Talent Acquisition Specialist LATAM

Merz Aesthetics; São Paulo; On-site; BRL 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meal and Grocery Vouchers

Commuting/Parking Vouchers

Life Insurance

Health Insurance

Pharmacy Discount Program

Birthday Day Off

Discount on Company Products

Annual Bonus

Private Pension Plan

Gympass

Work-from-Home (when applicable)

Short Friday

Job summary

Merz Aesthetics LATAM is seeking an experienced Talent Acquisition Specialist to deliver end-to-end recruitment across Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico. You will partner with hiring leaders and HR stakeholders to ensure efficient processes and high-quality hires, spanning intake, sourcing, interviewing, and offers.

The role requires strong market mapping, governance, and ability to balance priorities across countries, while maintaining a positive candidate experience and data integrity in

Qualifications

• Advanced full-cycle recruitment and selection capabilities across varied functions and seniority levels.

Responsibilities

• Own multiple recruitment processes across Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico.
• Manage intake, posting, sourcing, screening, shortlist, interviews, offers, and closure.
• Advise on profile definition, market availability, sourcing strategy, and compensation alignment.
• Design proactive sourcing and talent mapping strategies using LinkedIn Recruiter and other channels.
• Develop diverse pipelines for current and future needs with local market dynamics.
• Assess candidates against technical, behavioral, cultural, language, and business requirements.
• Present calibrated shortlists and support structured interviews.
• Maintain timely, transparent communication across countries.
• Maintain accurate requisition and candidate data in ATS/HRIS.
• Collect and report TA KPIs such as time-to-fill and pipeline conversions.
• Support budget tracking, vendor follow-ups, and contracts documentation.
• Share market intelligence and recruitment insights across LATAM.

Skills

Full-cycle recruitment

Sourcing & market mapping

ATS/HRIS platforms

Multinational/regional experience

English proficiency

Portuguese & Spanish fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/psychology/BA/communications

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

Boolean search

Talent databases

Job boards

Job description

The Talent Acquisition Specialist, LATAM is responsible for the end-to-end delivery of recruitment across the four main Merz Aesthetics Latin America affiliates. Acting as a trusted advisor to hiring leaders and HR stakeholders, the role manages the full recruitment lifecycle.

Main Responsibilities

• Own multiple recruitment processes across Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico, ensuring clear governance, timely progress, and consistent quality from requisition approval through closure.
• Manage role intake, briefing, job posting, market mapping, sourcing, screening, shortlist presentation, interview coordination, final calibration, offer support, pre-employment handoffs, and requisition closure.
• Advise hiring managers and HR stakeholders on profile definition, market availability, sourcing strategy, process design, interview approach, compensation alignment, and hiring decisions.
• Design proactive sourcing and talent mapping strategies using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, job boards, professional networks, referrals, databases, and other relevant channels.
• Develop diverse pipelines for current and future business needs, with attention to local market dynamics and hard-to-fill profiles.
• Assess candidates against technical, behavioral, cultural, language, and business requirements, documenting clear and evidence-based recommendations.
• Present calibrated shortlists, support structured interviews, consolidate stakeholder feedback, and facilitate final decision discussions.
• Maintain timely, transparent, and respectful communication throughout the process, ensuring consistent candidate experience across countries.
• Maintain complete and accurate requisition, candidate, stage, disposition, and closure data in UKG and related recruitment tools.
• Own the collection, quality, consolidation, and reporting of Talent Acquisition KPIs, such as time to fill, time in stage, pipeline conversion, source effectiveness, offer acceptance, open requisitions, and hiring volume.
• Support budget and expense tracking for the Talent Acquisition area, including vendor follow-up, contract administration, purchase orders, invoice coordination, and documentation control.
• Share market intelligence, best practices, and recruitment insights across LATAM while adapting execution to country-specific needs.
• Identify opportunities to standardize, simplify, and improve recruitment workflows, templates, reporting, service levels, and stakeholder communication.

Requirements

• Advanced full-cycle recruitment and selection capabilities across varied functions and seniority levels.
• Strong sourcing and market-mapping skills, including LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, talent databases, referrals, and job boards.
• Hands-on experience with ATS/HRIS platforms.
• Ability to manage multiple requisitions, countries, stakeholders, and priorities in a fast-paced regional environment.
• Knowledge of recruitment governance, candidate data privacy, inclusive hiring practices, and relevant LATAM labor-market considerations.
• Intermediate to advanced English, with sufficient proficiency to communicate in meetings, email, systems, and regional/global interactions.
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Psychology, Business Administration, Communications, or a related field.
• Fluent Portuguese and advanced Spanish, with the ability to conduct professional recruitment conversations in both languages.
• Relevant experience managing full-cycle recruitment, preferably in a multinational or regional environment.

Differentials

• Strong command of recruitment KPIs, data quality, reporting, and insight generation.
• Intermediate Excel and PowerPoint capabilities are preferred.
• Experience supporting recruitment in Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, and/or Mexico.
• Experience in pharmaceutical, medical devices, healthcare, consumer, beauty/aesthetics, or another regulated multinational environment.
• Exposure to employer branding, talent marketing, university relations, employee referral programs, or regional HR projects.
• Experience managing recruitment vendors, contracts, purchase orders, invoices, or departmental expenses.

Benefits

• Meal and Grocery Vouchers;
• Commuting/Parking Vouchers;
• Life Insurance;
• Health Insurance;
• Pharmacy Discount Program;
• Birthday Day Off;
• Discount on Company Products;
• Annual Bonus;
• Private Pension Plan;
• Gympass;
• Work-from-Home (when applicable to the department’s policy);
• Short Friday.

We reaffirm our commitment to diversity in all its forms and are dedicated to building an inclusive, respectful, and welcoming environment. Everyone has equal opportunities to build their career in an inclusive and diverse company.