Talent Acquisition Executive

GMG; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A global well-being company in Dubai is seeking a Recruitment Specialist to manage the end-to-end recruitment cycle, supporting business units and ensuring alignment with labor regulations. The ideal candidate will have over 3 years of experience in recruitment within the UAE, a strong ability to handle complex stakeholders, and familiarity with market mapping techniques. The role offers a dynamic work environment within a large matrix organization.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years recruitment/sourcing experience in UAE.
• Experience working within a large matrix organization is advantageous.
• In-house experience with the ability to manage complex stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support the business unit during manpower planning and scheduling.
• Manage end-to-end recruitment cycle and fulfill hiring requirements.
• Provide market data to ensure recruitment campaigns consider current trends.

Skills

Recruitment experience in UAE

Stakeholder management

Market mapping

Knowledge of UAE labor laws

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Tools

Applicant Tracking System (Success Factors)

Job description

GMG is a global well‑being company retailing distributing and manufacturing a portfolio of leading international and home‑grown brands across sport everyday goods health and beauty properties and logistics sectors. Under the ownership and management of the Baker family for over 45 years GMG is a valued partner of choice for the worlds most successful and respected brands in the well‑being sector. Working across the Middle East North Africa and Asia GMG has introduced more than 120 brands across 12 countries. These include notable home‑grown brands such as Sun & Sand Sports Dropkick Supercare Pharmacy Farm Fresh Klassic and international brands like Nike Columbia Converse Timberland Vans Mama Sitas and McCain.

What youll be doing:

• Support the business unit during manpower planning and scheduling
• Create and own a hiring plan for different brands to fulfil budgeted requirements
• Interact with business units and line managers to assess recruitment requirements and provide solutions to attract and source quality local and global candidates in a timely manner
• Manage end-to-end recruitment cycle (attract source select and offer management) and drive a proactive fulfilment of business requirements through developing an extensive network/talent pool in the market.
• Ensure that each stage of the recruitment process is completed within the required time frame.
• Support and educate line managers with appropriate assessment tools to attract source and select the right talent.
• Provide the business with market mapping data to ensure current market trends and status are considered for any recruitment campaigns.
• Facilitate and record activities and results and ensure results are used in a comparative fashion to guarantee merit‑based decisions are taken on candidates
• Plan and develop Talent Pools for the business in order to meet the requirements of the Hiring Plan
• Use relevant interviewing techniques to match & select candidate profiles with business requirements
• Ensure candidates are fully referenced checked before selecting the final candidate
• Manage offers and ensure they are in line with business manpower budgets provided by the HRBP and internal total rewards policies
• Ensure SLAs are adhered to and processes followed for all roles

What we need:

• A Bachelors degree within any professional field relevant to the business area or within HR would be preferred.
• A minimum of 3 years recruitment/sourcing experience in UAE is required
• Experience of working within a large matrix organization would be an advantage.
• In house experience is preferred with the ability to manage complex stakeholders and multiple HRBPs
• Experience in working with high volume or niche roles
• Previous experience working with an ATS preferred (Success Factors)
• Good knowledge of UAE labor laws and regulations
• Experience in creating extensive market mapping to provide the business and company with specific candidate and company market data
• Experience conducting large scale candidate assessment centers would be preferred.