Talent Engagement Specialist

What's the role?

Working as part of the Digital Strategic Sourcing Hub in Kuala Lumpur, this role will be responsible for building warm and engaged pipelines of IT, digital and software talent for future opportunities at Hilti. Using various executive sourcing, networking, and search strategies the role will diversify and develop the external talent pipeline for the Asia-Pac region. Whilst the regional sourcers will be responsible for filling open vacancies, the sourcing hub will deliver an ‘always-on’ pipeline of future talents in specific functional areas that can be activated as suitable vacancies arise.

Who is Hilti?

At Hilti, we are a passionate global team committed to making construction better. As a trusted partner for productivity, safety, and sustainability, we provide our customers innovative solutions that impact the buildings, roads, and infrastructure people rely on every day.
Hilti is where individuals grow lasting careers by exploring possibilities, maximizing their potential, owning their development, and making a real difference every day.

What does the role involve?

The Talent Engagement Specialist is a pivotal role in the Talent Acquisition team and an essential component in the success of our Lead 2030 hiring strategy. Visibility of talent priorities in your area and working collaboratively with the Talent Acquisition Business Partners, Regional Sourcing Specialists and hiring managers to understand current and future hiring priorities will be key to this role.
Identifying and screening external future digital talent on a regional level through networking, relationship building and development of an external talent community for Hilti, specific focus will be placed on identifying key diverse talents in Asia-Pac.

Pro Active Sourcing & Research

• Take a true headhunting approach to proactively identify high caliber diverse external future talent via direct sourcing, market mapping and research, including complex internet search, database mining and monitoring, social media search and contacts, internal/external networking, white papers, publications, and other informational sources.
• Utilise Beamery to build relevant talent pools for your vertical and liaising with the regional sourcing team and TA business partners when these candidates are a match for current vacancies.
• Partner with the Engagement & Intelligence Lead for Digital to ensure the best ongoing engagement and community management for the talent pools you build.
• Stay up to date with industry trends, recruitment practices, and new sourcing methods.

• Proactively curate a high-quality, diverse pool of passive candidates for targeted roles and ensure a candidate experience that resonates with Hilti as a digital employer of choice.
  Craft engaging and personalized approaches to prospective candidates, selling Hilti over multiple approaches where needed and building a pipeline of talents we can engage over a period of weeks and months.
• Raise our profile and be the voice of our digital employee value proposition, promoting vacancies through LinkedIn and other social media platforms and creating and sharing regular, relevant and engaging communication.
• Conduct in-depth screenings of potential candidates using competency questions, demonstrating ability to anticipate hiring manager preferences, and selling the Hilti proposition and future career potential of the role on offer to passive candidates who may not be aware of us.
• Initiate, build and maintain strong networks with candidates, the TA team and the wider business and maintain a strong external network in the sourcing community, sharing innovation and best practice internally.

We have an excellent mix of people, which we believe makes for a more vibrant, more innovative and more productive team.

What do we offer?

Show us what you’re made of and we’ll offer you opportunities to move around the business – to work abroad, experience different job functions and tackle different markets. It’s a great way to find the right match for your ambitions and achieve the exciting career you’re after.
We have a very thorough people review process, unlike any we know of in any other business. We can pair talent with opportunities - developing our people in their current roles or challenging them to work in new ways or in new places. It’s how we find the right fit, further our teams personally and professionally, get the best value for each employee and increase the job satisfaction. Additionally, we offer you a wide range of benefits.

What you need is:

• Bachelor’s degree in any related fields.
• Deep understanding of search methodology and proven experience (likely gained in the executive search space) using advanced searching techniques and data mining of the appropriate platforms for your vertical to identify senior, specialist or hard-to-find profiles in the technical/IT/digital/software space – you can do a lot more than Boolean.
• Passion for sourcing as a profession and desire to help create a best-in-class function with 6-10 years of relevant experience.
• Proven focus on delivering an exceptional candidate experience and developing a true understanding of the candidate market in the digital areas. (preferably with Asia Pacific experience)
• Experience working with an ATS and a TRM – ours are Haufe and Beamery
• Able to work to defined performance KPIs.
• Resilience to deal with rapidly changing and, at times, competing priorities and able to balance the needs of multiple stakeholders whilst delivering a high service level to all.

Why should you apply?

We have an excellent mix of people which belief makes for a more vibrant, more innovative, and more productive team. Success at Hilti is down to teamwork and ability, no matter what your background is.

Interested for the role?
Click through the 'Apply Now' button where you will be asked to upload your CV and answer a couple of short questions–the whole process should take around 90 seconds. If we like what we see, you'll be invited to a telephone interview.
If we don't have a suitable role for you at the moment, we will keep you in our talent pool for the future so your recruitment process might take a bit longer but we'll be sure to stay in touch.

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