Career Opportunity

Talent Acquisition Associate FTC 12 months

Ref #:

W157096

Department:

Human Resources

City:

Watford

State/Province:

Hertfordshire

Location:

United Kingdom

Pay Range Max

Pay Range Min

Company Description

Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) is a global leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in five categories: apparel, accessories, home, fragrances, and hospitality. For more than 50 years, Ralph Lauren's reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets. The Company's brand names, which include Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children, Chaps, among others, constitute one of the world's most widely recognized families of consumer brands.

At Ralph Lauren, we unite and inspire the communities within our company as well as those in which we serve by amplifying voices and perspectives to create a culture of belonging, ensuring inclusion, and fairness for all. We foster a culture of inclusion through: Talent, Education & Communication, Employee Groups and Celebration.

Position Overview

We have a great opportunity to join our RL Talent Acquisition Team - this is a Fixed Term Contract position for 12 months.  Office location is in Watford.  

This role would suit an experienced multifunction Resourcer looking to progress and also an experienced Agency Technical Recruiter looking to move Internal to a beloved global Apparel and Lifestyle Brand - multiple functional stakeholder management is essential.

As Talent Acquisition Associate, Next Generation Transformation (NGT), EMEA you will manage the sourcing and hiring of high caliber talents for our NGT project for our EMEA region as well as act as a liaison between the different stakeholders from the HR (P&D) team, to finance, to the business partners on different needs.

This enterprise-wide NGT transformation includes governance, implementation, and consolidation into a single global Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), enhanced logistics automation across our warehouse management system (WMS), and enhanced connectivity across all planning functions through process and technology improvements to support integrated business planning (IBP). 

These initiatives will enable a fundamental transformation in our end-to-end processes as we become a more global DTC-oriented company, and greater efficiencies across demand planning, inventory buying, allocation and more.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

We have a great opportunity to join our RL Talent Acquisition Team  - this is a Fixed Term Contract position for 12 months.  Office location is in Watford.  This role would suit an experienced Resourcer looking to move up and also an experienced Agency Recruiter looking to move Internal - multiple functional stakeholder management is essential.
  • Identify and implement the overall recruiting strategy for NGT program.
  • Manage the sourcing process including candidate screening, to develop a strong, and diverse, pool of candidates.
  • Coordinate the candidate experience from sourcing, screening, interviewing until the offer stage, operating within the current talent acquisition governance
  • Source candidates using a variety of search methods to build a robust candidate pipeline
  • Onboard in partnership with the hiring manager new employees in order to become fully integrated
  • Monitor and apply HR recruiting best practices
  • Provide analytical and recruiting dashboards to the rest of the P&D / finance team
  • Act as a point of contact and build influential candidate relationships during the selection process
  • Partner with Finance for: S&B budget / headcount review and approvals, monthly OTH progress
  • Partner with Total Rewards on any director level and + hiring for compensation approval as per internal governance
  • Maintain high communication with the People business partner, Lead for UK & ROI
  • Work closely with your Line Manager, Senior TA Manager on a day to day basis

Experience, Skills & Knowledge

We have a great opportunity to join our RL Talent Acquisition Team - this is a Fixed Term Contract position for 12 months. Office location is in Watford. This role would suit an experienced Resourcer looking to move up and also an experienced Agency Recruiter looking to move Internal - multiple functional stakeholder management is essential.
  • A Team player and open and pro-active communicator
  • Ability to communicate in a succinct manner.
  • Strong at building relationships and rapport with others
  • Strong networker and familiar with a wide variety of sourcing avenues
  • Comfortable using their initiative
  • Able to navigate complexity
  • Possess strong organization skills and detail oriented
  • Strong coordination skills
  • Strong computer skills in Excel