Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist - DurbanFull job descriptionAbout KerryKerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.About the roleWe currently have an opportunity for a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist to join the Kerry APMEA (Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa) Talent Acquisition team, based out of Kerry’s office in Hillcrest, Durban, South Africa. Kerry also has a manufacturing site based at Hammarsdale so the successful candidate will need to be available to travel to the manufacturing site as and when needed for interviews / meetings.With the support of a wider regional TA team, you will get to manage the end-to-end recruitment for our Africa locations (South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Cameroon, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania), predominantly at non-managerial level, but at times contributing to some senior level hiring. Working closely with senior stakeholders and your other HR colleagues, your focus will be to recruit for immediate / planned / project requirements; to build a strong talent pipeline for the business; and to develop and promote the Employer Brand. The scope of the role will include supporting recruitment activities in the following functions / areas:Integrated Operations – supporting functions such as Manufacturing, Engineering, QHSE, Supply Chain and ProcurementCorporate Functions – supporting functions such as Finance, HR, ICTCommercial, Marketing and Research & Development functionsOperator Recruitment Location: Hillcrest with travel to Hammarsdale, Durban, South AfricaReporting to: Talent Acquisition Manager - Middle East, India Subcontinent & Africa (Dubai based)Key responsibilitiesManage a diverse portfolio of junior to senior career level vacancies - sourcing, headhunting, screening, assessing and advisingAdopt a hands-on role in the end-to-end recruitment cycle. With Hiring Managers, you will be helping to drive the definition of role requirements, identifying the most appropriate recruitment channels, screening / interviewing / assessing candidates, and monitoring pipelines through to negotiation and candidate acceptance.Implement creative recruitment strategies to meet hiring demands across the business - using various recruitment methods as appropriate - job boards, LinkedIn, networking, referrals, university relations, etc.Work closely with the regional HR teams to assess internal talent, to review and assist with future talent moves, to participate in brainstorming and strategy sessions, to advise on offers and facilitate smooth pre-boarding of candidatesBuild strategic relationships with the leadership team, bringing updates, insight and market intelligence – communicate challenges / opportunities / ideas!Build strong, external, strategic relationships in order to promote Kerry as an Employer of Choice – develop and maintain fruitful working relationships with our preferred external partners / vendorsMaintain candidate and requisition data accurately on the global ATS - SuccessFactors. Be responsible for accurate and timely reporting when required by the Senior Executive team. Keep Projects and Notes up to date on LinkedIn Recruiter.Report and measure the impact / return-on-investment of various activities including spend, agency usage, recruitment campaigns and various recruitment metricsSupport / upskill people managers in relation to process, systems, interviewing techniques, etc. as requiredWork cross-functionally to promote our Employer Brand and always represent Kerry in the best possible wayEnsures BBBEE compliance by ensuring that all necessary records are filed and conducts monthly BBBEE, EE, SD compliance auditsCo-ordinates and compiles WSP and ATR, discretionary grant funding applicationAssist with other ad hoc duties / projects on occasionQualifications and skillsMinimum Bachelors’ degreeMinimum 7 years’ dedicated recruitment experience – will consider either agency experience or previous in-house experienceExperience partnering with managers, interviewers and team members throughout the recruitment processPreference shown for those candidates who have recruited for / in Manufacturing environments in the past, and who have handled volume / operator recruitmentMust have competency-based interviewing experienceMust be well organised and place great emphasis on quality but also quick delivery, with a sense of urgencyMust display a passion for recruitment with an innovative, creative, collaborative attitude