Talent Acquisition Partner

Talent Acquisition Partner

Your Manager: Head of Talent Attraction

Team: Talent Attraction Centre of Excellence (CoE)

Location: Chiswick, London. We operate a hybrid working approach, which allows you to manage your time between home and office.

Be part of something big

We are Pernod Ricard, a leading company in the global spirits industry with over 19,000 employees globally. We own 16 of the world’s top 100 Spirits Brands and hold one of the most prestigious and comprehensive brand portfolios in the industry with 240 premium brands available in over 160 countries, including: Absolut vodka, Ballantine’s, Chivas Regal, Royal Salute, and The Glenlivet Scotch whiskies, Jameson Irish whiskey, Martell cognac, Havana Club rum, Beefeater, Malfy and Monkey 47 gins, Malibu liqueur, Mumm and Perrier-Jouët champagnes.

Here in the UK

In the UK, Pernod Ricard is made up of 3 businesses:

• Pernod Ricard UK, which markets, sells and distributes our products in the UK and also drives the global development of our iconic Gin brands through The Gin Hub
• Chivas Brothers, the largest brand company in the Group, responsible for the production and management of our award-winning Scotch whisky portfolio
• Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail, the global and EMEA home of the group’s duty free, air travel and cruises business.
• The Absolut Group, the brand owner of our global white spirits portfolio, whose Gin brand unit and Business Acceleration team sit in London.

Your new team

This position sits across all the UK businesses. Our diverse, passionate employees have been creating conviviality since 2001, bringing our premium brands and unforgettable experiences to the UK. As the world’s 2nd largest spirits market, the UK is a key location for our company.

As a Talent Acquisition Partner, you will be part of our Talent Attraction Centre of Excellence, which was created to centralise talent attraction and recruitment in a specialised team. Our mission is to attract and recruit the very best talent to support Pernod Ricard’s growth and innovation in the UK. We aim to do this by establishing and communicating a unique EVP and employer brand, creating the best experience for our candidates, facilitating diversity and doing it all in a way that is digital, innovative and best in class. We are a team of 5 people on a bold and exciting transformation journey, working closely with the wider HR team and line managers to deliver it.

Your unique contribution

You will have 3 main areas of responsibility:

Operational recruitment:  You will be responsible for partnering closely with HR Business partners to co-pilot each recruitment process. You will manage end-to-end recruitment, internally and externally including sourcing, pre-selection (application & CV screen, video interview analysis) and assessment (competency interviewing). You will advise line managers, provide actionable market insight to help shape decision making and influence the overall hiring decision for each of your vacancies.

Talent pipelining: you will be responsible for forecasting priority hiring needs by working with HR teams and the business and building talent pipelines by running compelling attraction campaigns in line with our EVP as well as by engaging prospective candidates through a relationship and CRM strategy.

Projects: you will have the opportunity to be involved in various projects, contributing to the implementation, development and excellence of our CoE, such as how we can advance our inclusive culture through recruitment, defining our Early Careers strategy, creating a recruitment culture by training the business on Talent Attraction, and creating a best-in-class candidate experience.

Who you’ll be working with

Internally, your main stakeholders will be your team members within the Talent Attraction CoE (Talent Attraction Partners, Recruitment Administrator, Head of Talent Attraction), your colleagues in the wider HR team (HR Business Partners, Reward & People Analytics CoE and Talent & Learning CoE) and line managers throughout the business.

Externally, you will interface with recruitment consultancies and other external partners and you will be the face of Pernod Ricard for our candidates, delivering a first-class experience and helping candidates understand our business and culture.

Your blend of talent

You will likely have a minimum of 5 years’ experience in talent acquisition or recruitment, preferably in a global or diverse environment and if you:

• Can demonstrate successful experience of managing a best-in-class direct recruitment process for ‘professional’ roles of all seniorities in business functions such as Sales, Marketing, Finance or Supply Chain. Specifically, you can demonstrate a strong understanding of your business functions’ commercial and people priorities and show how you lead a high-touch recruitment process to bring the right skills and talent into those teams.
• Are a subject matter expert in recruiting. Specifically, you bring skilled knowledge of sourcing strategies, ideally beyond LinkedIn Recruiter, and have previously put these into place. You also have a strong understanding of the current best practices in candidate assessment and are a skilled competency interviewer.
• Possess the right soft-skills and professional credibility which allow you to influence and lead decision-making when it comes to candidate selection. You collaborate with line managers on an equal footing and coach your stakeholders through the recruitment process to get the best outcome.

Our mix of benefits

For your health, we offer private medical insurance, critical illness cover and an optional healthcare cash plan and dental insurance.

Our lifestyle benefits options include 28 days’ annual holiday, your employee pension, share incentive plan, family care, season ticket loans, free mortgage advice, payroll giving and more!

You can access lots of gifts & discounts, including an allowance each year to spend on our brands in our staff shop and employee discounts from a range of high street retailers.

We have regular events in our very own office bar, employee-run networks, a culture of flexibility and trust and a variety of tools and resources to help you focus on your wellbeing and mental fitness.

Conviviality: the Pernod Ricard Way

We have our own way of doing things. We call it conviviality! It’s our way of being, and something unique you feel and experience when working for Pernod Ricard.

We’re committed to conviviality, and with this, you’ll be Proud to Belong to our Pernod Ricard family. You’ll be Empowered to Perform, supported to succeed, and acknowledged for the value you bring.

We combine all this with our Commitment to Care: we are unlocking the magic of human connection to transform our industry and make a positive impact on the world though our strong focus on sustainability and responsibility.

We’re committed to diversity and inclusion

People are at the heart of everything we do at Pernod Ricard and are the foundation of our collective spirit as ‘Créateurs de Convivialité’.

We promote diversity and inclusion throughout our business and supply chain. In our teams, we proactively foster a diverse work force and an inclusive culture – an environment where we can truly be ourselves. 

We will assess your application for this role based on your skills, experiences and achievements, not your gender, age, ethnic or educational background or any other such factors. Please feel free to leave these off your CV and application form if you so wish.

Similarly, if you would like to discuss opportunities for flexible working or require accommodations or support to complete our application process, please let us know.

Responsible drinking

As ‘Créateurs de convivialité’, we want to turn social interactions into genuine and friendly experiences of sharing and wellbeing.

In our culture, we want to create diverse teams in which our differences contribute to our success. Therefore, all are welcome at Pernod Ricard, regardless of your religious beliefs or personal choices on the consumption of alcohol.

In our business, we work together with industry members, civil society, governments, local authorities and UN bodies to promote responsible drinking. 

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