Talent Acquisition Manager

Talent Acquisition Manager | Reef Group Position Title: Talent Acquisition Manager Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Job Type: Full-Time About the Role Reef Group is seeking an experienced Talent Acquisition Manager to lead and manage recruitment activities across the Group. The role will be responsible for developing and executing annual recruitment plans, managing end-to-end hiring activities, leading recruitment campaigns, strengthening sourcing channels, and ensuring the timely hiring of high-quality talent across different functions and levels. The Talent Acquisition Manager will work closely with business leaders and hiring managers to ensure recruitment requirements are aligned with the approved organizational structure, manpower plan, business priorities, and recruitment budget. The ideal candidate should be highly comfortable working in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, respond quickly to changing priorities, and maintain strong recruitment quality under pressure. We are looking for someone who can manage recruitment effectively, but also build, improve, and create not simply operate within existing processes. The successful candidate will be expected to take initiative, identify gaps, introduce new practices, and continuously strengthen the Talent Acquisition function. Key Responsibilities • Lead and manage the full end-to-end recruitment process across multiple departments and business units. • Develop and execute the annual recruitment plan based on approved manpower requirements, organizational structure, and budget. • Review recruitment requests and ensure they are properly approved and aligned with approved vacancies and workforce plans. • Partner closely with hiring managers and department heads to understand workforce needs, hiring priorities, and role requirements. • Manage recruitment for professional, managerial, leadership, critical, specialized, and hard-to-fill roles. • Identify and develop the most effective sourcing strategies and recruitment channels for different types of vacancies. • Manage sourcing through LinkedIn, job portals, professional networks, referrals, recruitment agencies, universities, and other channels. • Conduct initial interviews and assess candidate suitability against role requirements. • Apply structured and behavioral interviewing techniques to improve candidate assessment and selection quality. • Coordinate technical and final interviews with hiring departments and follow up on evaluation outcomes. • Build and continuously maintain a strong candidate database and talent pipelines to support current and future hiring needs. • Take full ownership of recruitment delivery from requisition through offer acceptance and onboarding coordination. • Proactively identify recruitment gaps and introduce practical improvements to processes, workflows, sourcing, reporting, and candidate experience. • Build and improve recruitment frameworks, workflows, templates, reporting structures, and operating practices. • Introduce new recruitment tools, systems, automation, and initiatives where they can improve efficiency and quality. • Strengthen the use of ATS and recruitment systems to improve candidate tracking, visibility, reporting, and process control. • Support workforce planning and translate approved business needs into actionable recruitment plans. • Monitor recruitment KPIs and use data to identify bottlenecks and improvement opportunities. • Prepare periodic reports covering vacancy status, candidates, offers, recruitment progress, and completion rates. • Build relationships with job platforms, professional bodies, universities, agencies, and other strategic sourcing partners. • Lead, coach, and develop the Talent Acquisition team, including workload allocation, performance follow-up, and capability development. • Drive continuous improvement across Talent Acquisition processes, systems, sourcing strategies, and ways of working. Required Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Management, or a related field. • 5–7+ years of relevant experience in Talent Acquisition. • Previous experience in a supervisory or managerial recruitment role. • Strong knowledge of end-to-end recruitment and hiring processes. • Strong ability to analyze workforce and recruitment needs and understand business requirements. • Proven experience in professional, managerial, specialized, leadership, and hard-to-fill recruitment. • Strong interviewing and candidate assessment skills, including behavioral interviewing and structured selection methods. • Good understanding of workforce planning and manpower requirements. • Strong knowledge of ATS and recruitment tracking systems. • Strong stakeholder management, communication, negotiation, and influencing skills. • Proven ability to work effectively in dynamic, fast-paced, and high-growth environments. • Demonstrated experience in building or improving recruitment processes, systems, frameworks, sourcing strategies, or reporting practices. • Ability to manage urgent requirements and changing business needs without losing recruitment quality or control. • Experience within retail, FMCG, consumer goods, large groups, or fast-growing organizations is highly preferred. • Strong Arabic and English communication skills. Why Join Us? Join Reef Group during an exciting stage of continued regional and international growth. As Talent Acquisition Manager, you will not only be responsible for delivering recruitment requirements, but will also have the opportunity to build, improve, and strengthen how Talent Acquisition operates across the Group. You will play a key role in attracting the talent behind Reef Group’s growth, improving recruitment effectiveness, developing the team, and creating scalable recruitment practices that can support the organization’s future expansion. Show more Show less

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Management, or a related field. 5–7+ years of relevant experience in Talent Acquisition. Previous experience in a supervisory or managerial recruitment role. Strong knowledge of end-to-end recruitment and hiring processes. Strong ability to analyze workforce and recruitment needs and understand business requirements. Proven experience in professional, managerial, specialized, leadership, and hard-to-fill recruitment. Strong interviewing and candidate assessment skills, including behavioral interviewing and structured selection methods. Good understanding of workforce planning and manpower requirements. Strong knowledge of ATS and recruitment tracking systems. Strong stakeholder management, communication, negotiation, and influencing skills. Proven ability to work effectively in dynamic, fast-paced, and high-growth environments. Demonstrated experience in building or improving recruitment processes, systems, frameworks, sourcing strategies, or reporting practices. Ability to manage urgent requirements and changing business needs without losing recruitment quality or control. Experience within retail, FMCG, consumer goods, large groups, or fast-growing organizations is highly preferred. Strong Arabic and English communication skills.

Lead and manage the full end-to-end recruitment process across multiple departments and business units. Develop and execute the annual recruitment plan based on approved manpower requirements, organizational structure, and budget. Review recruitment requests and ensure they are properly approved and aligned with approved vacancies and workforce plans. Partner closely with hiring managers and department heads to understand workforce needs, hiring priorities, and role requirements. Manage recruitment for professional, managerial, leadership, critical, specialized, and hard-to-fill roles. Identify and develop the most effective sourcing strategies and recruitment channels for different types of vacancies. Manage sourcing through LinkedIn, job portals, professional networks, referrals, recruitment agencies, universities, and other channels. Conduct initial interviews and assess candidate suitability against role requirements. Apply structured and behavioral interviewing techniques to improve candidate assessment and selection quality. Coordinate technical and final interviews with hiring departments and follow up on evaluation outcomes. Build and continuously maintain a strong candidate database and talent pipelines to support current and future hiring needs. Take full ownership of recruitment delivery from requisition through offer acceptance and onboarding coordination. Proactively identify recruitment gaps and introduce practical improvements to processes, workflows, sourcing, reporting, and candidate experience. Build and improve recruitment frameworks, workflows, templates, reporting structures, and operating practices. Introduce new recruitment tools, systems, automation, and initiatives where they can improve efficiency and quality. Strengthen the use of ATS and recruitment systems to improve candidate tracking, visibility, reporting, and process control. Support workforce planning and translate approved business needs into actionable recruitment plans. Monitor recruitment KPIs and use data to identify bottlenecks and improvement opportunities. Prepare periodic reports covering vacancy status, candidates, offers, recruitment progress, and completion rates. Build relationships with job platforms, professional bodies, universities, agencies, and other strategic sourcing partners. Lead, coach, and develop the Talent Acquisition team, including workload allocation, performance follow-up, and capability development. Drive continuous improvement across Talent Acquisition processes, systems, sourcing strategies, and ways of working.