Head of Talent (Talent Acquisition, Learning and Talent Development)
Department: Recruitment
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Head Office, London
Description
A newly created role within our People and Purpose Team, ELEMIS are looking for an experienced Global Head of Talent to lead the end-to-end talent strategy across ELEMIS.
Reporting directly to the CPO this is a senior leadership role within the People and Purpose Team. This role will act as the owner of the global talent journey, bringing together Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development and Talent Management under one global remit. You will lead the shift from fragmented talent activity to a more structured, scalable and commercially focused global model.
Leading the Talent Acquisition and Talent Development teams, you will ensure a seamless experience across attraction, hiring, onboarding, development, succession planning and internal mobility.
What You Will Do:
Talent Strategy
- Develop and deliver a global talent strategy aligned to business objectives and future workforce needs;
- Create a connected, end to end talent framework that supports employees from attraction and onboarding through development, progression and succession;
- Build an integrated approach to talent acquisition, development, succession planning and internal mobility;
- Establish clear global standards and consistency across talent practices, whilst allowing for local flexibility;
- Design and implement an early careers program that will aim to covert emerging talent into impactful, long-term contributors who deliver future skill requirements;
- Lead and develop the Talent Acquisition and Talent Development teams, creating a high-performing and collaborative function;
Talent Acquisition & Employer Brand
- Lead global recruitment and attraction strategies, reducing the reliance on agency hiring and strengthen internal recruitment capability and direct sourcing;
- Develop ELEMIS' employee value proposition and employer brand strategy;
- Develop diverse talent pipelines and ensure an exceptional candidate experience;
- Define and embed consistent, skills-based assessment and selection frameworks aligned to culture and performance;
- Oversee recruitment partners, supplier strategy, talent acquisition technologies and analytics.
Talent Development & Learning
- Design and deliver a structured global learning strategy, including scalable ‘always-on’ digital learning;
- Design and implement development frameworks, career pathways, and talent initiatives that support growth and retention;
- Design and deliver leadership development programmes tailored to various leadership levels based on job architecture;
- Launch a robust apprenticeships program that will utilise our Levy (UK) and be the vehicle to deliver the Leadership Development Program and Early Careers Programmes.
- Embed tools and frameworks (e.g. behavioural insights) to improve leadership effectiveness and team performance;
- Ensure learning investment is targeted, impactful and aligned to priority capability gaps;
- Oversee learning technologies, compliance training and learning effectiveness.
Succession Planning & Talent Management
- Develop robust succession planning and talent management frameworks across all markets;
- Embed frameworks to utilise performance data allowing us to identify and develop high-potential talent and future leaders;
- Support workforce planning through talent mapping and capability assessments;
- Drive internal mobility and career development opportunities.
Talent Insights
- Establish meaningful talent metrics and reporting;
- Use data and external market insights to inform talent decisions and measure impact;
- Improve transparency and oversight of investment across learning, recruitment and talent initiatives, strengthening control and return on investment.
Stakeholder Management
- Act as the subject matter expert for Talent Acquisition and Talent Development;
- Partner with senior leaders to deliver talent solutions that support organisational growth, capability and performance;
- Work closely with People Partners and Centres of Excellence (e.g. Reward, Finance, IT) to ensure a joined-up and commercially effective approach;
- Build strong cross-functional relationships to embed talent strategy into business planning and workforce decisions.
What We Are Looking For:
- Combined expertise across Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development and Talent Management within a global (focusing on UK and USA), fast-paced organisation;
- People Developer: experience coaching and developing high-performing Talent Acquisition and Learning & Development teams;
- Strategy Design and Implementation: we need someone who can build things from infancy, with previous experience building the infrastructure and frameworks;
- Transformation and Change Management: this role’s needs a true visionary who can influence our transformation and support stakeholders through change to land the strategy successfully;
- Project Management: strong regard for building and managing the Talent Roadmap, delivering milestones to standard and on time;
- Commercial Awareness: applies commercial rigour to ensure talent initiatives align to business priorities and enable us to deliver the goals efficiently;
- Collaboration: builds connectivity across the business, builds things with the team and business stakeholders, and includes others in the journey;
- Problem Solving: able to overcome barriers and obstacles, removes friction and blockers, and approaches challenges with abundant thinking.
- Analytical: builds the metrics and utilises the metrics to lead with data-driven decision making, comfortable measuring impact.
- Experience within retail, beauty, luxury or FMCG environments is advantageous.
Benefits
- Hybrid and Flexible working: we are based three days per week in Baker Street (London) and two days Working From Home. This is a 37.5 hour per week contract, modelled off 9am - 5:30pm. Core hours are between 10am - 4pm.
- 27 days holiday plus your birthday off.
- Two weeks Work-From-Anywhere.
- Generous staff discount on ELEMIS products and spa treatments, plus L’OCCITANE Group brands.
- Enhanced parental leave policies.
- Income Protection and Life Assurance.
- Company pension scheme.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Cycle to Work Scheme, Season Ticket Loan, and service awards.
