Sourcing Specialist

Making Construction Better

Working alongside the Talent Acquisition Business Partners, this role will be responsible for researching, identifying and attracting sales, customer service and engineering talent to Hilti through various sourcing, networking and search strategies designed to diversify & develop the external talent pipeline for the region.

Identify and screen external talent for active vacancies through networking, relationship building and development of an external talent community for Hilti. Specific focus will be placed on identifying diverse talents for roles in Saudi Arabia within core functional roles in Sales, Channel and Engineering.

The Sourcing Specialist is a pivotal and pro-active role in the TA team and an essential component in the success of our Lead 2030 hiring strategy. Visibility of all open positions in your area and working collaboratively with the Talent Acquisition Business Partners to understand hiring priorities will be key to this role.

What You'll do

Work with your Talent Acquisition Business Partner to take a detailed brief on a role, asking the right questions to understand hiring manager requirements and translate this into a sourcing strategy

Pro-actively identify high calibre diverse external talent via direct sourcing, market mapping and advanced research

Utilise to identify candidates from the relevant talent pools and referrals who are a match for open vacancies and managing the candidate journey of these people

Conduct job/industry market intelligence, candidate/competitor analysis and utilize tools to open doors to passive and active candidates.

Craft engaging and personalized approaches to prospective candidates using tools such as email extractors and browser extensions, as well as the ability to sell Hilti over multiple approaches, delivering a warm pipeline of candidates to the business

Conduct in-depth screenings of potential candidates, demonstrating ability to anticipate hiring manager preferences and selling the Hilti proposition to passive candidates who may not be aware of us

Screen and shortlist direct applications for your designated areas, managing your stakeholders effectively and working in close partnership with the hiring managers and Talent Acquisition BPs for your area

Focus on delivering top results for your area, utilising all available system reporting to identify search priorities based on days open, application numbers, conversions of search to interview and conversion of interview to offer and adjusting the search strategy to deliver the best result in the shortest timeframe

Initiate, build and maintain strong networks with candidates, the TA team and the wider business and maintain a strong external network in the sourcing community, sharing innovation and best practice internally

Raise Hilti’s profile as an employer of choice, promoting vacancies through LinkedIn and other social media platforms and creating and sharing regular, relevant and engaging communication

What You’ll Bring

Faster time-to-hire through proactive pipeline creation

Higher quality candidate shortlists for recruiters and hiring managers

Reduced dependency on agencies and external vendors

Stronger employer brand through professional and personalized candidate engagement

Data-driven sourcing insights to support smarter hiring decisions

What’s In It for You

proactively source candidate using LinkedIn, job boards , Avature referrals and market mapping for the respective region for external hires

Partner closely with the TA manager and Head of TA and where required HR, to align on sourcing strategies with hiring plans ensure ongoing updates to recruiters and business conduct the initial outreach , screening and candidate engagement maintain accurate candidate data within the ATS provide market insights on talent availibity , competitor activity and candidate expectations

Lead on setting up Hiring Day and work in collaboration with the TA manager to ensure strong po