Talent Acquisition Manager - Hospitality

Emirates Flight Catering; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering service provider in Dubai seeks a seasoned Talent Acquisition Manager to oversee the strategic hiring process and improve recruitment effectiveness. The ideal candidate should have at least 7 years of experience in talent acquisition in large organizations, a Bachelor’s degree, and solid skills in using tools like Taleo. This role offers an opportunity to shape employer branding initiatives and enhance the candidate experience across various functions.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of experience in talent acquisition.
• Experience in large organizations leading diverse roles.
• Knowledge of assessment centers and global sourcing.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic hiring and employer branding initiatives.
• Manage full cycle talent acquisition process to meet targets.
• Partner with stakeholders to understand business requirements.

Skills

Talent acquisition strategy development

Leadership

Communication skills

Problem-solving abilities

User competency in Taleo

Relationship building

Education

Bachelor's degree in business administration or HR

CIPD certification

Tools

Taleo

BI reporting tools

Job description

Emirates Flight Catering is seeking a seasoned Talent Acquisition Manager - Hospitality to lead the development and execution of strategic hiring and employer branding initiatives. This pivotal role will oversee end-to-end talent acquisition operations, ensure a strong talent pipeline while drive continuous improvement in recruitment effectiveness, innovation, and candidate experience across diverse functions.

About the Role

The incumbent will be entrusted with determining the current headcount needs, producing forecasts, developing acquisition strategies and campaign plans whilst leading employer branding initiatives. In addition, the incumbent will manage the team in delivering quality and efficient talent acquisition solutions to the business whilst improving the competitiveness and results of existing recruitment methods and practices.

Key Result Areas

• Contributes to establishing a robust talent acquisition strategy by identifying critical success factors from a talent acquisition perspective, benchmarking and best practices. Delivers best in class sourcing and marketing techniques to gain interest from potential candidates in available opportunities.
• Provides subject matter expertise in all TA policies and processes, maintains knowledge on all employment opportunity regulations, and leads the formulation of policies related to talent attraction and talent acquisition.
• Effectively implements the established strategy and leads the talent acquisition team with full cycle of talent acquisition process ensuring that there is a talent pipeline.
• Spearheads the complete process of talent acquisition (forecasting of hiring needs, prioritization of request fulfilment, reporting and tracking of activities like sourcing, screening to interviewing candidates) to deliver headcount targets in line with business requirements and plans innovative and effective solutions to improve the effectiveness of attraction campaigns, sourcing, assessment and selection methodologies/processes.
• Provides leadership and oversight for talent acquisition programs, resources and support infrastructure, and ensures that the teams are focused on determining new and innovative ways to source talent from new talent pools in line with the market dynamics.
• Partners with stakeholders to understand business requirements. Plans, develops and drives talent acquisition solutions in consultation with hiring managers to effectively meet talent acquisition goals and facilitates solutions to overcome challenges.
• Promotes best practice, shares ideas and information internally and externally to ensure consistency through a value-added service. Develops and maintains efficient relationships with all stake holders and educates them on market trends and constantly evolves acquisition and selection approaches.
• Leads employer-branding activities to increase brand reach, both internally and externally. Partners with HR Leads to build a positive and performance-oriented culture in the Company and works toward enhancing the candidate to employee experience
• Oversees the maintenance and authenticity of candidate records, assessment data and references held within Taleo. Creates, tracks, and monitors recruitment metrics and goals proactively take appropriate corrective actions when goals are not met.
• Ensures effective goal setting and achievement of departmental functional objectives through the leadership of the team and provides on-going support, direction and development to ensure that desired results are achieved.

Knowledge, Skills & Minimum Experience

Qualification:

• Bachelor*s degree in business administration or HR, CIPD is desirable
• Accredited in the usage of psychometrics and assessments

Experience & Knowledge:

• Minimum 7 years* experience leading talent acquisition strategies and managing the provision of services related to headcount budgets, global sourcing, assessment centers and selection.
• Experience gained within a large organization and must have led a team overseeing the selection of multiple diverse roles.
• Experience in volume recruitment including the selection of suppliers and leading selection trips across Asia, Africa and Europe.
• Willingness to travel.

Skills:

• User competency in Taleo and BI reporting
• Ability to communicate effectively with all organizational levels
• Achievement orientated and problem-solving capabilities
• Team leadership
• Ability to build strong and lasting relationships with others and inspire trust and confidence in them