Talent Acquisition Specialist - German Language

Lovisa Pty Ltd; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

A global retail company is seeking a Recruitment Specialist to join their EMEA Talent Acquisition team in Johannesburg. This role involves full-cycle recruitment with an emphasis on quality supply for store positions across Southern Africa and Germany. The ideal candidate is proficient in German and English, has prior recruitment experience, and values a stable work history. The company offers a dynamic work environment with opportunities for professional development and fun in the workplace.

Benefits

Exposure to diverse cultures

Training on a new ATS

Engaging work environment

Qualifications

• Ability to perform full-cycle recruitment for various roles.
• Experience in using different recruitment channels effectively.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach.

Responsibilities

• Conduct recruitment for Africa HQ in Johannesburg.
• Facilitate self-service recruitment for stores.
• Engage with top HR leaders in Africa and Europe.

Skills

German proficiency

English proficiency

Positive attitude

Recruitment experience

Job description

Overview

Lovisa is fast-fashion Retail. Lovisa is global, and its growth is infectiously energetic. Develop your internal capabilities, with an eye to the next career role. See us at careers.lovisa.com.

The Role

• Lovisa has 400 stores in Europe and Africa and a Global Support Centre in Johannesburg.
• This role is part of the EMEA Talent Acquisition team.
• Perform full-cycle recruitment for our Africa HQ in Johannesburg (on average four hires per month).
• Facilitate the smooth operation of self-service Retail Store recruitment for Southern Africa and Germany (on average 50 hires per month).
• Role reports to Head of TA for EMEA, in Europe.
• Develop and implement agile recruiting plans for different situations in different countries for different roles. Sometimes Indeed works, sometimes local job-boards, sometimes LinkedIn. Sometimes the shopping centre job-board. Sometimes internal referrals, or a store-window advertisement. Sometimes you may do a proactive LinkedIn search. Sometimes we may get too many applicants that need to be brought back to manageable numbers. You work out what’s our best supply channels and screening for each area.
• Hiring Managers assess and interview store candidates; there are too many stores for you to do it – your job is to make sure they have quality supply.
• Social media recruitment – maximize the channels at our disposal.
• Engage and manage agencies if we’ve shown it’s required.
• Master the ATS, and the reporting insights it gives us.
• You will be working with top-notch recruitment and HR leadership in Africa and Europe. You should expect high exposure to best-practice thinking in recruitment, and we welcome your input and ideas.

You

• You will speak German professionally.
• You will not focus on what cannot be done; you will discover what can be done. Internal recruitment cannot leave a problem unsolved.
• Urgency. It’s retail, after all. Everything is needed now.
• English required, but any other languages would be useful.
• Having been in recruitment before would be helpful. Not absolutely necessary if you are bright, engaging, positive and absorb training like a sponge, but having done some recruitment – or worked in a retail store environment – would give you a head start.
• We are a 5-days-in-the-office company. Culturally retail staff go every day to their place of work, and the Support Centre culture is the same.
• You will not be someone who changes job every year. We expect to invest time and training into you, which will be safer if you have a stable track record.
• You will have your own energy. We will help direct you, but not push you.

Benefits To You

• Work for a cool brand.
• Get exposure to Africa and Europe, you will make new friends in different countries.
• Learn everything everywhere about supply of retail people.
• Spend time with leaders in HR and Recruitment, develop and test your own theories on how to do the job better.
• You will be encouraged to embrace digital.
• You will be trained as an expert in a fresh, new ATS.
• Oh, and you will have fun. Our people are nice.

Reach out, have a conversation with us. We would love to talk with you about this role.

We believe in supporting diverse cultures and harnessing the unique knowledge and experience of our team. We celebrate our global presence, by supporting our culturally diverse team around the world.