Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Title: Senior Talent Partner – Recruitment & HR

Sector: Beauty, Skincare and Cosmetics

Location: London

Salary: Up to £70,000 p/a + excellent benefits

Work style: Hybrid (2 days in office / 3 WFH)

Company Details:

This is an incredible opportunity for anyone with a background in the fast-growth beauty and skincare industry. You will be joining one of the most well‑respected and prestigious skincare companies in the world, a company that operates at the luxury end of the market that has an entrepreneurial mind‑set as a result of the many founder‑led skincare businesses that it supports, develops and grows. The company is at the very cutting edge of skincare‑with‑beauty science. If you are an experienced Talent Partner and Recruiter this is a wonderful chance to have a direct impact on the direction of the business by identifying and then nurturing hard‑to‑find talent within beauty and skincare. It’s an extraordinary opportunity to join at a time when the skincare and beauty sector is booming because it sits at the intersection of wellness, affordable luxury, social media, science, and repeat purchasing.

The role in a nutshell:

Supporting an exclusive portfolio of UK and EU skincare brands as their growth requires top talent and will work on up to 20 vacancies at a time.

Stakeholder communications

* Communicate with decision makers across each brand and identify their “forward planning” recruitment needs

* Create a talent “business plan” in order to identify where the best talent will come from, budgets, time frames, and to identify skills shortfalls

* Set up agreed selection criteria with the line managers

Identify Talent / stay engaged

* Identify, source, liaise with your international passive and active candidate pipeline

* Advertise or source and screen CVs, interview and then manage the talent pool through the entire screening process

* Create shortlists

* Manage up to 20 “open” vacancies at a time

Social Media

* Run employer brand activations in social media, develop relevant content for Talent Communities. Drive engagement

* Build an engaged talent eco‑system

* Attend beauty sector‑relevant recruitment events

Requirements

* Previous high‑volume recruitment experience is essential

* A background in beauty or skincare sector is essential

* Fluent English (French, Italian or Spanish are useful)

* Degree educated (ideally)