Are you passionate about talent acquisition and ready to make a significant impact? Join Essity and be part of a dynamic team that values innovation, collaboration, and diversity. We are looking for individuals who embody our values, aren’t afraid to challenge, innovate, experiment, and move at a fast pace.
About the Role
Essity is hiring an experienced Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding Manager to lead a large team covering both salaried and hourly roles. You’ll bring a data-driven mindset and a track record of developing high-performing recruiters. In this role, you’ll collaborate with HR and business leaders across Germany and Switzerland to drive end-to-end recruitment, workforce planning, and employer branding.
What you will do:
Develop and execute employer branding and hiring strategies for both operator and white-collar roles, aligning with Essity’s global objectives and local business requirements.
Secure and enhance recruitment processes to ensure excellence, consistency, and compliance across all hiring activities.
Lead, mentor, and manage a large high-performing team by setting clear goals, delivering continuous coaching, and fostering professional growth to drive hiring success.
Build effective relationships with stakeholders to proactively address current and future recruitment challenges, driving talent pipelines, organizational mapping, and identification.
Translate Group Employer Branding and Talent Acquisition principles, strategies, methodologies, tools, and processes into actionable plans for regional implementation.
Oversee recruitment budgets, metrics, and analytics to optimize process efficiency, effectiveness, and ROI.
Who you are:
Extensive recruitment experience across operator and white-collar roles, with success in country-wide hiring strategies.
Successfully developed and implemented employer branding strategies that align with business goals and resonate with diverse talent pools
Experience working in complex matrix organizations, networking with key stakeholders, and building relationships with cross-functional teams.
Robust organizational skills for managing projects and multiple tasks, adapting to shifting priorities.
Demonstrated leadership skills to manage and coach diverse teams across locations.
Digitally savvy, proficient in Microsoft Office, Recruitment Metrics, ATS (Workday is a plus), sourcing strategies, and new technologies (AI, etc.)
Fluent in German and English.
Location: This role can be based out of our Mannheim, Munich, or Hamburg offices and requires frequent travel across Germany. Regular on-site presence at various locations is essential to ensure close collaboration with stakeholders and teams nationwide.
Only applications in English will be considered.
What We Can Offer You:
Our purpose, Breaking Barriers to Well-Being, provides meaning to everything we do. Join us to improve well-being for people and drive positive change for society and the environment. At Essity, you'll feel valued, empowered to grow, and challenged to achieve business results in a collaborative and open atmosphere.
Innovate for Good | Excel Together | Be You With Us
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Application End Date:29 Juni 2025Job Requisition ID:Essity253320Similar Jobs
What We Do
Essity - a globally leading hygiene and health company, breaking barriers to well-being. Our expertise in hygiene and health began with the acquisition of the Swedish company Mölnlycke in 1975, through which our roots stretch back to 1849. Today, our sustainable innovations from globally trusted brands, designed for everybody and every body, care for the well-being of 1 billion people in 150 countries every day. Working at Essity is not just a career but a chance to make the world healthier, safer, and more hygienic. Our barrier breakers innovate for good and contribute to shaping a sustainable future. At Essity, every career is as unique as the individual. We empower employees to excel together and reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose. We provide a sustainable work-life based on flexibility for both employees and employers. At Essity, we are committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in everything we do. It is the key to our success in creating an inclusive, collaborative, and caring company culture where you can be you with us. Our purpose of Breaking Barriers to Well-being, is to enable customers and consumers to lead fuller lives at all stages of life. Our leading global brands include TENA, Tork, Actimove, JOBST, Knix, Leukoplast, Libero, Libresse, Lotus, Modibodi, Nosotras, Saba, Tempo, TOM Organic, Vinda and Zewa. Essity has about 36,000 employees. Net sales in 2022 amounted to approximately SEK 156bn (EUR 15bn). The company’s headquarters is located in Stockholm, Sweden, and Essity is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. If you want to join a company where dedication to people is powered by innovation, welcome to Essity
