Recruiting Partner - Apparel & Footwear Design

PURPOSE

In this role, you will be responsible leading the entire recruitment process and closely partnering with HR, Business and Recruiting colleagues in order identify, to qualify and attract the best talent for adidas. As the Recruiting Partner you will focus on recruitment mandates for the specified business and / or function.

As Recruiting Partner, you will be responsible for managing the entire recruitment process from sourcing, screening, interviewing, to offer stage. You will have a true passion for engaging with candidates and hiring teams to deliver an exceptional candidate experience and recruitment services.

Your business acumen, passion for recruiting and a genuine commitment to thinking outside of the box are core skills needed in this role.

In your role, you will partner closely with your hiring teams to develop functional recruiting strategies and act as an expert recruiting partner to HR and business within the specified business and / or function in North America.

You will leverage adidas' local sourcing hubs and w ork closely with recruiting and sourcing colleagues to share candidates and roles to encourage a collaborative hiring process.

Maintaining an 'always on' approach you will continuously utilize various channels to attract the best talent including proactive outreach to passive candidates for every search, proactive outreach and passive candidates.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the entire recruitment process including requisition approval, hiring manager briefing, job advertising, candidate sourcing, application review, candidate screening, interview strategy, and offer process and continuously work with the hiring teams to identify opportunities to improve the process.
• Leverage relevant advertising resources and apply other relevant candidate marketing strategies to create local, regional and global awareness (if needed) in order to attract qualified applications for key roles within your area of responsibility.
• Leverage candidate databases (internal and external) in addition to other sourcing channels (university, competitive research, job fairs, social) to identify prospective candidates to create awareness and invite them to apply for open positions including cold calling prospects.
• Screening resumes and conducting initial phone screens to assess qualifications as well as suitability for role, followed by in-depth interviews evaluating skills, experience and culture add.
• Build, engage and maintain pre-qualified as well as prospective candidate pools of strong former candidates and new candidates within the functional area that your support.
• Partner with recruiting and sourcing colleagues to share candidates and jobs to encourage a collaborative hiring process.
• Continuously identify new candidate pools and leverage existing resources and various channels, such as social media, job boards, referrals and networking, to proactively identify passive candidates to create awareness and proactively reach out to them.
• Provide guidance to the hiring teams throughout the recruitment process and frequently update them on the status of the process.
• Advocating for and driving a diverse and inclusive recruitment strategy.
• Conduct weekly check-ins with active candidates and hiring managers throughout the entire recruiting process for each role.
• Own responsibility for candidate and hiring manager experience results and drives standards to ensure a quality performance against all standards.
• Effectively utilize comprehensive knowledge of adidas brand and adidas Group offerings, benefits, comp strategies, and programs to market adidas and the adidas Group as an Employer of Choice.
• Lead additional recruitment initiatives as needed.
• Plan and participate in strategic planning meetings with functional / market leadership and key business partners of all levels to understand current and upcoming openings in order to build a strategy on effective recruitment activities for positions within your area of responsibility.
• Conduct quarterly review meetings with business leaders and key business partners to provide an overview of recruiting achievements as well as opportunities to improve hiring performance moving forward.
• Utilize recruitment systems effectively following key standards, documenting key actions, recommending improvements and ensuring all data is accurate for reporting purposes.
• Apply and adapt broader talent acquisition strategies (employer branding, internal recruiting, diversity, etc.) within your designated function or market.
• Act as a key point of contact to support the implementation of global initiatives within your designated function or market.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

• Business Leadership
• Market HR
• HR Talent and Talent Acquisition
• HR Rewards
• HR4HR
• Finance
• Legal Counsel
• Corporate Services / Facilities, Communications, Employee Groups etc.
• Broader Talent Acquisition Employee Experience Team

KEY MEASURE OF SUCCESS

TIME

Speed of hire

• Time to (verbal) Offer Accepted 50 days
• No more than 10% of the roles should be open for >

90 days

WORKLOAD

• Oversee and manage an average workload of 25 requisitions at one time

QUALITY

Assess quality of hire and process by TA teams

• New hire turnover lower vs all employee turnover

Internal vs external hire ratio

• Internal hiring target of min 45%

Diversity of hire

40% of placements across all levels are gender diverse

• 95% of the roles will have a diverse slate
• 95% of the roles will have diverse interview panel

Candidate experience

• drive incremental improvement in results
• measure per 6 months

Hiring manager experience

• drive incremental improvement in results
• measure per 6 months

Interview to offer ratio / offer acceptance rate.

• HM interview vs offer ratio 5 : 1.

Sourcing strategy (proactive outreach vs applicant) per team

• for each search on M4 level and above, there will be 20 proactive outreaches to candidates (conversion rate KPI will follow over time).

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Recruiting Partners in adidas play a critical role in the execution of the priorities and core services of the HR function at adidas. They support a single-business-unit or region, in some cases extending across the organization and are functional experts who demonstrate subject matter expertise and take strong personal ownership over the delivery of great (final) work product and results. They have the ability to blend functional expertise with a comprehensive view of the bigger picture . They are able to prioritize without losing sight of the overarching goals. Our Recruiting Partners are skilled at capturing data from a variety of sources and are able to analyze and interpret the findings as well as presenting those findings to the business and HR leaders. They influence based on subject matter expertise and offers relevant (external) insights for input to business strategy discussions. They support their leadership in setting expectations and standards and coach others through change and transformation.

IDEAL EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of 4-6 years' experience in international / global Design recruiting , leading local, international and global recruitment mandates for all level candidates through a broad range of sourcing channels (including proactive outreach).

Design industry experience and deep knowledge of the footwear, apparel and / or retail industry

• Experienced working in large, international / global matrix company
• Demonstrated track record of driving end2end, holistic recruitment mandates (including sourcing, assessing and hiring talent in volume roles) and global recruiting initiatives (i.e. proactive recruiting, internal recruiting, diversity, etc.) to achieve hiring goals.
• Experienced in offer negotiation, awareness of local legislation and employment market / compensation trends.
• International experience, having worked on projects in multiple geographies.
• Knowledgeable about managing diversity & inclusion from talent acquisition perspective.
• Min BA degree in HR, Business or related studies.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.

KEY CRITICAL COMPETENCIES AND CAPABILITIES

Foundational

Adi values

• Champions our values and culture

Self-leadership

• Continuously develop self to stay up to date on industry trends and developments in area of expertise, benchmarks performance against industry best practices, gives and receives feedback, incorporates it into their own development plan.

Commercial and business acumen

• Good understanding of the business, from a business, strategic, financial and product point of view, able to translate this to strategy / plan in own area and convey in a compelling way to the market.

Effective communicator

• Strong interpersonal skills, communicates effectively in writing and verbally, has gravitas and able to build relationships.

Role Specific Capabilities

Driving results

• Strong results and delivery focus, takes personal ownership to deliver best results, manages recruitment mandates of self and team, and strives & drives operational excellence in team and projects.

Data & Insights

• Brings outside perspectives, uses data and insights to influence decisions, drives broader talent / recruitment solutions.

Candidate development

• Candidate centric mindset, decisions inspired by how we can impact the experience positively in every touchpoint.

Drive change and transformation

• Embrace change and transformation, able to problem solve, bring new ideas to improve and push the envelope.

Leadership

Credibility, collaborate & influence

• Expertise and credibility in area, able to work with and influence effectively a wide array of stakeholders, builds strong relationships and partnerships cross functionally / regionally

Strategic thinking

• Thinks forward, plans ahead, has an international awareness that allows to anticipate trends and developments that impact area. Able to connect the dots. Creates clarity and translates operational objectives into clear plan for the team.
• adidas offers robust and progressive medical, including HSA (Health Savings Account) with employer funding or FSA (Flexible Spending Account) options, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, adoption, with surrogate and fertility support, short and long-term disability, and basic life and AD&D insurance, which can be supplemented with employee-paid coverage. Employees are able to enroll in adidas' 401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match. Full-time employees are eligible for education assistance and generous Leave policies including 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Employees are eligible to earn an annual bonus based on both company and personal performance. Employees accrue prorated flexible time off in the amount .4388 hours per day that increases with years of service, twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year and Service Time Off during milestone years.
• The anticipated low and high end of the base pay range for this position is $93,668.56 -$130,000.00. Actual salary will be based on various factors, such as a candidate's experience, qualifications, skills and competencies, proficiency for the role.
• We officially returned to office in a hybrid work environment, working 3 days in office and 2 days remote. The working location of this position is Los Angeles, California.
• Though our teammates hail from all corners of the world, our working language is English.