Talent Manager - Van Cleef & Arpels

At Van Cleef & Arpels Americas, we are proud to employ talent from many different backgrounds, experiences, and identities. We believe that when diversity and inclusion are fully embraced and empowered, creativity and knowledge emerge to deliver excellence. We continue to work towards creating a workforce that represents the diversity of our clients and our communities.

Talent Manager

Van Cleef & Arpels | New York, NY

Richemont owns a portfolio of leading international ‘Maisons’ (brands) which are recognized for their distinctive heritage, craftsmanship, and creativity. At Richemont, we are proud to employ talent from many different backgrounds, experiences, and identities. We believe that when diversity and inclusion are fully embraced and empowered, creativity and knowledge emerge to deliver excellence. We continue to work towards creating a workforce that represents the diversity of our clients and our communities.

Role Overview

You are a vital part of the Americas Talent Team, working to implement the Recruitment Strategy and enhance the candidate experience predominantly for boutique level position. In this role you will specifically support Van Cleef & Arpels brand, and report directly to the Talent Director. Your day to day activities consist of approaching, screening and qualifying potential candidates, partnering with our HR Business Partners and Hiring Managers to provide job market awareness, and proactively building a 'ready' talent pipeline; demonstrating end-to-end ownership of the full lifecycle recruitment process. Networking, building relationships, and creating memorable experiences are at teh core of our Talent principles, and we hope you are as excited about finding great, diverse talent as we are.

Key Responsibilities

Recruit:

• Lead and conduct intake meetings with the hiring managers to understand vacancies, share potential profiles from pipeline, define the interview cadence, and share labor market intelligence.
• Interview potential candidates against position specific competencies and behaviors for current vacancies, conduct exploratory calls to identify high-potential candidates, and establish and maintain relationships with referrals while being the ultimate brand ambassador. 
• Provide Hiring Managers with a diverse short list of candidates in a timely manner.
• Establish and maintain a high-touch candidate experience throughout the hiring process.

Research:

• Proactively build talent pipelines leveraging our social media, job boards, our ATS, and field recruitment – including consistent outreach to passive candidates in support of developing robust talent pools for future vacancies.
• Understand and communicate labor market trends, regional compensation benchmarks, and talent availability.
• Identify and recommend innovative recruitment initiatives, best practices, and digital enhancements. 

Partner:

• Develop and maintain relationships with Hiring Managers to understand their needs, create an interview matrix, provide market feedback, and consistently communicate updates throughout the interview process.
• Work closely with Talent Directors to create recruitment strategies by Maison/function and function to minimize time to fill.
• Participate in staffing committees and talent sharing meetings to identify and highlight strong candidates, facilitate talent exchanges, and maintain a robust internal talent pipeline.
• Work closely with our Talent Specialists to ensure data integrity and qualiy job postings.
• Engage and manage external vendors utilized on key searches.
• Contribute to global/HQ initiatives by partnering with Talent colleagues across Maisons and in other regions.
• Co-create tools and resources to support our Hiring Managers in delivering a best-in-class candidate experience, partnering with HR colleagues to upskill Hiring Managers as needed.

Report:

• Track and communicate interviews, placements, retention, and agency submissions/spend in accordance with our defined talent acquisition operating model and process flow.
• Utilize and maintain our ATS, providing detailed notes and submissions on candidates, facilitating the interview/hiring process, and building our talent pools.

• Present regular updates to Executives and senior leadership on recruitment activity.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in retail recruitment; You must be able to manage a high requisition count (20+), while maintaining strong relationships with candidates and internal clients. Field experience with an emphasis on high-volume recruitment of sales associates is preferred.
• Close affiliation with our Values and Competencies
• Sense of urgency, attention to detail, strong communication and presentation skills, appreciation of luxury products, confidentiality
• You are enthusiastic and passionate about luxury retail - its history, heritage, and craftsmanship.
• You must love to work as a team - sharing resources, energy, and candidates. No position is too small.  No partnership is too little.   
• You must have the ability to work across time zones, maintaining flexibility in your approach to meet the needs of boutique level and corporate leaders.
• We use our ATS/Recruitment module, social media, digital platforms, and Microsoft (Excel, PowerPoint, and Word) daily so you must be digitally savvy.
• It's human resources - integrity and confidentiality are a must.
• A few more things we look for: flexibility to adapt quickly, empathy in working with people and challenging circumstances, ability to influence and negotiate, and strong presentation skills. 

Richemont Americas is based in New York City with offices in Midtown East. This role is a hybrid schedule.

If you're interested in telling us about yourself and learning more about our culture, principles, and company, please apply.

Richemont offers a generous compensation and benefits package for eligible employees. Only candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted.

We Offer

We care about our associates health and wellbeing and offer a comprehensive benefits program to support you and your loved ones. Our core benefits include medical, dental, and vision programs. Health savings and flexible spending accounts are available to support your financial needs, along with access to the employee assistance program for you and your household members. The company offers income protection solutions including life insurance, disability benefits, and 401(k) with employer match. Understanding the importance of wellness and work-life-balance, our package includes a wellness reimbursement benefit and paid time off. We also encourage associates to give back to their local community by using their volunteer time off days to support important initiatives that drive change.

At Richemont, We Craft the Future!

Expected Salary Range: $115,000 to $130,000

Salary will be negotiated based on relevant skills and experience.