Job ID : R2000627536

Job Description:

As a Talent Acquisition Specialist (TAS) for Shoppers Drug Mart, you are responsible for attracting critical pharmacy talent for Associate Owners in your region. You will act as a strategic partner to provide expert guidance and recommendations on talent attraction strategies in a highly competitive talent market. In this role, you will continually partner with Associate Owners, District Managers and other leaders to develop and implement recruitment strategies as well as represent Shoppers Drug Mart at recruitment events throughout your designated region. 

In addition, the TAS will support store openings and Associate Owner selection in their region. 

What you'll do: 

• Talent Attraction - You will identify and apply creative sourcing strategies to attract top talent at all levels within our corporate environment. You will develop cost effective, efficient, proactive, and innovative solutions to meet your Associate Owners' recruiting needs. 
• Campus Recruitment - You will support campus recruitment strategies to attract pharmacy students, by collaborating with student associations, planning and leading campus events, and developing pipelines for pharmacy students. In addition, you will support pharmacy students and Associate Owners build a strong talent bench through the Shoppers Drug Mart Scholarship Program 
• International Hiring - You will manage international recruitment efforts, including candidate sourcing, assessment, and coordination with immigration and licensing partners, to support hiring in hard-to-fill roles. 
• Relationship Building - You will create and maintain working relationships with Store Resource Teams, Associate Owners and HRBP's to understand current and future recruitment needs and determine optimum sourcing strategies. 
• Tracking & Reporting - You will use multiple tools such as Workday to maintain information during the recruitment process; ensuring all information is current and activity is updated on a regular basis to report weekly to regional leaders. 
• DEI - Commitment to promoting a workplace of inclusiveness and belonging 

What you bring: 

• 3+ years of recruitment experience with a strong preference to candidates who have previous experience working in a recruitment agency model.  
• Strong networking skills with the ability to develop quick, meaningful connections with candidates. 
• Proven experience identifying passive candidates through their understanding of talent sourcing techniques. Comfort and experience with strong direct sourcing (headhunting, cold calling, in person). 
• Strong social media acumen to promote employer brands, recruitment events and career opportunities through multiple social media channels. 
• Ability to optimally manage a corporate portfolio consisting of 30+ vacancies/requisitions concurrently. 
• Exposure to an applicant tracking system (ATS), Workday preferred. 
• A current driver's license and a vehicle are required. 
• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time. 

Why work at Shoppers Drug Mart?

Acting as consultants, supporting internal customers and the Associate-Owners, you will get experience unique to the retail industry while working for an award-winning national brand.   Benefit from a purchase discount program, competitive pay and online learning through Academy.

Take ownership of your work and find more ways to care about your work, co-workers, customers and community.

How You'll Succeed:

At Shoppers Drug Mart Inc., we seek great people to continually strengthen our culture.  We believe great people model our values, are authentic, build trust and make connections. 

If that sounds like you, and you are open-minded, responsive to change and up to the challenges provided in a fast-paced retail environment, apply today. 

Employment Type:

Full time

Type of Role:

Regular

Shoppers Drug Mart Inc. recognizes Canada's diversity as a source of national pride and strength. We have made it a priority to reflect our nation's evolving diversity in the products we sell, the people we hire, and the culture we create in our organization. Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities in the recruitment and assessment process and when hired.

In addition, we believe that compliance with laws is about doing the right thing.  Upholding the law is part of our Code of Conduct - it reinforces what our customers and stakeholders expect of us.

Please Note: If you have Employee Self Service (ESS) on Workday, apply to this job via the Workday application.

Hiring Range / Échelle salariale à l'embauche :

$54,200.00 - $72,200.00 / 54.200,00$ - 72.200,00$ (per year / par an)

A candidate's experience and knowledge as well as the geographical region in which the position is located may be factored into the pay a candidate receives for this position. / L'expérience et les connaissances d'un candidat ainsi que la région géographique dans laquelle le poste est situé peuvent être prises en compte dans la rémunération qu'un candidat reçoit pour ce poste.