Talent Acquisition Lead

Role & responsibilities

• End-to-End Recruitment: Manage hiring across shipping, logistics, commercial, finance, technology, legal and corporate functions.
• Requirement Management: Understand hiring needs, role specifications and timelines with stakeholders.
• Sourcing Strategy: Source candidates through job portals, referrals, agencies, social media and professional networks.
• Hiring Delivery: Execute lateral, bulk, niche and leadership hiring.
• Candidate Assessment: Screen profiles, coordinate interviews and facilitate selection.
• Offer Management: Manage compensation discussions, approvals, offer releases and joining follow-ups.
• Vendor Management: Coordinate agencies and optimize sourcing costs.
• Recruitment Reporting: Maintain hiring trackers and monitor key recruitment metrics.
• Process Compliance: Ensure adherence to recruitment policies and documentation standards.
• Stakeholder Management: Ensure effective communication and a positive candidate experience.
• Process Improvement: Enhance sourcing efficiency, hiring turnaround and quality of hire.
• Team Support: Coordinate workloads and guide team members, where applicable.

Required Skills

• Recruitment Expertise: Strong end-to-end recruitment, talent sourcing and candidate assessment skills.
• Industry Knowledge: Understanding of shipping, logistics, freight forwarding and supply chain roles.
• Stakeholder Management: Excellent communication, negotiation and relationship-building skills.
• Hiring Delivery: Ability to manage multiple mandates and meet hiring timelines.
• Technical Proficiency: Should be skilled with MS Excel.
• Analytical Skills: Strong organizational, analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Adaptability: Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and manage changing priorities.
• Process Compliance: Commitment to confidentiality, recruitment governance and positive candidate experience.