Interim Supply Chain Talent Acquisition Team Lead in Birmingham

Role

Who you are

• This role demands a leader who inspires, develops, and empowers others to deliver exceptional results.
• A passionate people leader — about coaching, mentoring, and developing others.
• Exceptional relationship management skills with a client‑centric mindset.
• Ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels, from hiring managers to senior functional leaders.
• Resilient, adaptable, and comfortable leading through ambiguity and change.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to turn data into insight and insight into action.
• Experience managing performance through SLAs, KPIs, and metrics‑driven frameworks.
• Excellent process management capability — able to design, implement, and optimise end‑to‑end workflows.
• Proficiency with TA technology (ATS, CRM, case management tools, reporting/analytics platforms).
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills — able to articulate complex ideas clearly and persuasively to diverse audiences.
• Confident presenting to senior leadership and facilitating workshops or training sessions.

What the job involves

• As a Talent Acquisition Team Lead for our Manufacturing and Supply Chain function, you will hold a visible, high‑impact leadership role at the heart of our regional talent strategy.
• This is a strategic leadership role that blends people leadership, business partnering, and project management to maximise how we attract, engage, and hire world‑class talent, with an engaged and motivated high performing team.
• You will serve as a strategic partner to senior stakeholders, embedding TA deeply into business decision‑making.
• Functional business partner as a visible and trusted talent advisor to key leaders (PL and Functional leads) — understand their strategic workforce priorities, anticipate hiring needs, and co‑create talent strategies that directly support business objectives.
• Use data to shape the agenda – sharing external insights to support strategy.
• Being the advocate and escalation point for business feedback.
• Talent pipelining and planning — be a lead in the maintenance of our functional pipelines, ensuring that our pipelines are aligned to business requirement and are delivered on plan.
• Reporting – build, generate and maintain reporting on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis.
• Drive hiring manager capability — equip leaders with the tools, training, and confidence to be effective partners in the recruitment process (interviewing skills, candidate experience, inclusive hiring practices).
• Leading the Licence to Recruit training to our leaders and hiring teams.
• Manage expectations proactively — provide regular, transparent updates on recruitment activity, pipeline health, and market conditions, ensuring stakeholders are informed and confident in the TA function's delivery.
• Build and lead a high‑performing team — set a compelling vision for the team, foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement, and create an environment where people thrive.
• Coach, mentor, and develop direct reports through regular feedback, development planning, and career conversations — unlocking individual potential and building future TA leaders.
• Drive performance excellence — set clear expectations, monitor individual and team performance against KPIs and SLAs, and take decisive action to address gaps and recognise high performance.
• Lead through change — act as a visible champion of transformation, guiding your team through new ways of working with empathy, resilience, and a growth mindset.
• Model leadership behaviours — demonstrate integrity, inclusivity, and a passion for talent that sets the tone for the wider TA community.
• Cultivate team engagement — proactively manage team wellbeing, motivation, and morale, ensuring sustained high performance in a fast‑paced, high‑volume environment.
• Talent management — identify, attract, and retain top talent within your own team, building a robust succession pipeline.
• Be an active member of the E‑Talt community. Lead, participate and drive delivery on projects on a local, global and regional basis.
• Represent the UK&I TA Team as a visible and vocal representative of the Team – sharing updates and initiatives to a wider audience in People and TA forums.

This position is a key leader within the UK&I TA Team. The successful candidate will lead the MSC Hiring Team - Business Partnering the function.

Position Details

• 12 Month Fixed‑Term Contract.
• Senior and Expert level.
• Location: Birmingham.
• Salary not provided.