within high-volume or operational hiring environments.
• Automotive industry recruitment experience is preferred, although candidates from relevant transferable sectors will also be considered.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders, challenge constructively and build trusted business relationships.
• Highly organised, structured and accountable, with excellent planning and prioritisation skills.
• Strong communication, interviewing and candidate management skills, with proficiency across recruitment systems and sourcing platforms.