Talent Manager | Truganina Vic

Cevalogistics; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personal wellbeing

Work–life balance

Professional development

Financial wellbeing

Inclusive culture

Job summary

CEVA Logistics seeks a Talent Manager for CEVA Pacific, based at our Truganina head office. You will lead talent acquisition, learning and development, employer branding, and visa sponsorship across Australia, New Zealand and Fiji, driving commercially focused practices aligned with global frameworks.

You will develop the Pacific Talent team, partner with senior leaders, and ensure delivery of high‑quality recruitment and learning initiatives while strengthening partnerships with external

Qualifications

• Significant experience in talent acquisition or broader talent management, including experience leading, coaching or guiding team members.
• Demonstrated success partnering with senior leaders on recruitment strategies, workforce priorities and complex hiring requirements.
• Broad recruitment experience across different functions, seniority levels and role types, including proactive sourcing and talent pipelining.
• Experience managing recruitment suppliers, labour hire providers or other external partnerships.
• Strong knowledge of contemporary recruitment practices, Australian employment requirements and Tier 1 recruitment or HR systems.
• Strong commercial judgement, stakeholder management, data analysis and communication skills, with the ability to influence within a global matrix organisation.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop the Pacific Talent team, establishing clear priorities, consistent ways of working and reliable service delivery.
• Develop and implement recruitment strategies supporting business growth, new customer implementations, senior appointments and critical talent pipelines.
• Oversee end‑to‑end recruitment delivery across CEVA Pacific and personally support strategic, senior and difficult‑to‑fill appointments.
• Guide Pacific learning and development activity in partnership with local HR teams and APAC Learning and Talent Management.
• Manage CEVA’s labour hire partnership framework, visa sponsorship programme and broader portfolio of talent‑related suppliers.
• Drive employer branding, recruitment reporting, systems governance, process improvement and compliance across the talent function.

Skills

Talent acquisition

Leadership coaching

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Recruitment strategies

Tools

HR systems

Sourcing platforms

Job description

CEVA Logistics provides global supply chain solutions to connect people, products and providers all around the world. Present in more than 170 countries and with over 110,000 employees across 1,500 sites, we are proud to be a Top 5 global third‑party logistics provider.

Every day, our people imagine better ways to serve a world in motion – creating smarter, safer and more sustainable solutions for our customers.

YOUR ROLE

As the Talent Manager for CEVA Pacific, based at our Truganina head office, you will lead the delivery of talent acquisition, learning and development, employer branding, labour hire partnership management and visa sponsorship programmes across Australia, New Zealand and Fiji.

This is a hands‑on leadership role in which you will lead and develop the Pacific Talent team, partner with senior business leaders on critical workforce priorities, and ensure CEVA’s talent practices are commercially focused, compliant, efficient and aligned with regional and global frameworks.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

Specifically, you will:

• Lead, coach and develop the Pacific Talent team, establishing clear priorities, consistent ways of working and reliable service delivery
• Develop and implement recruitment strategies supporting business growth, new customer implementations, senior appointments and critical talent pipelines
• Oversee end‑to‑end recruitment delivery across CEVA Pacific and personally support strategic, senior and difficult‑to‑fill appointments
• Guide Pacific learning and development activity in partnership with local HR teams and APAC Learning and Talent Management
• Manage CEVA’s labour hire partnership framework, visa sponsorship programme and broader portfolio of talent‑related suppliers
• Drive employer branding, recruitment reporting, systems governance, process improvement and compliance across the talent function

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

Our ideal candidate has:

• Significant experience in talent acquisition or broader talent management, including experience leading, coaching or guiding team members
• Demonstrated success partnering with senior leaders on recruitment strategies, workforce priorities and complex hiring requirements
• Broad recruitment experience across different functions, seniority levels and role types, including proactive sourcing and talent pipelining
• Experience managing recruitment suppliers, labour hire providers or other external partnerships
• Strong knowledge of contemporary recruitment practices, Australian employment requirements and Tier 1 recruitment or HR systems
• Strong commercial judgement, stakeholder management, data analysis and communication skills, with the ability to influence within a global matrix organisation

Experience within logistics, supply chain, transport, warehousing or another operational environment will be highly regarded, as will exposure to employer branding, immigration sponsorship, learning and development, and contingent workforce governance.

WHAT DO WE HAVE TO OFFER?

In addition to a challenging and rewarding work environment and competitive compensation, we are proud to offer a range of employee benefits designed to support your wellbeing and help you thrive at work and in life:

• Personal wellbeing: access to the CEVAwell programme, Employee Assistance Programme, Volunteer Time Off, and life and total and permanent disability insurance
• Work–life balance: flexible working arrangements and additional paid parental leave for primary carers
• Professional development: internal mobility and secondment opportunities, study assistance, leadership programmes and access to CEVA’s global learning platform
• Financial wellbeing: novated leasing and access to exclusive employee discounts
• Inclusive culture: join a collaborative global organisation where diverse perspectives are welcomed and valued

CEVA is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where employees feel respected, supported and able to contribute. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to providing an accessible recruitment experience. Please let us know should you require any adjustments during the recruitment process.