Regional Talent Acquisition Senior Manager, EMEA

Amcor; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 77,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

Amcor is seeking a Regional Talent Acquisition Senior Manager, EMEA to lead end-to-end recruitment across a multi-country region. The role balances regional needs with global standards in a hybrid setup between Barcelona and Bristol, UK.

You will lead a team of TA professionals, partner with senior leaders and HR, and evolve capability with data-driven insights to improve hiring outcomes across the region.

Qualifications

• Significant leadership experience in TA across multiple geographies.
• Proven track record delivering recruitment outcomes in complex markets.
• Experience in multinational, matrix organisations.
• Strong understanding of regional labour markets, regulation, and hiring practices.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end TA delivery across EMEA.
• Manage a team of TA professionals and develop capabilities.
• Align regional delivery with global TA standards.
• Partner with senior leaders and HR on talent strategy.
• Leverage data and insights to drive hiring decisions.
• Represent EMEA in global TA forums.

Skills

Leadership

Talent Acquisition

Stakeholder management

Market insight

Data analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

ATS

HRIS

Job description

Regional Talent Acquisition Senior Manager, EMEA

Location: Barcelona, ES Bristol, GB

Department: Human Resources

Full-time or Part-time: Full-Time

Job Type: Employee

Shift: Hybrid

Accelerate the possible by joining a winning Amcor team that’s transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world.

At Amcor, we unpack possibility through our innovative and responsible packaging to provide solutions that benefit our customers, our people and our planet. More than 10,000 consumers worldwide encounter our products every second and rely on us for safe access to food, medicine and other goods. We value their trust by making safety our guiding principle. It’s our core value and integral to how we do business. Beyond this core principle, our shared values and behaviors unite us as we work together to elevate customers, shape lives and protect the future. We champion our customers and help them succeed. We play to win – adapting quickly in an everchanging world – and make smart choices to safeguard our business, our communities and the people we serve for generations to come. And we invest in our world‑class team, empowering our colleagues to unpack their potential, because we believe when our people grow, so does our business.

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Position Job Title: Regional Talent Acquisition Senior Manager, EMEA

Contract Type: Permanent

Job Purpose

The Regional Talent Acquisition Senior Manager EMEA is responsible for leading and delivering Talent Acquisition across the region, ensuring the effective attraction, hiring, and onboarding of talent to meet business objectives. As part of the Global Talent Acquisition leadership team, this role owns EMEA as a key component of the global function—accountable for delivery and performance across a diverse, multi‑country region while representing regional requirements, market dynamics, and regulatory considerations within the broader global model. A critical aspect of the role is balancing regional complexity with the objectives of a centralised Talent Acquisition function, driving the adoption of standardised processes, consistent ways of working, and global capabilities while maintaining appropriate local flexibility. The role will also play a key part in continuing to evolve and modernise Talent Acquisition across EMEA, strengthening capability in talent advisory, increasing the use of data and insights, and enhancing the impact and credibility of TA with the business. Alongside leadership responsibilities, the role will directly manage a select number of senior and business-critical requisitions.

Principal Accountabilities

Talent Acquisition Delivery & Regional Ownership

• Own end-to-end recruitment delivery across EMEA, ensuring performance against quality, speed, and cost metrics
• Take full accountability for regional hiring outcomes, aligned to business priorities
• Balance local market requirements, labour regulations, and cultural considerations with global standards
• Represent EMEA in global forums, ensuring regional perspectives are effectively articulated
• Personally lead a select number of senior or complex hires across the region

Team Leadership & Capability Development

• Lead, engage, and develop a team of 7 TA professionals, fostering a high-performing and collaborative environment
• Strengthen team capability, particularly in stakeholder engagement, talent advisory, and market insight
• Provide clear direction, coaching, and performance management
• Ensure alignment to the global TA operating model and ways of working

Operating Model Alignment & Standardisation

• Drive the adoption of global TA processes, systems, and governance frameworks across the region
• Ensure alignment of regional delivery with global standards and expectations
• Balance consistency and scalability with appropriate regional flexibility
• Embed global sourcing capabilities into regional hiring practices

Stakeholder Partnership & Talent Advisory

• Act as a strategic partner to senior business leaders and HR across EMEA
• Provide expert advice on talent strategy, workforce planning, and market conditions
• Strengthen the TA function’s position as a credible and value-adding advisor to the business
• Ensure alignment between regional priorities and global TA strategy

Data, Insights & Continuous Improvement

• Leverage data and analytics to track performance and inform hiring strategies
• Contribute to the creation of a global TA reporting mechanism, while ensuring the accuracy of EMEA reporting
• Increase the adoption of data-driven decision making across the team
• Provide insights on labour market trends, talent availability, and competitor activity
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, quality of hire, and hiring outcomes

Capability Evolution & Modernisation

• Progress the ongoing evolution of Talent Acquisition capability across EMEA
• Enhance the team’s effectiveness in advisory, stakeholder engagement, and workforce alignment
• Promote more proactive, insight-led, and forward-looking recruitment approaches
• Contribute to the development of a consistent, modern, and globally aligned TA function

MAJOR CHALLENGES & COMPLEXITIES

• Operating across a diverse, multi-country region with varying labour laws and practices
• Balancing regional requirements with a centralised, standardised global model
• Managing stakeholder expectations across different markets, cultures, and business priorities
• Evolving capability toward a more data-driven and advisory-led approach
• Delivering consistent outcomes across markets with varying levels of complexity and scale

Qualifications / Requirements

Formal Qualifications and Experience

• Significant progressive experience (typically 12-15 years), currently in an internal Talent Acquisition leadership role delivering across the EMEA region. Experience within a manufacturing organisation is highly desirable.
• Proven track record delivering recruitment outcomes across diverse and complex geographies
• Experience operating in a multinational, matrix organisation
• Strong understanding of regional labour markets, regulation, and hiring practices
• Experience supporting the evolution of TA capability or operating models
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Specific Skills And Abilities

• Strong leadership capability in distributed, multicultural environments
• Ability to balance global consistency with regional/local nuance
• Excellent stakeholder management and cross-cultural influencing skills to functional VP level, with the ability to navigate complex environments.
• Strong understanding of recruitment delivery, talent markets, proactive sourcing. Engage and excite the business with your knowledge and expertise.
• Analytical mindset with ability to leverage data and insights effectively

About Amcor

Amcor is the global leader in developing and producing responsible consumer packaging and dispensing solutions across a variety of materials for nutrition, health, beauty and wellness categories. Our global product innovation and sustainability expertise enables us to solve packaging challenges around the world every day, producing a range of flexible packaging, rigid packaging, cartons and closures that are more sustainable, functional and appealing for our customers and their consumers. We are guided by our purpose of elevating customers, shaping lives and protecting the future. Supported by a commitment to safety, over 75,000 people generate $23 billion in annualized sales from operations that span over 400 locations in more than 40 countries. NYSE: AMCR; ASX: AMC www.amcor.com | LinkedIn | YouTube

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