Senior Talent Acquisition Executive
JD Sports- Head Office, Warwick House, Bury, Bury, United Kingdom
Req #2137
13 June 2025
Established in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, the JD Group is a leading omni-channel retailer of Sports Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with our colleagues working in stores across several retail fascias in many markets around the world.
JD Sports Fashion Plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996 and has been a FTSE100 publicly quoted company since 2019 and continues to grow in the UK and internationally.
We want to be the leading global omnichannel retailer in the sports and outdoor industry. To be a part of this successful company and help us to achieve this you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people-led, innovative and customer-focused organisation which provides operational excellence whilst identifying new areas of growth as part of our day to day objectives.
Senior Talent Acquisition Executive
Head Office
Responsible to: Senior Talent Acquisition Manager |
Department: People Talent Department Location: Bury, Manchester
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Overview:
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
- Full 360 Talent Acquisition responsibility for a set of business functions including Brief taking, search & selection, shortlisting, interview management, feedback collation and offer management.
- Responsible for developing and driving a commercial Talent Acquisition business plan within act as a first point of contact within assigned business functions.
- Responsible for delivering on going training to stakeholders with vertical i.e. MIP, Academy.
- Provide industry Knowledge & specialism within the assigned business functions, by attending external events, staying up-to date with industry press, and being immersed into that business area.
- Participate in wider Talent Acquisition projects.
- Attending ongoing training sessions, delivering training and induction support to newer members of the TA team.
- Reinforce a team culture that supports company values and departmental vision.
- Work closely with the People Experience department to build the Employer Branding of the JD Group.
- Develop and maintain key marketing materials for candidate attraction and engagement. (Candidate information packs, Market Insights, JD Foundation Materials etc)
- Maintain our Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and create relevant candidate talent pools to meet the forecast plan for the business.
- Be an advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion, building this into our hiring process.
- Report to the Senior TA manager accurate recruitment data on a weekly basis.
- Accountable for agency spend YTD of responsible business areas, consistently strive to reduce agency fees.
- In collaboration with Talent Partnering/ Senior Line Managers understand yearly headcount requirement forecasts, headcount budget plans, market salary benchmarks across your business functions to support and optimise recruitment successes.
- Keeping up to date with external third party trends and providing insight to the wider TA Team.
- Responsible for collating and presenting back reports to stakeholders within their assigned business areas.
Requirements
As well as being proactive, driven, and someone who can contribute to a positive team orientated environment this role requires someone who demonstrates:
- Experience recruiting finance roles from entry level to Head of
- Experience using LinkedIn to recruit and attract top talent amongst other sources
- Successful track record in either an in-house talent role or in the recruitment agency environment.
- Strong collaboration and teamwork experience.
- Good stakeholder management skills.
- Strong level of business and commercial acumen
- Analytical and methodical - Experience of presenting acquisition data such as cost to hire, time to fill.
We know our colleagues work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits including staff Discount On JD Group and other brands within the organisation and personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work.
Thank you for your time
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Other details
- Job Family Head Office Colleague
- Pay Type Salary
- Employment Indicator Permanent
- JD Sports- Head Office, Warwick House, Bury, Bury, United Kingdom