Talent Specialist

About you

You are passionate about people and their development. You have a deep understanding of the entire employee life cycle and have experience in performance management, employee development, work force planning. You are a strategic thinker, with great communication skills, able to create initiatives and processes that foster a culture of continuous improvement and talent retention. 

About the job

The Talent Specialist plays a pivotal role in the Talent Centre of Excellence (CoE) by facilitating alignment and ensuring the efficient, consistent and high-quality embedment of CoE processes and priorities across geographic boundaries. The role scope will be both regional or global, within the specific responsibilities or area(s) of specialism. This role can be based in the UK or any of our European offices. 

•    Manage end-to-end projects (talent marketplace, mobility, rotations across SBF) assigned autonomously and timely, bringing external best practices and retrieving local Gemba insights/feedback to improve our CoE practices as well as employee experience.  
•    Independent and timely execution of tasks within Talent processes such as creating user guides and elearning modules (talent review, performance), conducting UAT testing, Regular Data Analysis/Reporting (status & completion of core processes, analytics), Managing the P&C Hub 
•    Expert on core Talent Process (Performance, Talent Review), supporting the embedment of the Performance culture and Talent philosophy through the P&C team into the business (being seen as the first point of contact within their market for core Talent Management topics)
•    Work closely with Talent Leads to plan core cycle activities, retrieve local GEMBA feedback/insights and bring in external best practise to continually challenge and improve our global CoE approach.
•    Collaborate with Business Partnering & People Excellence teams as appropriate to drive initiatives that increase Employee & Manager capability to own Talent processes.
•    Support communication of Talent Management & Performance across SBFE, tailoring or adapting as necessary and translating to SBFE languages.
•    Address special communications request about talent topics or processes in each one of the markets, consulting with the lead of the project if necessary.
•    Assess and develop the skills, capabilities and knowledge of the Business Partnering & People Excellence teams to execute core Performance & Talent processes.
•    Proactively work with Business Partnering & People Excellence teams and business to identify qualified needs with a clear focus on identifying and developing market’s talents.
Employee Contact
•    Proactively share complex requests/scenarios to the relevant Talent Lead
•    Work collaboratively with People Excellence and Business Partners to ensure a great and consistent employee experience.
 

About us

Suntory Group is a Japanese company and the world’s third biggest player in the drinks industry. We are renowned for our alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks including whisky, beer and soft drinks. Our diverse and iconic portfolio include amongst many other brands, Lucozade, Ribena, La Casera, Orangina, Yamazaki and Hibiki whiskies, Premium Malts and V. We wouldn’t achieve what we do without our people who are at the heart of everything we do. Our people unleash their spirit daily, they craft exceptional drinks and they fuel our Growth. 

A future with us

Joining Suntory isn’t just about taking on a role, it’s about embarking on a career journey. You have the opportunity to work with talented, inspiring and authentic leaders and have the freedom to dream big, and go for it (Yatte Minahare). At Suntory you’ll find a supportive work environment that values work life balance and that will help you realise your full potential and grow for good. Joining Suntory isn’t just about taking on a role, it’s about embarking on a career journey. You have the opportunity to work with talented, inspiring and authentic leaders and have the freedom to dream big, and go for it (Yatte Minahare). At Suntory you’ll find a supportive work environment that values work life balance and that will help you realise your full potential and grow for good.

What you bring to the table

•    Strong Technical acumen, including MS Office and LMS, LXP, HRIS (SAP SuccessFactors) 
•    Understanding and experience of Talent Management Processes 
•    Inquisitive, curious nature with problem solving abilities
•    Great communication skills with ability to consult and influence and build lasting relationships 
•    Great prioritisation skills
•    Future thinking mindset, identifying improvement opportunities and initiatives 
•    Role will be covering different markets, English is a must and any other European language would be ideal 
 

Our inclusive recruitment commitment

At Suntory, we greatly appreciate the value that diverse knowledge, perspectives, and backgrounds can bring. Our colleagues from a wide range of cultures, lifestyles, and experiences contribute significantly to our collective success.  
We understand that our candidates all have unique career trajectories and experiences, and this can sometimes deter you from applying for a role if you don’t feel that you meet all the criteria. If you believe that you have relevant skills and experience that you feel could benefit us, we would love to know what unique perspectives and experience you can bring to help make us better, together in a company that is committed to Growing for Good and Giving Back to Society.  
Our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based on the skills and competencies of the above role. We are committed to and value diversity, equity and inclusion in our recruitment process and do not discriminate based on gender, race or ethnic background, class, economic status, disability status, sexual orientation, age, political beliefs, marital status or any other protected characteristic. We want to ensure that our interview process is as inclusive as possible. If you require any reasonable accommodation as part of the process, do not hesitate to let your recruiter know who will be happy to help.