Talent Engagement Manager - Digital&Technology

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About the role:

The TEM operates as a strategic partner to ensure all internal moves and external hires strengthen our succession pools and pipelines. The role works in close partnership with all the other TEMs regionally and globally and the broader HR community to ensure the talent agenda is strengthened and supports delivery of the business performance through a deep appreciation understanding of the commercial ambitions of the business.

Diageo's Performance Ambition calls for us to create the best performing most trusted and respected consumer products company in the world; this requires us to guarantee our plans with the right people and capabilities. Talent Engagement is the global function that attracts, assesses and selects external and internal talent that is the best for Diageo to help deliver our performance ambition.

Talent Engagement's ambition is to be world class recruiting function focused on engaging, attracting and hiring the very best and most diverse talent for Diageo.

From the candidate perspective the role of Talent Engagement is to bring our employer brand and employee value proposition to life by expressing our purpose, values and ambitions by connecting talent with what makes our culture special. An excellent candidate experience is pivotal, and we believe that by engaging with talent in a positive way, irrespective of the outcome, we can drive advocacy for our business creating highly engaged pipelines of talent. Globally, we hire in excess of 4,000 external hires every year, which means there are thousands of opportunities for candidates to experience Diageo and our brands and talk about them positively helping to sell, or help to sell.

The Talent Engagement Manager (TEM) is a critical stakeholder relationship role that is focused on ensuring the consistent delivery and an excellent candidate experience to achieve Diageo's Talent Ambition, whether through an internal move or an external mid-career hire. The role is deeply connected to the business by market and/or function and enables business performance delivery through the execution of the talent component of the multi-year talent planning process and ensures compliant hiring takes place.

The TEM is accountable for delivering the best quality candidates at the shortlist stage of the hiring process that have been previously been assessed for key capabilities, experience and potential them allowing a hiring manager to select the very best talent for their vacancy. The focus is on delivering an outstanding candidate and hiring manager experience at pace. The TEM is responsible for working closely with the HR and hiring manager communities to be able to hire ahead of the curve and identify internal talent moves and where this is not possible potential external candidates to avoid "distress" talent acquisition at high cost. This is a significant business partnering role where value add service is constantly required and expected. As a result there is a high level of visibility and impact.

The TEM also owns the responsibility to secure the best possible talent for Diageo, allowing the business to continue to drive a high performance culture. The TEM will be an expert in the resourcing, hiring and talent planning process and will be a coach and mentor to their client group and will model the leadership standards enabling a high standard of best practice and facilitating brilliant talent moves and hires.

About you

Demonstrates a deep commercial understanding of the business plans and priorities; is accountable for strengthening the succession pools through brilliant talent moves and acquisition; owns the talent agenda and develops strategy, plans and interventions to ensure a high quality of delivery; ensures compliance with global policies; utilises tools that enable the resourcing process and search for ways to innovate and drive improvements; delivers to KPIs

Leverage and optimise the global Employer Brand and deploy creative sourcing strategies to hunt for the best talent for Diageo and develop strong pipelines to fill known and anticipated talent gaps, whether externally or internally. Be a true business partner with hiring managers and HR colleagues in all talent discussions to ensure the correct level of tension is brought to conversations around taking bolder bets with internal talent, to champion the approach of potential over performance.

Really know and understand the best internal talent and what this means from a talent gap perspective; seeks to understand the gap and takes proactive steps to build external talent pools as a common process and way of working. Has an experimental aspect to the approach of finding great talent, knows where the great talent is externally and is actively networking in the groups and associations most relevant to the talent. To be bold with trying new things not done before.

Strong external radar for talent and process; brings external thinking into internal talent calibration conversations; brings external thinking and best practice into work methodology by experimenting with non-traditional talent pools and non-traditional talent profiles. Measures outcomes and makes relevant and appropriate course corrections quickly if required. Knows and understand the performance metrics that drive the Talent Engagement function and how these are influences and impacted through their mind set, behaviours and actions.

Organise creative and impactful engagement events or outreach Initiatives with potential talent pool.

What you'll bring

• A resourcing expert with demonstrated experience in sourcing for Digital&Technology functions
• Experience of managing multiple senior stakeholders and candidates in a fast-paced environment
• Experience of managing senior mid-career hiring
• Strong external radar and awareness of external best practice
• Ability to generate insight from data and generate action plans from data insights
• Have exceptional consultative skills and be able to influence action and change with stakeholders
• An ability to listen but also persuasively convey opinions and recommendations
• Have an understanding of the component parts of HR to understand how it is possible to deliver a high-quality service to a client group
• An ability to work in the most confidential situations gaining trust and respect from candidates and hiring stakeholders

Flexible Working Statement:

Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you're supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one.

Diversity statement:

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this. We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you'll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You'll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.

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