Talent Acquisition Partner

Forming a key part of our Global People function, our Talent Acquisition Partners in Kantar Worldpanel work collaboratively with colleagues across all of our key functions; commercial, technology, operations, product, undertaking active searches amongst passive and competitive audiences to meet Worldpanel's critical and transformational hiring needs.

You will lead our recruitment efforts in Portugal with a particular focus on technology and operations hires. Your role will also involve hiring for commercial, product and functions across the wider EMEA region.

Working alongside other TA Partners in the region, you will build specific market knowledge and targeted candidate communities, core to our business, to deliver against mid-term hiring needs. This goes beyond resourcing and will also include involvement in initiatives covering employer brand, inclusion & diversity and learning & development. The role evangelises and excites these communities about the Kantar Worldpanel proposition and builds positive relationships through relevant and regular communication.

What's in it for you?

• Daily Meal Vouchers.
• Private Healthcare and life assurance policies.
• Employee Assistance Programme offering wellbeing support services.
• Flexible benefit credits to cover transport, gym and education.

Reasonable Adjustments

Kantar is committed to offering equal opportunities to all individuals including during the recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments or assistance, please advise us in advance of your interview so that we can make the necessary arrangements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Undertake pro-active searches to engage passive candidates through the application of targeted search skills.
• Build good market / segment knowledge of key talent and develop solid relationships both internally and externally to support building talent pools and a network of industry relevant contacts.
• Build effective selection methodologies and expert execution; fair, consistent and objective always.
• Positively challenge stakeholders to drive excellence and ensure recruiting approach is geared towards attracting relevant skills to achieve Worldpanel and Kantar Group future strategy.
• Provide support to business / line managers in defining compelling candidate propositions and market relevant role profiles as well as providing candidates with an outstanding candidate experience.

What are we looking for?

• Demonstrable experience within recruitment/talent acquisition roles (agency and in-house) ideally within data-centric or technology-enabled environments.
• Evidence of successful search and selection in complex markets where engaging with passive candidate is the norm, experience needs to include using a broad range of social media and networking approaches. Also understands the importance of building and mobilising internal candidate pipelines.
• Ideally, practical experience working with Workday, Co-Pilot, AI and/or interview scheduling software.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and expectation management across EMEA.
• Business proficiency in English and Portuguese. Expert communicator / networker capable of engaging passive talent over extended periods with the ability to convert to viable candidates.
• Creative and innovative in candidate attraction and engagement techniques.
• Evidence of robust selection methodology design and execution to deliver quality hires.
• Evidence of delivering excellence in the candidate experience and effective on-boarding.

About Kantar

We’re the world’s leading data, insights, and consulting company; we shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere.

Worldpanel provides brands and retailers with a unique, 360-degree understanding of consumer behaviour across the globe. We are shopper-centric, continuously monitoring the purchase and usage behaviour through the largest omnipanel in the world. With unparalleled datasets, pioneering technology and expert analysts, we partner with brands and retailers of all sizes, empowering them to reimagine what’s possible, and change the landscape to create a better, healthier, more sustainable and inclusive world.

Why join Kantar?

And because we know people, we like to make sure our own people are being looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for everyone is our highest priority and we support our colleagues to work in a way that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage teams to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all; our approach is flexible to ensure everybody feels included, accepted, and that we can win together. We’re dedicated to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers and communities, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds and sections of society. Even if you feel like you’re not an exact match, we’d love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.