Manager, Recruitment Partner
Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:
To drive end-to-end talent acquisition across Vietnam by delivering high-quality hiring outcomes for both Corporate and Retail functions, including early career hiring needs. This role partners closely with business to build strong talent pipelines, strengthen employer branding, and provide a clear talent acquisition across Vietnam to support workforce planning and business growth.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage full-cycle recruitment across both Corporate and Retail functions, from briefing and sourcing through assessment, offer management, and onboarding handover.
- Partner with hiring managers to understand business needs, define role requirements, and develop effective hiring strategies that balance speed, quality, and candidate experience.
- Drive and support workforce planning, retail challenges, and volume recruitment priorities to ensure the retail organization is well positioned to support Vietnam’s growth agenda.
- Drive employer branding initiatives in partnership with internal stakeholders to strengthen market visibility, attract diverse talent, and position the organization as an employer of choice.
- Support Early Careers recruitment initiatives including internships, graduate hiring, campus engagement, and partnership with internal stakeholders to build sustainable entry-level talent pipelines.
- Provide talent acquisition oversight and reporting, including recruitment activity, hiring trends, pipeline health, time-to-fill, and key market insights to support workforce planning and decision-making.
- Ensure a high-quality and consistent candidate experience across all hiring stages, while maintaining strong communication with candidates, hiring teams, and relevant stakeholders.
- Ensure recruitment processes, assessments, and offers are aligned with internal policies, local market practices, and compliance requirements across the relevant SEA markets.
- Lead and champion a consistent, engaging onboarding experience for new hires, ensuring smooth integration into the organization and strong alignment with team and business expectations.
- Collaborate with Emerging Market (EM) and Global Talent Acquisition teams to share best practices, align on priorities, and support broader TA projects and initiatives.
- Lead and support local HR events and activations as part of broader HR initiatives that strengthen employee engagement and organizational culture.
Key Relationships:
- Hiring Managers in Vietnam
- Vietnam Commercial and Retail leadership teams
- Local, SEA, and EM HR Business Partner communities
- EM, SEA and Global Talent Acquisition teams
- Employer Branding and Marketing stakeholders
- External search partners, agencies, and candidate networks
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
- Strong end-to-end Talent Acquisition expertise across both Corporate and Retail hiring, including sourcing, interviewing, assessment, offer management, and stakeholder advisory.
- Experience in employer branding, talent attraction, and early careers initiatives, with the ability to translate business needs into compelling market-facing messages, campus engagement activities, and hiring campaigns.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret recruitment metrics, identify trends, and provide a meaningful TA overview for stakeholders.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and candidate management skills, with a strong focus on quality and experience.
- Well-organized, resilient, and comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced, matrix environment.
Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:
- University degree or equivalent.
- Minimum 6–8 years of relevant experience in talent acquisition, preferably across both corporate and retail hiring within an international organization.
- Prior HRBP experience with strong talent acquisition experience is preferred.
- English fluent, both written and spoken.
At adidas, we strongly believe that embedding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into our culture and talent processes gives our employees a sense of belonging and our brand a real competitive advantage.
– Culture Starts With People, It Starts With You –
By recruiting talent and developing our people to reflect the rich diversity of our consumers and communities, we foster a culture of inclusion that engages our employees and authentically connects our brand with our consumers.