Talent Acquisition Manager

Location: Hemel Hempstead, HP2 – hybrid working, 2/3 days per week from office

Contract / Working Hours: Permanent (Open to consider Full Time or Part Time/Job Share - must be able to work a minimum of 3 days per week). 35 hours per week (FTE).

Competitive Salary & Benefits:

• Monthly product allowance – alcoholic & non-alcoholic options available
• Private Medical options
• Life Assurance
• Company bonus scheme
• Access to 24/7 GP services
• Enhanced pension contributions
• Generous holiday
• Access to a range of high street discounts

About Carlsberg Britvic:

In combining Carlsberg’s and Britvic’s legacy businesses in the UK to form Carlsberg Britvic, we are creating an integrated beverage powerhouse in the market. Stronger together, we have a unique opportunity to stay ahead of the competition and build a truly iconic business proposition. We offer customers an enhanced portfolio as the top supplier to combine beer and soft drinks, supported by a world class sales force able to unlock growth opportunities across multiple channels and occasions. We are leveraging the strength of our integrated supply chain to make great tasting brands available everywhere. And we are building brand equity while delighting consumers through effective marketing and innovation platforms. To support this opportunity, we are combining our talent, capability, and know-how across our integrated organisation.

Team Role:

Talent Acquisition Manager responsible for leading recruitment delivery across their business area/s, ensuring the organisation attracts and hires high‑quality talent efficiently and consistently.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end recruitment delivery across assigned business areas/functions.
• Lead senior, specialist, or critical recruitment activity.
• Ensure recruitment activity is delivered effectively, efficiently, and in line with agreed service expectations.
• Identify hiring risks, market challenges, and delivery issues early.
• Deliver an effective candidate and hiring manager experience throughout the recruitment process.
• Partner with hiring leaders to develop effective sourcing and hiring approaches.
• Lead, coach, and develop a small team of TA Specialists.
• Create clear accountability, prioritisation, and performance standards across the team.
• Support team capability growth through coaching, feedback, and development.
• Promote and develop a collaborative, balanced, solutions-focused team culture.
• Ensure consistency in recruitment quality, stakeholder management, and process adherence.
• Build credible and trusted relationships with hiring managers and functional leaders.
• Provide market insight, hiring advice, and recruitment experience to support decision-making.
• Question constructively where hiring approaches, expectations, or processes may impact outcomes.
• Support workforce/succession planning discussions and hiring prioritisation within assigned business areas.
• Act as an escalation point for complex recruitment challenges where required.
• Support consistent and effective recruitment processes and ways of working.
• Use recruitment data and insights to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Support and lead initiatives that improve recruitment effectiveness, efficiency, and experience.
• Promote ATS usage, process compliance, and data quality.
• Contribute to broader TA projects and strategic initiatives.
• Contribute to the development and delivery of the Talent Acquisition strategy.
• Support initiatives relating to employer brand, talent pipelines, DE&I, assessment quality, and recruitment capability.
• Share external market insight and best practice to help shape TA direction.
• Act as a role model for modern, commercially focused Talent Acquisition practices.
• Deliver hiring outcomes across assigned functions, positive stakeholder and candidate feedback, developing an effective, engaged, in-house Talent Acquisition team, recruitment process quality and consistency, continuous problem‑solving and improvement, and effective use of data and insight to inform decisions.

Capability Profile:

• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills: Able to build credibility and partner effectively with leaders and hiring managers.
• Commercial and operational mindset: Balances pace, quality, cost, and business priorities effectively.
• Leadership and coaching capability: Creates accountability while developing confidence and capability within the team.
• Recruitment expertise: Strong understanding of sourcing, assessment, talent markets, and recruitment best practice.
• Continuous improvement focus: Identifies opportunities to improve processes, experience, and outcomes.
• Data and insight orientation: Uses recruitment metrics and market insight to drive decisions and actions.

What Great Looks Like:

• Leads through others
• Balances operational excellence with strategic thinking
• Builds trusted partnerships with the business
• Creates a high‑performing, accountable TA culture
• Anticipates challenges rather than reacting to them
• Continuously improves how hiring works, not just what gets delivered
• Operates as a credible talent advisor

Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion:

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences - including those of different races, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, ages, abilities, religions, and socioeconomic statuses. We actively seek to create a safe and inclusive environment for all of our colleagues, where diverse perspectives are welcomed, and inclusive practices are embedded in everything we do. We are happy to support accessibility needs, to ensure a fair and equitable experience for all candidates, so please do let us know if you require any adjustments during the recruitment process.