Group Head of Recruitment

Accent Group Limited is the leading digitally integrated retail and distribution business in the Apparel and Footwear performance and lifestyle market in Australia and New Zealand. With over 850+ stores, 34 brands and over 30+ online platforms. Our brands include; Glue, Platypus, Skechers, Hype DC, Vans, Dr. Martens, Subtype, The Athletes Foot, Merrell, Timberland, Stylerunner, Hoka, UGG, Saucony, & Nude Lucy
We have an exciting 12 month contract role available for a Group Head of Recruitment to join our People Team based in our Cremorne Office, Melbourne.
About the Role
Reporting to the General Manager of People & CX, this is a parental leave contract and will be responsible for all of Accent Groups recruitment across all our retail brands and support offices. You will play a critical leadership and hands-on role in building strong talent pipelines for senior level and highly specialised positions in addition to owning sourcing strategies, monitoring budgets and driving key recruitment initiatives and projects throughout the organisation.
You will have a deep understanding of the retail talent landscape and a passion for recruitment and talent management.
**The key responsibilities will include the following**:
**Operational**:

- Own end to end recruitment efforts and processes across Support Offices while supporting Retail when available, including but not limited to:

- Developing job brief and updating job descriptions in line with Hiring Manager’s expectations.
- Refer qualified and selected applicants to specific department for further interviews
- Work with Hiring Managers to ensure the prompt arrangement of interviews, reference and background checks, in order to ensure the efficient facilitation of the complete interview process.
- Adherence to fair employment laws and practices.

**Leadership & Business Partnering**:

- Provide leadership, consultation and strategic direction to hiring managers and HR business partners regarding recruiting trends, concerns and opportunistic hiring possibilities.
- Act as the primary contact for all external recruitment agencies.
- Lead the recruitment team and business with respect to best-in-class recruitment.
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with key stakeholders across the group.
- Set clear goals and measurement benchmarks for the recruitment team and drive continuous improvement in the team’s performance.
- Train and support recruiters in correct recruitment processes.
- Encourage open lines of communication between yourself and recruitment team.
- Create a high-performance culture by setting clear expectations, analysing performance and giving appropriate and prompt feedback, including actively managing poor performance.
- Ensure all team members are fully inducted into Accent Group, are engaged with the brand and knowledgeable on all aspects of their role, and our products, in order to meet the expected levels of performance.
- Support team with career development, conducting regular appraisals whilst motivating, growing and developing your team into high performers.
- Create a fun, positive and dynamic atmosphere for your team and your customers every day.

To be successful you will ideally have the following skills & experience:

- Demonstrated experience as a senior Recruitment / Talent Acquisition leader ideally in the retail industry.
- Ability to lead, motivate and develop a high performing, customer centric team.
- Strong ability to thrive in a fast paced and high-pressure environment.
- Competitive drive, strong work ethic and motivation to learn, grow and succeed.
- Excellent negotiation skills coupled with strong listening and a solid business sense.
- Ability to work well in a team environment and multitask to prioritise workload.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent stakeholder management, influencing and partnering capabilities to drive outcomes at speed.
- Experience utilising HRIS, ATS/AMS, Sourcing and Recruitment Marketing tools.
- Experience in developing talent pools in core and critical areas to support business growth.
- Experience in continuous improvement with a solution orientated approach.
- Ability to manage and drive key recruitment projects such as volume hiring, new stores and brands while influencing change.

At Accent Group Limited we are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity and inclusion. We believe in the diversity of our people across age, gender, identity, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, physical and mental ability. We strive on creating an equal employment environment where everyone from any background can be themselves. The Accent Group acknowledges, and pays respect, to the Traditional Owners and ongoing custodians of the land. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Maori people.
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