Sr. Director, Talent Acquisition

ABOUT: Bloomingdale's makes fashion personal and fun, aspirational yet approachable. Our mission is to guide and inspire our customers to make style a source of creative energy in their lives. We will always strive to make Bloomingdale's like no other store in the world. Everyone plays a critical role to bring our mission to life. Regardless of position, we believe all colleagues have a voice and access to share their thoughts with every level of leadership. Our colleagues are passionate, driven, entrepreneurial and collaborative. We welcome and embrace diversity of background, thought and opinion while having a lot of fun along the way.

JOB OVERVIEW:

The Senior Director of Talent Acquisition is a Center of Excellence (COE) leader responsible for total company talent acquisition strategy spanning corporate and stores, executive and staff. This leader is tasked to evolve employer branding, enhance the colleague value proposition, advance equitable hiring practices, and lead the recruitment of best-in-class talent.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Build a talent acquisition team that is highly connected to top talent, external marketplaces, and internal stakeholders
• Lead the development and execution of talent acquisition tactics that drive strategic placements (right person, right place, right time)
• Evolve employer branding to expand reach, engender followership, and establish Bloomingdale's as an energizing employer of choice
• Interface with Macy's Inc. partners to ensure alignment on global strategy and benefit from shared resources
• Form strong, mutually beneficial relationships across the enterprise aligning vision, resources, and practices
• Directly own the recruitment of senior level talent
• Deliver on Key Performance Indicators established by pyramid and company
• Manage financial budget and demonstrate positive ROI
• Serve as a member of the Bloomingdale's Leadership Team

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Strategic Thinking: Understanding of business issues and opportunities and ability to translate them into a vision, strategy, and action plan.
• Solution Orientation : Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis and the ability to determine the root cause of problems and create alternative solutions that resolve the problems in the best interest of the business.
• Reasoning Ability: Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and use judgment to make sound decisions.
• Collaboration & Strong Relationship Orientation: Ability to build partnerships with key business stakeholders to identify opportunities to leverage smarter decision-making across our organization. Collaboration skills are critical.
• Change Management: Ability to align the organization's people and culture with changes in business strategy, organizational structure, technology, and business processes. Act as a change agent to implement and manage significant change initiatives that have a material to the organization.
• Business Acumen: Awareness of the organization's vision, structure, culture, philosophy, operating principles, and values. Knowledge, insight, and understanding of business concepts, tools, and processes that are needed for making sound decisions in the context of the company's business; ability to apply this appropriately to diverse situations.
• Functional Proficiency: Knowledge of major responsibilities, accountabilities, and organization of the enterprise.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor's Degree from a 4-year college or university

5+ years direct experience

• Prior experience leading, developing and coaching a team of various levels
• Ability to lead cross-functionally and build influence across hierarchy levels on high impact, high-visibility corporate strategies
• Intellectually curious with strong analytical skills
• Outstanding written and verbal communication, storytelling and presentation skills for diverse audiences
• Creative, innovative thinker
• Ability to juggle multiple projects - can identify primary and secondary objectives, prioritize tasks, and communicate timeline to team members
• Maintains confidentiality and security of sensitive company information
• Ability to work a flexible schedule based on department and Company needs
• Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

This job description is not all inclusive; additionally, Macy's, Inc. reserves the right to amend this job description at any time. Macy's, Inc. - including Macy's, Bloomingdale's, and Blue Mercury - is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment