Talent Engagement Manager - French speaking 

Our Human Resources (HR) team bring brilliant people together to help us continue building iconic brands. We harness the diverse talents of our people to help them excel. We champion an inclusive and collaborative culture, where all voices and perspectives are celebrated and valued.

HR is at the heart of markets around the world, finding and developing talent that will unearth new ideas and inspire innovation. From creative problem solvers and entrepreneurs to scientists and engineers — whatever your experience and ideas, we’ll help you to harness your talents, empowering you to be the best you can be.

We are hiring on a day rate contract basis a Talent Engagement Manager to partner with our France business on a critical project to attract and engage high calibre, diverse talent. The role will be accountable for Commercial hiring.

Diageo France is a new venture for Diageo and is in its critical stages of early growth where we are building a new, high performing team. This is a really important business unit and will become one of the larges individual countries in Europe by NSV for Diageo. In this role, you will be a critical partner to it, working closely with the leaders to ensure we hire best in class, diverse talent for this exciting and critical market.

This role is highly visible to a large cross section of senior stakeholders, many of which will be in critical leadership roles that have a significant impact on the organisation’s ability to achieve key business outcomes and the overall Performance Ambition. Acting as a coach and mentor to these key stakeholders will be an enabler for success and the Talent Engagement Manager will be looked upon as an expert in hiring, I&D, employer brand and data insights.

About you:

• You will be an experienced in-house talent acquisition professional with excellent talent judgement, accountability, and an ability to deliver through ambiguity in a fast-paced, ambitious and matrixed environment
• .Experience of hiring in and/or for France is essential and if you have prior knowledge of commercial hiring in this field it will be advantageous.
• Experience of managing multiple senior stakeholders across a region, using exceptional consultative skills and to influence action and change whilst championing diversity would also be an ideal requirement.

Fluent French speaking skill is essential.

As a temporary contractor, you'll be employed by our Managed Service Provider, Magnit Global, who manage most of our temporary contract hiring, you will not be employed by Diageo.