Job Description

What’s a career at Primark all about? The positive impact you’re making, the experiences you’re having and the people you’re with. You’re our inspiration. Embrace what sets you apart, own your career and develop in ways you never expected. Leave your mark. And do it your way.

The Talent Acquisition Lead is responsible for leading and delivering the Talent Acquisition strategy across a portfolio of countries, ensuring global Talent Acquisition priorities are successfully translated into locally effective hiring strategies, processes, and outcomes.

Reporting to the Head of Talent Acquisition, this role leads a team of in-country Talent Acquisition and Resourcing professionals, providing strategic direction, operational leadership, and coaching across multiple markets.

What You’ll Do as TA Lead for - G&A, Benelux & France

• Accountable for the performance, delivery, and continuous improvement of Talent Acquisition across a portfolio of countries, ensuring alignment with global Talent Acquisition strategy, operational standards, and business priorities.
• Leads and develops a team of experienced in-country Talent Acquisition and Resourcing professionals, providing strategic direction, coaching, and alignment while enabling strong local ownership and decision-making within each market.
• Partners closely with the Head of Talent Acquisition, global TA COE, and cross-functional stakeholders to embed and localise global Talent Acquisition strategies and frameworks across all supported markets, ensuring alignment with local market conditions, legal requirements, cultural nuances, and business needs
• Acts as a strategic partner to senior business leaders and P&C stakeholders, supporting organisational growth, talent pipelining, and evolving hiring requirements.
• Uses data, market insights, and analytics to identify trends, risks and opportunities, supporting data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement.
• Supports the implementation and adoption of Talent Acquisition transformation initiatives, technologies, and process improvements in partnership with TA Operations and COE teams.
• Champions a high-quality and consistent candidate and stakeholder experience, ensuring alignment with Primark’s employer brand, employee value proposition, and Talent Acquisition standards.
• Ensures all recruitment activity complies with relevant employment legislation, governance requirements, and internal policies across all supported countries.
• Proactively builds the profile and credibility of the Talent Acquisition function across the business, ensuring stakeholders understand the strategic value and capabilities of the function.

Qualifications

What You'll Bring

• 10+ years’ Talent Acquisition experience within fast-paced/high-volume and multi-site organisations, including 5+ years in Talent Acquisition leadership roles.
• 5+ years’ experience leading geographically dispersed Talent Acquisition teams across multiple countries or regions, including leadership, coaching and developing of experienced managers and operational teams.
• Proven ability to operationalise and localise global Talent Acquisition strategies, frameworks, and ways of working across diverse markets.
• Strong experience working within a matrixed Talent Acquisition environment, partnering with COEs, Employer Brand, Technology, and broader P&C teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing capability, with experience partnering with senior business leaders across multiple functions and geographies.
• Demonstrated experience leading recruitment delivery at scale, balancing operational performance, candidate experience, and business priorities.
• Experience using recruitment data, market insights, and hiring analytics to drive performance and inform decision-making.
• Experience leading through change, transformation, and evolving organisational environments.
• Strong commercial awareness, communication skills, and professional judgement
• Working proficiency in English.

Nice to Have

• Experience within retail, consumer, or other large-scale operational environments
• Experience supporting organisational growth, transformation, or international expansion
• Working proficiency in 1+ European languages.

Additional Information

Does this sound like you? Great, because we can’t wait to see what you’ll bring. You’ll be supported within a team of equally capable people, celebrating who you are and aiding you reach your potential. At Primark, we’re excited about our future - and we’re excited to develop yours.

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