Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist - India

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Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist, India

Position Summary:

At Illumina, our people are our most important resource. We are looking for a dedicated Senior Talent Acquisition (TA) Specialist to become one of them, and to help us find them. As a Senior TA Specialist, you will be responsible for sourcing, attracting and hiring talents with the goal to fulfill business’ needs.
 

To be a successful TA Specialist in Illumina, you need to be innovative and forward thinking in providing solutions for acquiring talents. The ideal candidate should be familiar with social media and its applications in TA, has excellent interpersonal skills, is organized and detail-oriented, remains up-to-date with employment law and legislation, and keeps informed in company hiring plans.
 

Illumina is a fast-paced company with an open and collaborative culture, we are seeking someone who embodies and embraces these values.

Position Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement proactive TA strategies and build a talent pipeline of diverse and qualified talents for current and future expansion business needs
• Act as trusted advisors to coach and advise on attraction, selection and hiring to ensure a consistent candidate assessment process
• Collaborate with Business and HR business partners to build understanding of business requirements and to map the role criteria, define position description and requirements
• Manage end-to-end of the hiring process from sourcing, screening, interviewing, salary proposals and approvals to hire.
• Organize and host branding events /recruitment drives to build pipeline
• Innovates and executes projects to improve the recruitment process
• Prepare reports, analytics and presentations for leadership team to provide insights of recruitment status and talent market landscape

• Ensure positive experience for all candidates at the different stages of recruitment.

• Participate in and contribute to employment branding activities
• Ensuring the employer brand is fully leveraged, and embedded in talent acquisition touch process
• Work collaboratively, share knowledge and influence the Talent Acquisition team
• Accommodating any additional tasks and responsibilities as required by business conditions.

Listed responsibilities are an essential, but not exhaustive list, of the usual duties associated with the position. Changes to individual responsibilities may occur due to business needs.

Position Requirements:

• Proven Talent Acquisition / HR experience

• Structured and able to think strategically and analytically

• Supervisory experience leading teams in recruitment
• Experience in developing, aligning, and executing recruitment strategy to meet recruitment initiatives and organizational needs
• Ability to meet tight deadlines and work in a fast-paced, rapidly-changing environment
• Ability to work in a collaborative global matrix organization

All listed requirements are deemed as essential functions to this position; however, business conditions may require reasonable accommodations for additional task and responsibilities.

Preferred Experience/Education/Skills:

• Possess a Bachelor Degree in any discipline
• Minimum 6 years’ related experience and a successful track record in a complex recruitment model / environment.
• Candidates with either in-house recruitment or agency experience are welcome to apply
• Possess strong consulting and presentation skills and experience in conceptualizing and translating business objectives into Talent Acquisition solutions

• Possess excellent communication, presentation and influencing skills to network effectively, establishing quick credibility, and building sustainable relationships
• Excellent competency in Microsoft Office programs such as Excel, Powerpoint and Word. Experience in using Workday ATS will be an added advantage.
• Able to approach problem-solving in a structured manner 

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