Senior Talent Acquisition Manager

ABOUT ABBOTT

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritional and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. As Senior Talent Acquisition Manager, you will play a critical role in setting the strategy and leading a team of internal recruiters and external partnerships to effectively attract, hire, and maintain a continuous pipeline of well-qualified talent.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You will have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.

A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Main purpose of position:

This role will lead the talent acquisition strategy and hiring operations for Abbott Nutrition & Corporate Functions which includes talent acquisition support for all business and functional teams. Scope of role will ensure standardization of talent recruitment policies, procedures, practices, tools, & metrics, as well as deliver on the hiring requirements from business. Major areas of responsibility include developing and executing the recruiting strategies and solutions to meet/exceed the business staffing requirements, team management, stakeholder management.

2. Main responsibilities:

• Provide leadership and direction to a team of TA professionals and ensure Abbott attracts high caliber talent to meet business needs. Foster a continuous learning environment that champions a diverse and equitable culture.
• Support and lead project work by driving and executing against key expansion plans or functional projects and support local, regional PRM initiatives as appropriate.
• Establish the most effective recruitment processes and selection practices in. Execute with high quality hiring standards to meet diversity goals and provide exceptional candidate experiences.
• Own and manage the relationship with internal clients at senior manager, director, GM, occasionally up to DVP level.
• Deliver full cycle recruiting efforts and activities, from requirement definition to negotiation for leadership and most difficult to hire positions. May use the additional support of a sourcing specialist or a contingency search partner as required.
• Use cost-effective recruiting channels, implement direct sourcing initiatives, and create innovative campaigns to attract the best talent.

MINIMUM BACKGROUND/ EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Work Experience:

• Minimum professional experience: 10+ years of recruiting experience with a min 3 years of in-house TA experience in a matrix environment. People management experience preferred.

• Functional experience: Full cycle recruitment experience in healthcare or adjacent industries and across main functions: commercial, scientific, and corporate function. 
• Experience of supporting hiring needs at senior manager/director level across multiple functions, divisions or business units.
• Subject matter expert in developing marketing campaigns and direct sourcing strategies to engage, attract, and nurture passive candidates. 
• Team leadership experience over a single contributor team or indirect leadership over resources assigned to a project and acquired in a matrix environment.

Critical capabilities:

• Strategy development and execution
• Influence stakeholders and candidates
• Endurance and resilience
• Leadership
• Change management
• Data management, analysis and insights, story-telling
• Project management

Language Skill:

• Advanced written and spoken English proficiency
• Vietnamese

Computer Skill:

• Able to utilize MS computer programs such as notes, excel and PowerPoint to compile, build, analyses and consolidate data.