The Role
Responsible for sourcing and hiring talent across Europe, collaborating with departments, managing recruitment processes, and enhancing candidate experience.
Summary Generated by Built In
Driving ZURU’s Hiring Across Europe
At ZURU, we are growing fast across Europe and hiring for a wide range of roles, including:
1) Country Managers
2) Sales Directors
3) National Key Account Managers
4) Marketing Managers
5) Customer Service Representatives
6) NPD and Graphic Designers
About ZURU
ZURU is on a mission to disrupt across industries, challenge the status quo and catalyst change through radical innovation and automation advances. This is in play in different pillars of the company: ZURU Toys are re-imagining what it means to play; ZURU Tech is shaping a better future by leading the next building revolution; ZURU Edge is pioneering new generation FMCG brands to better serve modern consumers.
Founded in 2003 by EY Entrepreneur of the Year and World Entrepreneur Hall of Fame brothers Nick and Mat Mowbray, ZURU has quickly grown to a team of over 5000 direct and indirect members across more than 30 international locations.
One of the largest toy companies in the world, globally recognised and award-winning brands include Bunch O Balloons, Mini Brands, XSHOT, Rainbocorns and Smashers. Our global FMCG brands include MONDAY Haircare, Rascals, NOOD, BONKERS, Gumi Yum Surprise, and more!
For more information, visit www.zuru.com.
About the Role
As a key member of ZURU’s European Talent Acquisition team, you will play a pivotal role in sourcing, assessing and hiring top talent. You’ll partner closely with Heads of Departments and Hiring Managers to understand current and future hiring needs, build strong pipelines using multi-channel strategies, and execute our hiring framework with excellence. Your work will directly impact the speed, quality and consistency of hires across Europe, while ensuring every candidate has an exceptional experience.
Position Impact
First 3–6 months: You will build credibility as a trusted talent advisor by delivering high-quality priority hires and proactively developing robust talent pipelines aligned with business needs. You will deepen your understanding of ZURU’s DNA, business model and industry to effectively engage and attract top passive candidates.
Longer term: You will be fully autonomous in managing the full recruitment cycle across the region, including on-boarding new Hiring Managers and team members to ZURU’s hiring framework. Your strategic approach to pipeline development and stakeholder engagement will enhance hiring predictability and ensure a consistent flow of candidates who embody ZURU’s DNA and long-term talent objectives.
Role & Responsibilities
- Partner with Heads of Departments and Hiring Managers (Marketing, Sales, Operations, etc.) to understand team structures, talent needs and market trends. Act as the primary Talent Acquisition contact for all hiring across Europe.
- Drive alignment across functions on role requirements and contribute to job specifications that reflect both immediate priorities and long-term talent needs.
- Build and maintain engaged, high-quality talent pipelines to ensure readiness for upcoming hiring needs.
- Source top talent using a multi-channel approach, conduct screening interviews, and deliver a tailored ZURU pitch that resonates with passive candidates.
- Guide candidates and hiring teams through every stage of the hiring process, ensuring consistent and effective use of ZURU’s hiring framework.
- Champion a best-in-class candidate experience through a high-touch, personalised recruitment approach.
- Collaborate with ZURU’s Talent Sourcing team to drive future pipeline building and market mapping.
- Onboard new Hiring Managers and interview panel members to our hiring framework and upskill interview and decision-making capabilities across teams.
- Use data and insights to shape hiring strategy, influence role design, and inform decision-making. Report key recruitment KPIs back to ZURU’s Talent CoE.
- Lead or contribute to global TA initiatives that enhance tools, processes and operational excellence across the function.
Skills & Experience
- 3+ years of Talent Acquisition experience, ideally in an in-house or business partnering role within a high-growth or fast-paced environment.
- Deep expertise in passive candidate sourcing and engagement, including advanced LinkedIn Recruiter skills.
- Proven ability to craft compelling pitches and influence top talent to consider career moves.
- Strong relationship builder and confident communicator who can influence across all levels of the business.
- Data-fluent and outcome-driven, with comfort using ATS tools and recruitment analytics to drive decisions and performance.
- Highly organised, resourceful and solutions-oriented. Able to juggle multiple priorities without compromising on quality.
- A collaborative team player who brings energy, urgency and a high quality bar to everything you do.
LIFE@ZURU
At ZURU, we have cultivated a high-performing culture that encourages excellence. Our team works towards ambitious goals, learning, performing, and improving together, all while having fun. We empower talented individuals to do their best work every day.
At ZURU, you get out what you put in. You are responsible for driving your own career and we provide the platform to achieve it. As ZURU is on such a fast growth trajectory, there are opportunities here that you won’t find anywhere else.
We recognise that ZURU’s success stems from our people and you can only be at your best when you are looking after yourself. ZURU encourages all our team members to invest in their wellbeing by providing an array of benefits and tools.
WHAT WE OFFER
🌱 Culture for Growth
💡 Surrounded by an A Player Team
💰 Competitive Remuneration
ZURU – Tomorrow Reimagined
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The Company
What We Do
ZURU is a disruptive and award-winning company that designs, manufactures and markets innovative toys and consumer products.
Inspired by kids and imaginative play, ZURU is one of the fastest growing toy companies in the world and is known for their agility, creativity and new-age manufacturing techniques.
The company that started in New Zealand now employs more than 5,000 staff across 18 offices, produces 600,000 toys a day and distributes to most major retailers in over 120 countries.
ZURU has delighted millions of families all over the world with brands such as Bunch O Balloons™, X-Shot™, Rainbocorns™, Robo Alive™, Smashers™, 5 Surprise™ and Metal Machines™ as well as through partnerships with entertainment properties, including Nickelodeon, Disney, Universal Studios and DreamWorks.
With a strong commitment to the community, ZURU supports Captivating International, local China orphanages and also student development programs in Asia and in New Zealand.
ZURU will continue to pave new ways for kids to play and focuses on reimagining what this looks like every day.
