Recruitment Partner, Talent Acquisition, Corporate (Temp 12 Months)

Join adidas Europe and shape the future of the sporting goods industry! For over 75 years, our European heritage has been a fusion of culture and innovation, driving global sports trends. Our offices, from Herzogenaurach to London, Berlin, Zaragoza, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Athens, Milan, Manchester, and Paris, are centers of creativity and collaboration. We aim to be Europe's best sports brand, seeking pioneers and visionaries to join our bold journey.

At adidas, you're not just getting a job; you're invited to make a global impact, joining a team that values creativity, courage and innovation. Are you ready to be part of our journey?

You will be joining our Stockport Head office, home to 18 showrooms, our Conference Centre, staff Wellness Hub, a truly state-of-the-art gym - fully loaded with Peloton bikes & every piece of gym equipment you can imagine. An indoor Astroturf Pitch, Padel Court, chat boxes & creative spaces. Our Stockport team consists of over 350 adidas employees, working across Brand Marketing, Commercial, HR, Finance, Business Development and many more functions.

As a Recruitment Partner at adidas, you will be responsible leading the entire recruitment process and closely partnering with HR, Business and TA colleagues in order to identify, to qualify and attract the best talent for adidas. 

You will be responsible for managing the entire recruitment process from sourcing, screening, interviewing, to offer stage. You will have a true passion for engaging with candidates and hiring teams and deliver an exceptional candidate experience and recruitment services.

This role will be responsible for our North Europe Corporate hiring and will partner with the Commercial organisation. Outside of the operational recruitment you will lead and own TA related projects such as Employer Branding and DEI. 

Key Requirements:

  • Minimum of 4-6 years’ in-house experience with international/global recruiting, leading local, international and global recruitment mandates for all level candidates through a broad range of sourcing channels (including proactive outreach).
  • Track record of driving end2end, holistic recruitment mandates (including sourcing, assessing and hiring talent in volume roles) and global recruiting initiatives (i.e. proactive recruiting, internal recruiting, diversity, etc) to achieve hiring goals.
  • Experienced in offer negotiation, awareness of local legislation and employment market/compensation trends.

Above all, it is important that you are a team player with a curious mindset and a passion for what you do!

Life at adidas:

We operate a flexible hybrid model with 3 fixed days in the office and the flexibility for you to choose where you work from home on the other 2 days. Additionally, we want to accommodate candidates wherever possible with one of our many different flexible working policies, whatever your situation, working around childcare, dependants, or other life commitments.

To ensure everyone feels welcome we endeavour to accommodate everyone at all stages of the application and interview process. Should you need it, please let your recruitment partner know and they will be more than happy to help.

Additional Benefits:

Leading pension scheme, performance related bonus, 25 days holiday + bank holidays, BUPA health insurance & Westfield cash plan, generous employee discount and world-class gym facilities on-site at Manchester HQ or Gym contributions for our London colleagues.


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.

Job Title:  Recruitment Partner, Talent Acquisition, Corporate (Temp 12 Months)

Brand: 
Location:  Stockport
TEAM:  People & Culture
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Country/Region:  GB
Contract Type:  Temp
Number:  535117
Date:  Sep 25, 2025