Talent Partner Arabia

At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

Our Vision in People Experience

At People Experience, our mission is to create seamless, simple, and consistent experiences across the entire employee lifecycle. We aim to elevate people experiences by creating simple, data-centric and empowering processes; enabled by an integrated HR Tech landscape and high-quality data.

JOB PURPOSE

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. If you are passionate about attracting top talent, driving strategic recruitment initiatives, and partnering with business leaders to build high-performing teams, then this role is just for you!

We are seeking a dynamic and highly skilled Talent Acquisition Expert to join our team. As a Talent Partner, you will support business leaders in understanding and addressing our talent needs. You will proactively engage in resource planning and people forums, executing the recruitment agenda.

In this role, you will provide strategic guidance on recruitment practices, lead the hiring of key positions, and collaborate with Recruitment Specialists and Sourcers to ensure a seamless and high-quality hiring experience. Your expertise will be instrumental in delivering exceptional talent solutions and enhancing the overall candidate experience.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Define and execute regional recruitment strategies in alignment with the Global Recruitment Strategy and ED&I targets.

• Identify talent pooling priorities and implement the Employer Brand strategy.

• Build stakeholder relationships by collaborating with senior leaders, vendors, and HR functions to ensure strategic alignment and compliance. Foster a partnering approach by understanding business needs and supporting them in finding the right talent solutions.

• Support Workforce Planning and People Forums for WL2.

• Collaborate with the HUB team to deliver top-tier talent acquisition, promoting a unified One Team Culture between the Market and HUB.

• Lead WL1+ (High Partnering) and WL2+ recruitment processes in partnership with RS-Sourcers, conducting interviews, supporting Hiring Managers' decisions, and ensuring offer acceptance.

• Engage in problem-solving, propose process improvements, and assist in coordinating recruitment efforts.

• Optimize recruitment processes by ensuring global process adoption, addressing local challenges, and championing diversity.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

• Proven experience in talent acquisition or a related field.

• Strong leadership and team management skills.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to work collaboratively with various stakeholders.

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

• Commitment to promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace

Skills

• Strategic Talent Acquisition

• Stakeholder management

• Collaboration

• Innovation Mindset & Digital Awareness

• Data Driven Decision Making

• Customer Experience

Leadership

• You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.

• As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.

• Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors

  • PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.

  • PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.

  • CONSUMER LOVE: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.

  • PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.

  • AGILITY: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life! This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. 

Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.