A newly created role within our People and Purpose Team, ELEMIS are looking for an experienced Global Head of Talent to lead the end-to-end talent strategy across ELEMIS.
Reporting directly to the CPO this is a senior leadership role within the People and Purpose Team. This role will act as the owner of the global talent journey, bringing together Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development and Talent Management under one global remit. You will lead the shift from fragmented talent activity to a more structured, scalable and commercially focused global model.
Leading the Talent Acquisition and Talent Development teams, you will ensure a seamless experience across attraction, hiring, onboarding, development, succession planning and internal mobility.
Talent Strategy
- Develop and deliver a global talent strategy aligned to business objectives and future workforce needs;
- Create a connected, end to end talent framework that supports employees from attraction and onboarding through development, progression and succession;
- Build an integrated approach to talent acquisition, development, succession planning and internal mobility;
- Establish clear global standards and consistency across talent practices, whilst allowing for local flexibility;
- Design and implement an early careers program that will aim to covert emerging talent into impactful, long-term contributors who deliver future skill requirements;
Lead and develop the Talent Acquisition and Talent Development teams, creating a high-performing and collaborative function;
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Talent Acquisition & Employer Brand
- Lead global recruitment and attraction strategies, reducing the reliance on agency hiring and strengthen internal recruitment capability and direct sourcing;
- Develop ELEMIS' employee value proposition and employer brand strategy;
- Develop diverse talent pipelines and ensure an exceptional candidate experience;
- Define and embed consistent, skills-based assessment and selection frameworks aligned to culture and performance;
- Oversee recruitment partners, supplier strategy, talent acquisition technologies and analytics.
Talent Development & Learning
- Design and deliver a structured global learning strategy, including scalable ‘always-on’ digital learning;
- Design and implement development frameworks, career pathways, and talent initiatives that support growth and retention;
- Design and deliver leadership development programmes tailored to various leadership levels based on job architecture;
- Launch a robust apprenticeships program that will utilise our Levy (UK) and be the vehicle to deliver the Leadership Development Program and Early Careers Programmes.
- Embed tools and frameworks (e.g. behavioural insights) to improve leadership effectiveness and team performance;
- Ensure learning investment is targeted, impactful and aligned to priority capability gaps;
- Oversee learning technologies, compliance training and learning effectiveness.
Succession Planning & Talent Management
- Develop robust succession planning and talent management frameworks across all markets;
- Embed frameworks to utilise performance data allowing us to identify and develop high-potential talent and future leaders;
- Support workforce planning through talent mapping and capability assessments;
- Drive internal mobility and career development opportunities.
Talent Insights
- Establish meaningful talent metrics and reporting;
- Use data and external market insights to inform talent decisions and measure impact;
- Improve transparency and oversight of investment across learning, recruitment and talent initiatives, strengthening control and return on investment.
Stakeholder Management
- Act as the subject matter expert for Talent Acquisition and Talent Development;
- Partner with senior leaders to deliver talent solutions that support organisational growth, capability and performance;
- Work closely with People Partners and Centres of Excellence (e.g. Reward, Finance, IT) to ensure a joined-up and commercially effective approach;
- Build strong cross-functional relationships to embed talent strategy into business planning and workforce decisions.
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Combined expertise across Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development and Talent Management within a global (focusing on UK and USA), fast-paced organisation;
- People Developer: experience coaching and developing high-performing Talent Acquisition and Learning & Development teams;
- Strategy Design and Implementation: we need someone who can build things from infancy, with previous experience building the infrastructure and frameworks;
- Transformation and Change Management: this roles needs a true visionary who can influence our transformation and support stakeholders through change to land the strategy successfully;
- Project Management: strong regard for building and managing the Talent Roadmap, delivering milestones to standard and on time;
- Commercial Awareness: applies commercial rigour to ensure talent initiatives align to business priorities and enable us to deliver the goals efficiently;
- Collaboration: builds connectivity across the business, builds things with the team and business stakeholders, and includes others in the journey;
- Problem Solving: able to overcome barriers and obstacles, removes friction and blockers, and approaches challenges with abundant thinking.
- Analytical: builds the metrics and utilises the metrics to lead with data-driven decision making, comfortable measuring impact.
- Experience within retail, beauty, luxury or FMCG environments is advantageous.
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Hybrid and Flexible working: we are based three days per week in Baker Street (London) and two days Working From Home. This is a 37.5 hour per week contract, modelled off 9am - 5:30pm. Core hours are between 10am - 4pm.
- 27 days holiday plus your birthday off.
- Two weeks Work-From-Anywhere.
- Generous staff discount on ELEMIS products and spa treatments, plus L’OCCITANE Group brands.
- Enhanced parental leave policies.
- Income Protection and Life Assurance.
- Company pension scheme.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Cycle to Work Scheme, Season Ticket Loan, and service awards.
Our People Commitments
Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion are central to our People Strategy. We are committed to building a fair, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels they belong and can thrive.
We embed this commitment through inclusive hiring and progression practices, clear policies that promote equity and zero tolerance for discrimination and regular review of our people data to identify and address gaps in representation and experience. We invest in inclusive leadership, equipping our managers with the skills and accountability to foster psychologically safe, respectful and high-performing teams.
We provide channels for open dialogue, including confidential Speak Up mechanisms, to ensure concerns can be raised safely and addressed appropriately. Through ongoing learning, inclusive behaviours and shared accountability across all levels of the organisation, we empower our people to be themselves, innovate and fulfil their potential. Together, we belong.
