Applegreen Talent Acquisition Specialist

Role Introduction:

Applegreen is in a rapid growth phase and is seeking to onboard a Talent Acquisition Specialist who will provide end-to-end recruitment support to the retail operations function by understanding role, site, brand and geographical requirements.

The role will heavily recruit leadership roles for the retail operations team. On occasion, the role will lead recruitment campaigns and support hiring needs at site level to drive high candidate calibre whilst reducing time to hire.

This role reports directly to the Head of HR and will have the full support of the ROI Human Resources team. It is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to build and grow in their recruitment career. The successful candidate will be a confident people person who can fit into Applegreen seamlessly and adopt a hands-on approach to their role.

Key Responsibilities:

As Applegreen expands, the responsibilities will evolve and change over time. The core responsibilities will centre around the following areas:

• Support Applegreen site managers on all end to end recruitment requirements. This includes, but is not limited to, actively sourcing candidates, CV screening, interview scheduling and interviewing when necessary.

• Provide training and coaching to hiring managers when required.

• Work closely with the management team to ensure the recruitment process runs as effectively and efficiently as possible, ensuring all stakeholders both internal and external receive a first-class recruitment experience.

• Consistently strive to identify new candidate leads and network through hired candidates to establish potential referrals while maintaining excellent levels of communications with your candidate community.

• Ensure all unsuccessful candidates receive the appropriate communication within a short timeframe following interview, provide constructive feedback (when required).

• Proactively work with site managers to understand vacancies and support the recruitment process by commencing head hunting opportunities and talent resourcing.

• Partner with hiring managers to identify recruitment needs and candidate “must-haves” and draft job descriptions.

• Develop talent pipelines for future hiring needs.

• Attend career fairs and recruitment events to establish professional relationships with potential candidates and promote job opportunities.

• Create recruitment campaigns to target a specific recruitment audience.

• Management of recruitment tracker and talent-related websites.

• Collaborate with HR, marketing and business leaders to establish an employer brand identity.

• Have strong employer branding with a professional and visible presence on LinkedIn and other social networks.

• Maintain current knowledge of recruitment industry and best practices.

• Feedback any relevant salary/ benefits benchmarking detail gained through resourcing relating to comparable external roles and salaries.

• Track and report on talent acquisition metrics, such as time-to-fill, offer acceptance rate, cost per hire etc.

• Develop talent acquisition practices, processes and systems to ensure an effective hiring process from application to hire.

• Analyse resourcing data, such as turnover, retention, new hires etc to produce management information to inform and influence our recruitment strategy.

• Oversee the completion of various talent acquisition projects and wider HR initiatives.

• Ad-hoc support to the HR team and admin duties such as: contracts, reference checks, visa support, employee letters etc.

The Candidate should have the following:

Qualifications, experience & skills

• Minimum 2-3 years resourcing experience (ideally in retail recruitment)
• High proficiency in all Microsoft Office software also essential (Excel, PPT)
• Strong academics, business related Degree an advantage.
• Experience in a high-volume retail environment preferred.
• Experience in as a standalone inhouse recruiter role beneficial but not essential.

Additional Key Skills & Attributes:

• A dynamic individual who adapts well to change and can thrive in a rapidly growing organisation that continues to evolve.

• Manage, build and maintain relationships with candidates.
• Ability to confidently present the company and open roles to potential candidates.

• Proven track record of delivering to tight deadlines.

• A highly organised individual with ability to plan and prioritise workloads effectively for maximum impact and adapt around changing priorities as required.

• Ability to execute directly at high quality and pace.

• Excellent drive, enthusiasm and commitment and a keen interest in developing a career in Applegreen.

• A ‘can do’ attitude and a positive solution focused mindset.

• Demonstrate strong analytical capability to interpret and challenge data and to interrogate financial systems.

• Has strong commercial acumen and a focus on delivering value to the business.

• Exceptional interpersonal skills, and ability to engage and develop relationships with individuals at all levels of the organisation.

• Be a self-starter, and also be able to work collaboratively as a member of a highly interdependent team across many parts of Applegreen.

• Is resilient and calm under pressure.

• Has sound judgement and objective logical decision-making skills.

• Has strong leadership potential and management skills, who will be a role model for the people and culture at Applegreen.

• Willing to travel ad hoc if required.

About Applegreen

Established in 1992, Applegreen is a leading convenience roadside retailer in the Republic of Ireland, the UK and the US in both large-scale Motorway Service Areas and Travel Plazas, as well as smaller petrol stations. The business has grown to over €3BN in annual revenue, operating over 610 forecourt sites internationally and employing over 14,000 people. Our products and services include large scale food and beverage operations, convenience stores, roadside refuelling including electric vehicle channels, in addition to a number of other ancillary business lines for example our hotels and gaming business in Welcome Break and our commercial fuel and airline refuelling business. We partner with a large number of high-quality international brands in each market including Starbucks, Burger King, Subway, Greggs, KFC, 7-Eleven, Chopstix, Freshii etc in addition to our own proprietary Bakewell brand. In 2021 Applegreen moved from a PLC to a private ownership company structure in partnership with Blackstone Infrastructure Partners.

At Applegreen, it’s our people that make us a success. We collaborate as a growing international business, while ensuring locally led high performing teams in each of our regions. Each region has distinct elements in its culture while operating within a Group culture that is built around a clear employee proposition considering the needs of all our people. There is a strong entrepreneurial culture in the business which is driven by the founders who started the business more than 25 years ago and are still closely involved with the business today.

Applegreen prides itself on our commitment to charity and the community and the company established a large-scale charity fund in 2009. Every time a customer makes a shop and & fuel or a shop-only purchase, the company donates 1c to the Applegreen Charitable Fund. We are currently proudly supporting Pieta House, Enable Ireland, Irish Youth Foundation (Applegreen Blossom Fund) & FoodCloud.