Director, Talent Acquisition APAC

Crocs, Inc.; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Crocs, Inc. is seeking a Director, APAC Talent Acquisition to lead full lifecycle recruitment, proactive sourcing, and talent branding across the APAC region.

This role provides strategic talent advisory to RLT and partners with regional leaders to deliver best-in-class experiences for candidates and hiring teams. The Director will oversee the Talent Acquisition Leadership Team, drive market insights, workforce planning, and program development to ensure leadership hiring success and sustainable

Qualifications

• 10+ years of talent acquisition experience, preferably with experience in a global consumer goods brand.
• Experience in developing a high-performing team; including setting goals, providing feedback, and encouraging a culture of continuous learning and development.
• A committed individual who can work effectively at both strategic and tactical levels and is not hesitant to take action and collaborate with the team.
• Extensive knowledge of standard methodologies in recruitment, including sourcing, assessment, interviewing, and selection processes.
• Leads with a high degree of diplomacy and ability to lead and manage sensitive information
• Strong business insight with the ability to understand the company's goals and translate them into actionable talent acquisition plans.

Responsibilities

• Lead Talent Acquisition Strategy: Innovate and streamline the consistent global hiring process to improve efficiency and quality of hire. Collaborate closely with the business to refine and evolve function or market specific recruitment strategies.
• Employer Branding: Partner with Global Head of Talent Acquisition, Marketing and regional leaders to build and deploy an APAC curated talent brand strategy. Actively involved in events, schools and networking sessions.
• Executive Hiring: partner with Global executive search and external search partners to build proactive leadership pipelines and support critical executive hiring across APAC.
• Agency Management: manage external recruiting partners to ensure quality and efficiency.
• Team Leadership: Offer support and mentorship to foster the professional growth and performance of the Talent Acquisition (TA) team.
• Market Intelligence: Keep abreast of retail, fashion and consumer product industry talent trends and market dynamics, offering strategic talent insights and market mapping for VP+ level talent.
• Workforce Planning: Partner with functional leads during the AOP process to accurately forecast hiring needs, aligning with business growth projections and strategic objectives.
• Leverage and apply data analytics to track recruitment metrics, identify trends, and measure the efficiency of talent acquisition strategies.
• Fuels Strategy: Operates in the now but thinks, plans, and acts with a focus on the long-view, sustainability, outstanding outcomes, and scaling the business.
• Communicate with Impact: Experience with working with various leaders. Ability to tailor detail and transparency in communications, depending on audience and circumstances.

Job description

Job Overview

At Crocs, Inc., every career offers a chance to make a real impact. No two journeys look the same. And that's exactly how we like it. Whether you're welcoming customers into our stores, collaborating with global teams at our headquarters, or keeping operations moving at our distribution centers, your impact is real and valued. At Crocs, Inc. you're not expected to fit a mold. You're encouraged to break it and create something better.

Overview

The Director, APAC Talent Acquisition will be responsible for full lifecycle recruitment, proactive sourcing strategies and talent branding efforts across the APAC region. This role serves as strategic talent advisor to RLT, providing talent intelligence, market insights to support business growth, succession planning and critical leadership hiring. As a leader of the Talent Acquisition Leadership Team (TALT), you will play an active role in developing our talented team, driving strategies, and develop programs and processes that deliver best-in-class candidate and hiring team experiences. This role reports to the Sr. Director Global Talent Acquisition and will work side by side our VP of HR APAC.

What You'll Do

• Lead Talent Acquisition Strategy: Innovate and streamline the consistent global hiring process to improve efficiency and quality of hire. Collaborate closely with the business to refine and evolve function or market specific recruitment strategies.
• Employer Branding: Partner with Global Head of Talent Acquisition, Marketing and regional leaders to build and deploy an APAC curated talent brand strategy. Actively involved in events, schools and networking sessions.
• Executive Hiring: partner with Global executive search and external search partners to build proactive leadership pipelines and support critical executive hiring across APAC.
• Agency Management: manage external recruiting partners to ensure quality and efficiency.
• Team Leadership: Offer support and mentorship to foster the professional growth and performance of the Talent Acquisition (TA) team.
• Market Intelligence: Keep abreast of retail, fashion and consumer product industry talent trends and market dynamics, offering strategic talent insights and market mapping for VP+ level talent.
• Workforce Planning: Partner with functional leads during the AOP process to accurately forecast hiring needs, aligning with business growth projections and strategic objectives.
• Leverage and apply data analytics to track recruitment metrics, identify trends, and measure the efficiency of talent acquisition strategies.
• Fuels Strategy: Operates in the now but thinks, plans, and acts with a focus on the long-view, sustainability, outstanding outcomes, and scaling the business.
• Communicate with Impact: Experience with working with various leaders. Ability to tailor detail and transparency in communications, depending on audience and circumstances.

What You'll Bring to the Table

• 10+ years of talent acquisition experience, preferably with experience in a global consumer goods brand.
• Experience in developing a high-performing team; including setting goals, providing feedback, and encouraging a culture of continuous learning and development.
• A committed individual who can work effectively at both strategic and tactical levels and is not hesitant to take action and collaborate with the team.
• Extensive knowledge of standard methodologies in recruitment, including sourcing, assessment, interviewing, and selection processes.
• Leads with a high degree of diplomacy and ability to lead and manage sensitive information
• Strong business insight with the ability to understand the company's goals and translate them into actionable talent acquisition plans.

The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability, or any other protected classification.

At Crocs, Inc. we believe in the power of a blend of in-person and virtual collaboration to drive creativity and strengthen relationships. Your participation in this flexible schedule plays a key role in building a connected and successful team. In-office requirements vary by our work personas: Resident (5 days), Collaborator (4 days), Connector (2-3 days), Explorer (fully remote). This role has been aligned to the Connector persona.

Job Category: Corporate