Talent Acquisition Business Partner

Majid Al Futtaim invites you to join us in our quest to create great moments for everyone, everyday We are the leading shopping mall, residential communities, retail and leisure pioneer across the Middle East, Africa and Asia, serving over 560 million visitors a year. For the past two decades, we have shaped the consumer landscape across the region, transforming the way people shop, live and play, while maintaining a strong sustainability track record and the largest mall in the world to attain LEED Gold EBOM Certification. We have over 45,000 team members in 17 international markets representing over 100 nationalities - all keeping the customer at the heart of everything we do. If you enjoy being BOLD, PASSIONATE and TOGETHER, then Majid Al Futtaim is the destination for you.

**Job Purpose**:
**Job Details - Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities**:
**1. Stakeholder Management**:

- Work collaboratively with the internal stakeholders such as the Talent Acquisition Director, Talent Acquisition COE, and Talent Sourcing to ensure optimum recruitment strategies are applied to each search.
- Work together with Human Capital and TA Centre of Excellence to align TA strategies with overall business goals.
- Advise and support hiring managers on best practices, policies and procedures throughout the hiring journey.

**2. Operational Management**:

- Partner with the Sourcing function to leverage their capabilities to ensure recruitment excellence throughout each search.
- Implement Performance Based hiring strategies to assess and select the best talent for the business.
- Implement and monitor key performance metrics to ensure the effectiveness of the TA function.
- Comply and implement all related policies and processes are abided by throughout the hiring journey.

**4. Diversity and Inclusion**:

- Drive diversity and inclusion initiatives within the recruitment process, ensuring a diverse talent pipeline.
- Drive the localization strategies.

**5. Continuous Improvement**:

- Stay updated with the latest trends in talent acquisition and bring best practices and innovative solutions to their business.
- Regularly review and refine recruitment processes in partnership with the Talent Acquisition Centre of Excellence.

**6. Team Leadership**:

- Mentor and guide members of the TA team, fostering a culture of continuous learning and development for their team.
- Support teams with difficult search assignments and guide them on effective management of their stakeholders.

**7. Onboarding Excellence**:

- Collaborate with Human Capital and Employee Life Cycle to facilitate a smooth pre-onboarding process for new hires, enabling their seamless integration into the company culture.

**Measure of Success - Illustrative KPIs**:

- Maintain recruitment and onboarding SLAs.
- Ensure open vacancies are closed within the Recruitment SLA.
- Ensure system usage is optimum.
- Recruitment Slates, On-Boarding reports and other reports are accurately updated on a weekly/monthly or on a need basis.
- Maintain integrity by building good relationships with hiring managers and other relevant stakeholders.

**Personal Characteristics and Required Background**:

- Excellent knowledge of recruitment tools and Interviewing skills / techniques
- Demonstrable previous experience of operating within an in-house recruitment environment.
- High quality knowledge of recruitment best practice and demonstrable experience of implementing strategic approaches to enhancing recruiting effectiveness and delivering solutions.
- Ability to build relationships and influence with credibility at all levels.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Proactive and willing to take ownership of tasks and projects.
- Well organized, with the ability to prioritize effectively and deal calmly with the pressure of deadlines and conflicting priorities.
- Solution-orientated with the ability to adopt a commercial perspective to problems.
- Team oriented, flexible, and enthusiastic with a positive and committed approach.
- Reliable and able to work on own initiative, with good attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.

**Minimum Experience/Qualifications**:

- 5+ years in Talent Acquisition with strong track record in recruitment management
- Executive search experience is a plus.
- University Degree preferably in Human Resources or Business Administration