Job Description:
Job Purpose/Overview:
The Talent Acquisition Partner plays a pivotal role in enhancing Mars Global Services' recruitment capabilities. This position is essential for driving the internal and external hiring processes, providing expert recruitment support to Line Managers, P&O Partners, and candidates across all Mars segments. The successful candidate will develop a deep understanding of the market dynamics, leveraging insights to partner effectively with Line Managers to secure top-tier talent. This role involves building diverse talent pipelines, attracting and assessing both internal and external candidates, and ensuring a seamless experience throughout the talent acquisition process.
Key Responsibilities
Collaborate with Hiring Managers: Identify recruitment needs and determine selection criteria to ensure alignment with organizational goals. • Research and Analysis: Conduct research using primary data sources to analyze key themes and trends, providing insights for strategic decision-making. • Problem Solving: Analyze specific recruitment challenges to devise effective solutions, ensuring optimal outcomes for all stakeholders. • External Partnerships: Manage relationships with key external providers and agencies, ensuring they embody Mars values and enhance Mars' employer reputation. • Talent Pipeline Development: Continuously build and maintain an external talent pipeline, proactively sourcing high-quality candidates and fostering relationships for future opportunities. Source, screen, and shortlist candidates using various channels such as job portals, social media, employee referrals, and networking. • Best Practices: Stay informed about external recruitment best practices, developing creative and alternative sources of talent. • Contribute to special Talent Acquisition projects and initiatives ensuring alignment with overall TA strategy and business goals
Job Specifications/Qualifications Education & Professional Qualifications
• Master’s or equivalent degree in human resources, Business Administration, or a related field. Knowledge / Experience
• 4-7 years of proven experience in talent acquisition, preferably within the fast-moving consumer goods sector.
• Strong understanding of recruitment best practices, sourcing techniques, and assessment methods.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and negotiation skills. • Ability to work independently, prioritize tasks, and manage multiple hiring projects simultaneously. • Familiarity with HRIS(Mars uses Workday)
Top Skills
What We Do
For more than a century, Mars, Incorporated has been driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. This idea is at the center of who we have always been as a global, family-owned business. Today, Mars is transforming, innovating and evolving in ways that affirm our commitment to making a positive impact on the world around us.
Across our diverse and expanding portfolio of confectionery, food, and petcare products and services, we employ 133,000 dedicated Associates who are all moving in the same direction: forward. With $40 billion in annual sales, we produce some of the world’s best-loved brands including DOVE®, EXTRA®, M&M’s®, MILKY WAY®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, ORBIT®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, SKITTLES®, WHISKAS®, COCOAVIA®, and 5™; and take care of half of the world’s pets through our pet health services AniCura, Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, Pet Partners™, and VCA™.
We know we can only be truly successful if our partners and the communities in which we operate prosper as well. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our Associates to take action every day to help create a world tomorrow in which the planet, its people and pets can thrive.
