Talent Acquisition Manager, Retail - Southwest

Richemont • Grand Prairie, TX

43d • Hybrid

About The Position

Richemont, a global luxury goods conglomerate, is seeking a Talent Acquisition Manager for its retail sector in the Southwest region. This role is crucial for executing recruitment strategies and enhancing the candidate experience for boutique and corporate positions. The position involves screening candidates, collaborating with HR and hiring managers, and building talent pipelines. The ideal candidate will be passionate about luxury retail and possess strong full-lifecycle recruitment skills, with an emphasis on networking and relationship building.

Requirements

• Recruiting experience in a fast-paced environment, including prioritizing and leading multiple searches simultaneously.
• 3-5 years of experience in retail recruitment at the boutique level.
• Ability to manage a high requisition count (20+), while maintaining strong relationships with candidates and internal clients.
• Must love to work as a team - sharing resources, energy and candidates.
• Ability to work across time zones, maintaining flexibility in approach.
• Digitally savvy, proficient with ATS, social media, digital platforms, and Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Integrity and confidentiality are a must.
• Flexibility to adapt quickly.
• Empathy in working with people and challenging circumstances.
• Ability to influence and negotiate.
• Strong presentation skills.

Nice To Haves

• Field experience with an emphasis on high-volume recruitment of sales associates is preferred.
• Enthusiasm and passion for luxury retail - its history, heritage and craftsmanship.

Responsibilities

• Lead and conduct intake meetings with hiring managers to understand vacancies, share potential profiles, define interview cadence, and provide labor market intelligence.
• Interview potential candidates against position-specific competencies and behaviors, conduct exploratory calls, and build relationships with referrals.
• Provide hiring managers with a diverse shortlist of candidates in a timely manner.
• Establish and maintain a high-touch candidate experience throughout the hiring process.
• Proactively build talent pipelines using ATS, social media, job boards, and field recruitment, including outreach to passive candidates.
• Understand and communicate labor market trends, regional compensation benchmarks, and talent availability.
• Identify and recommend innovative recruitment initiatives, best practices, and digital enhancements.
• Lead and direct active sourcing and recruiting for qualified candidates using various search tools, processes, and strategies.
• Develop and maintain relationships with Hiring Managers and Commercial Leaders to understand their needs, create interview matrices, provide market feedback, and communicate updates.
• Collaborate with HR Business Partners to enhance service delivery to internal stakeholders.
• Create recruitment strategies by Maison and function to minimize time to fill.
• Participate in staffing committees and talent sharing meetings to identify and highlight strong candidates, facilitate talent exchanges, and maintain a robust internal talent pipeline.
• Work closely with the Talent Specialist to ensure data integrity.
• Facilitate and manage the external vendor contract process and engage external vendors for key searches.
• Contribute to global/HQ initiatives by partnering with talent colleagues across Maisons and regions.
• Develop and maintain relationships with external recruitment agencies, local high schools and colleges, trade schools, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure candidates are properly onboarded through close partnership with HR generalists and hiring managers.
• Create unique digital job ads for social media.
• Coordinate and attend local job/college fairs, and network in the community to ensure a pipeline of candidates.
• Track and communicate interviews, placements, retention, and agency submissions/spend.
• Utilize and maintain the ATS, providing detailed notes and submissions on candidates, facilitating the interview/hiring process, and building talent pools.
• Present to executives and senior leadership on recruitment activity and labor market intelligence.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision programs.
• Health savings and flexible spending accounts.
• Life insurance.
• Disability benefits.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Paid time off.
• Wellness reimbursement benefit.
• Access to the employee assistance program.
• Volunteer days off.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed