[2025] LOA - UKI - Talent Acquisition Manager - Retail

Are you a dynamic talent acquisition professional with a passion for retail and a knack for spotting top talent? Join L'Oréal, the world's leading beauty company, and play a pivotal role in shaping our diverse and vibrant retail workforce across the UK. This is an exciting opportunity to translate business ambitions into tangible talent strategies, making a real impact on our success and ensuring we continue to lead the way in beauty retail.

A DAY IN THE LIFE

• Be a part of shaping our diverse retail workforce! You will be instrumental in translating our business goals into a robust talent strategy.
• You will be responsible for recruitment within our thriving Retail area – recruiting for shops and concessions up and down the country – supporting the Area managers to ensure that we attract the right talent.
• This is high-volume recruitment, but with a personal touch and a continued focus on attracting the right talent for our brands.
• Elevate the Candidate & Stakeholder Experience: Own and optimise every stage of the recruitment journey. Provide crucial recruitment support for all managers.
• Champion Our Employer Brand: Act as a passionate ambassador for our brand, creating compelling narratives that showcase our culture and career growth opportunities to attract the best in the business.
• Cultivating a Resilient Talent Pipeline: Working closely with our HR Business Partners, design and implement a robust talent pipeline, ensuring all key positions are mapped.
• Support Learning & Development Initiatives: Build, present and deliver training to hiring managers and teams on recruitment best practices.
• Ensure Compliance & Best Practice: Maintain a comprehensive understanding of company policies and procedures, ensuring all talent acquisition activities are compliant and conducted with absolute confidentiality and integrity.
• Project Management: Manage and drive Retail Apprenticeship Scheme.
• Be a Talent Scout: Proactively identify, engage, and manage the full recruitment lifecycle, from advertising and candidate tracking to screening and interview process.

WHO YOU ARE

• You're a strategic thinker with the ability to translate business objectives into impactful talent solutions and manage recruitment pipelines.
• You demonstrate excellent communication skills, with the ability to build genuine relationships and to network with people at all levels.
• Proven experience assessing profiles to match a specific role and company culture.
• You are solutions oriented with the ability to work at pace and handle ambiguity, thriving in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• You are proactive, confident, enthusiastic, and possess a professional, diplomatic, calm, and friendly manner.

WHAT WE OFFER

Our industry-leading award-winning benefits package shows how much we value our people. We know they're at the heart of L'Oréal's success, so we offer a fair and competitive package to help you thrive. Enjoy perks like money-saving offers, free mortgage advice, share options and an enhanced pension plan. Love our brands? You'll get up to 60% off iconic names like YSL, CeraVe, Armani, Kiehl's and Garnier! Because health matters, we offer private medical and dental insurance, discounted gym memberships, and onsite mental health support. We also provide enhanced family leave for all and up to 4 weeks of paid fertility leave, so you can prioritise what matters most. Learning is in our DNA at L'Oréal. We'll help you master your role, build skills, and access top-notch leadership programs and monthly expert talks. And there's lots more too!

WHO WE ARE

L’Oréal is present in 150 markets on five continents. For more than a century, L’Oréal has devoted itself solely to ‘Create beauty that moves the world’; it is now the industry world leader with €29 billion consolidated sales. Together, we solve complex challenges at scale, while making sure we stay committed to making the world a more inclusive and a better place for everyone & our planet. Experience the excitement of agility to shape the future of beauty, where diversity and purpose come together to create meaningful impact.

HOW WE RECRUIT

At L’Oréal, we take pride in creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment where everyone is welcome, and their contributions are valued. When we recruit, hire, train, promote or engage in any other employment practice, we are committed to being an inclusive employer regardless of race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, socioeconomic status, medical condition or disability, or any other protected status. When we look for talent, we welcome difference - different backgrounds, experiences, personalities and perspectives. The beauty we find in our differences gives us the freedom to go beyond. That’s the beauty of L’Oréal. We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants with a disability or long-term condition who best meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role.