Join us at Zentiva as part of our newly established Talent Acquisition COE team! This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a company dedicated to making a significant contribution to public health. Zentiva serves more than 100 million people in Europe who depend on our medicines every day.
In this role, you'll have the chance to identify, attract, and hire key talents for Mid-Level to Senior vacancies across Europe and beyond. You will build strong relationships with your team, business leaders, and other cross-functional teams to find key talents that align with Zentiva's unique culture and requirements.
As we're establishing our Talent Acquisition function, you'll get the opportunity to innovate and design the TA processes and programs in the region. Be ready for many opportunities ahead as we continue to grow and make a difference in public health.
Role responsibilities:
Building Relationships and Acting as a Trusted Consultant:
- Build strategic partnerships with hiring managers, deeply understanding their team dynamics and key requirements to ensure the identification of top-tier talent.
- Take initiative in setting and managing expectations throughout the recruitment process, clearly defining roles, responsibilities, timelines, and effective communication strategies for a seamless hiring experience.
- Provide expert-level insights into job and talent markets, leveraging your extensive knowledge of trends and talent supply to advise hiring managers on the best strategies for attracting and retaining top talent.
- Engage in discussions about future talent needs and understand the recruitment landscape for specific groups, developing talent acquisition strategies that align with and anticipate future hiring demands.
Being an Expert in Talent Acquisition:
- Utilize job boards, LinkedIn, internal databases, and passive candidate sourcing, combined with advanced executive search technics and sophisticated hiring algorithms, to identify and attract top-tier talent.
- Conduct comprehensive candidate evaluations. Build strategic shortlists of highly qualified candidates that align with the company talent needs and organizational goals
- Lead the full recruitment process, including identifying job requirements, sourcing, candidate screening, scheduling interviews, leading candidate debriefs with the interview panel, organizing and debriefing candidate assessments, and ultimately guiding candidate selection.
- Provide expert recommendations for offer proposals to secure top-tier talent, aligning with Zentiva's compensation structures
Leading Talent Acquisition initiatives
- Partner with more junior recruiters to provide guidance and share own best practices
- Lead the development and implementation of innovative talent acquisition strategies and programs to enhance recruitment efficiency and effectiveness (e.g. Employer Branding, University Relations, DE&I,…)
- Continuously seek opportunities to improve recruitment practices and strategies. Leverage insights and best practices to drive continuous improvement, ensuring that Zentiva remains competitive in the talent market.
Required skills and experience
- 5+ years of recruitment experience in corporate multinational environments and/or recruitment agencies, with a proven track record in filling high-impact roles
- Expertise in leveraging recruitment metrics and analytics to inform decision-making and continuously improve processes
- Experience in enhancing employer brand presence and talent attraction initiatives
- Fluency in English is a mandatory requirement; other EU languages are a strong advantage
- Results-oriented mindset with strong problem-solving capabilities
- Exceptional negotiation skills, with a demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders at all levels
- Proficient in ATS systems, particularly Workday or similar platforms
- A team player with a collaborative mindset and engaging personality
What We Do
Zentiva is a Pan-European Platform developing, manufacturing and providing high-quality and affordable medicines to more than 100 million people in Europe. Zentiva has 4 wholly owned manufacturing sites and a broad network of external manufacturing partners to ensure supply security. We offer solutions in key therapeutical areas like Cardiology & Circulation, Diabetes, Oncology, Respiratory, CNS and focus on expanding our portfolio in self-care. The company is Private Equity owned, delivering sustainable double-digit growth, with an ambitious 5-year plan for further strong (organic and inorganic) growth across Europe.
We are a team of almost 5,000 unique talents bonded together by our mission to deliver high-quality and affordable medicines to people who depend on them every day. We want Zentiva to be a great place to work, where everyone feels welcomed and appreciated and can be their true selves contributing to the best of their ability.
