Mars Looking for Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist, SEA at Metro Manila Full Time

The Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist will play a critical role in providing sourcing of candidates, and building talent pool by leveraging on various sourcing channels to source caliber associates into the talent pipeline in alignment with Mars Five Principles. A key focus of this role is to serve as the research arm for hard to find and/or critical future skills needs to ensure a pipeline of talent for Mars.

Key Accountabilities

• Conduct cross channel mining and external research to identify candidate leads and gather competitive intelligence
• Use social media and other digital talent marketing methods to create a pipeline of key talent across all business segments
• Support the sourcing of high caliber candidates across business segments
• Survey the talent market and collaborate with the recruitment team to develop innovative sourcing solutions that address emerging talent acquisition needs
• Identify and master the use of new sourcing channels
• Create and use talent demand forecasts in sourcing initiatives
• Identify areas for improvement and communicate suggestions to leadership that enable exceptional recruitment service delivery
• Drive market mapping initiatives, identify the talent pools and build connection for the future acquisition
• Develop new and innovative programs to source talent ahead of vacancies with the aim of lowering time to fill metrics
• Manage programs that support sourcing channels in the region (for example: Mars Associate Referral Program, Mars Alumni Network, and the Preferred Vendor Program)
• Proactively identify and participate in different social media and other communities and forums in building network and gain local trends and insights
• Manage end to end recruitment process for junior to mid level roles.
• Involved in any other assigned projects/ tasks.

Key Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in any related field
• At least 5 years of recruitment experience within the FMCG space. Candidates with experience in recruitment/executive search agencies are preferred.
• Regional experience in multiple SEA markets will be preferred.
• Comfortable working in a highly collaborative team environment
• Experienced in web-based search engines (LinkedIn)/ CV mining/ marketing/ databases.
• Experienced in sourcing for diverse skill sets in a fast-paced environment and diversity markets.
• Strong written, oral and listening communication skills