Takeda Pharmaceutical - Talent Acquisition Partner - Contractual Role

About Takeda

At Takeda, every member of our team is working towards better health and brighter futures for people worldwide, and to do that we empower them to shine at every step. With diversified colleagues around the world, a strong growth strategy and a reputation built on outstanding values and a history of success, Takeda is a pharmaceutical industry leader.

Role Reports to - Regional Talent Acquisition Lead, ICMEA

Role Brief

- Talent Scout - Leverage all available sourcing channels (both conventional and unconventional) to build a strong pipeline of prospect talents for different roles from time to time. Consistently create and sustain effective methods in developing a diverse pool of qualified candidates. Work without (or with minimal) agency dependency by utilizing effective direct sourcing tools.

- Candidate Experience Custodian - Lead/manage the candidate engagement cycle from pre-hire through the onboarding phase. Facilitate a world-class and professional candidate experience for all candidates irrespective of application status with timely feedback and communication.

- Strategic thinker & Agile Executor - Align,adopt and execute a position-specific strategy to attract best-in-class talent from the market. Conceive and employ in a fast-paced environment, innovative means of finding right fit talent for different roles.

- Expert Interviewer - Provide objective assessments, challenge bias, moderate/calibrate talent selection decisioning and conversations. Be able to coach, provide critical feedback, disseminate best practices and influence the interviewing techniques of hiring managers at all levels. Roll-out global talent acquisition templates of Behavioral Event Interviewing (BEI) and facilitate adoption by interviewers in country.

- Process Mastery - Familiar with the ATS/HRIS system processes/workflows, offer documentation checks and effectively manages them to ensure hiring SLAs are met all the time without any process/documentation gaps.

- Networking & Partnerships- Develop and maintain effective partnerships internally with the Leadership team, all Hiring Managers, HR team, Compensation team, Global/Regional TA and other stakeholders as necessary.

Desired Skills & Experience (Must-have- s)

- Sound knowledge of recruitment fundamentals and principles - a thoroughbred

- At least 2 years of proven expertise in mid-to-senior level strategic hiring for specialized/niche roles - been there done that

- Good verbal and written communication/presentation skills - you- re the brand ambassador

- Hands-on recruitment experience (as end-user) with one of the ATS (Taleo/BrassRing/Workday) - this job is not all talk, got to get hands dirty

- Working knowledge of MS Excel and PowerPoint - to be able to make basic graphs/analytics of TA metrics such as TAT etc.,

- Ability to understand business-its drivers, people-their needs, motives and aspirations

- Unswerving focus, multi-tasking ability, high energy levels and ability to work with minimal supervision