Talent Acquisition Head (Food Manufacturing)

Corporate Executive Search, Inc. (CESI); Pasig; On-site; PHP 2,500,000 - 3,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Corporate Executive Search, Inc. (CESI) is seeking a Recruitment Director in the Philippines to lead the end-to-end talent acquisition function across multiple business units.

You will partner with business leaders to build proactive pipelines, enhance employer branding, and deliver high-quality hires that support growth. You will oversee a high-performing recruitment team, implement data-driven strategies, and ensure governance, process standardization, and strong candidate experiences for

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Psychology, Business Administration, or related field.
• Master's degree or MBA is an advantage.
• 12–15+ years of progressive recruitment or talent acquisition experience.
• At least 5 years leading enterprise-wide talent acquisition teams.
• Experience in multinational consumer goods/FMCG preferred.
• Proven experience recruiting across commercial, manufacturing, supply chain, and corporate functions.
• Experience hiring leadership and executive-level talent.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the company's overall talent acquisition strategy aligned with business growth plans.
• Forecast hiring needs with business leaders and create workforce planning strategies.
• Build sustainable talent pipelines for critical and hard-to-fill positions.
• Continuously improve sourcing strategies to attract high-caliber consumer industry talent.
• Lead end-to-end recruitment across Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics, Procurement, Finance, HR, R&D, IT, and Corporate Functions.
• Ensure recruitment KPIs such as time-to-fill, quality-of-hire, and offer acceptance rate.
• Standardize recruitment processes and governance across all business units.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to business leaders on hiring strategies and labor market trends.
• Partner with senior leadership to understand organizational capability requirements.
• Manage relationships with executive search firms, recruitment agencies, universities, and talent partners.
• Strengthen employer branding initiatives to position the company as an employer of choice.
• Drive innovative sourcing strategies using referrals, campus recruitment, associations, and networks.
• Build executive succession and leadership talent pipelines.
• Optimize ATS, CRM platforms, and AI-enabled tools; develop recruitment dashboards and insights.

Skills

Talent acquisition leadership

Strategic workforce planning

Stakeholder management

Analytics & dashboards

Executive recruitment

Education

Bachelor's Degree in HR/BA

MBA/Master's degree preferred

Tools

ATS

CRM platforms

AI-enabled sourcing tools

Recruitment analytics tools

Job description

The Recruitment Director is responsible for developing and executing the company's talent acquisition strategy to attract, hire, and retain top talent across corporate, commercial, manufacturing, supply chain, and field operations. This role leads the end-to-end recruitment function, ensuring a high-quality candidate experience, strong employer branding, and efficient hiring processes that support the company's growth objectives.

The Recruitment Director partners closely with business leaders to build a proactive talent pipeline, leverage market intelligence, and implement data-driven recruitment strategies while leading and developing a high-performing recruitment team.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the company's overall talent acquisition strategy aligned with business growth plans.
• Forecast hiring needs with business leaders and create workforce planning strategies.
• Build sustainable talent pipelines for critical and hard-to-fill positions.
• Continuously improve sourcing strategies to attract high-caliber consumer industry talent.

Recruitment Operations

• Lead end-to-end recruitment across:
• Manufacturing
• Supply Chain & Logistics
• Procurement
• Finance
• HR
• R&D
• IT
• Corporate Functions
• Ensure recruitment KPIs such as:
• Time-to-fill
• Quality-of-hire
• Offer acceptance rate
• Standardize recruitment processes and governance across all business units.

Stakeholder Management

• Serve as a strategic advisor to business leaders on hiring strategies and labor market trends.
• Partner with senior leadership to understand organizational capability requirements.
• Manage relationships with executive search firms, recruitment agencies, universities, and talent partners.

Talent Sourcing & Employer Branding

• Strengthen employer branding initiatives to position the company as an employer of choice.
• Drive innovative sourcing strategies utilizing:
• Employee referrals
• Campus recruitment
• Professional associations
• Industry networking
• Build executive succession and leadership talent pipelines.

Recruitment Technology & Analytics

• Optimize the use of Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), recruitment CRM platforms, and AI-enabled sourcing tools.
• Develop recruitment dashboards and provide insights on hiring trends, productivity, and market intelligence.
• Utilize recruitment analytics to improve decision-making and workforce planning.

Leadership

• Lead, coach, and develop the recruitment team.
• Foster a high-performance culture focused on accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Build organizational recruitment capability through training and best practice sharing.

Compliance & Governance

• Ensure compliance with labor laws, hiring policies, diversity and inclusion initiatives, and data privacy regulations.
• Maintain recruitment process integrity and governance standards.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Psychology, Business Administration, or related field.
• Master's degree or MBA is an advantage.

Experience

• 12–15+ years of progressive recruitment or talent acquisition experience.
• At least 5 years leading enterprise-wide talent acquisition teams.
• Experience within a multinational or large local consumer goods/FMCG company is highly preferred.
• Proven experience recruiting across commercial, manufacturing, supply chain, and corporate functions.
• Experience hiring leadership and executive-level talent.