Senior Specialist - Talent Acquisition Retail

In short

We are looking for a Senior Specialist – Retail Talent Acquisition to independently lead hiring across a defined retail area. This role combines strong end-to-end execution with meaningful stakeholder partnership, bringing Talent Acquisition closer to the business and helping raise the quality and consistency of hiring decisions on the ground. You will work closely with Store Leaders, Area Leads and BP's to manage searches, build proactive pipelines and support a more structured, high-quality approach to hiring. You will play an active role in the moments that matter most, from search strategy and candidate assessment to hiring days, calibration and store opening readiness. This is a role for someone who wants to go beyond vacancy delivery and help shape a more embedded, premium and business-connected Retail TA model as On continues to scale.

Your Mission

• Independently own full-cycle hiring across a defined retail area, with accountability for search progress, candidate experience and hiring outcomes. • Partner closely with Store Leaders and Area Leads to understand hiring needs, shape search strategy and improve decision-making. • Build and maintain proactive pipelines for recurring store roles, future openings and regional growth. • Support and elevate key hiring moments, including interview activity, hiring days, talent calibration and store opening readiness. • Be regularly present in stores and local markets so you understand the reality of the teams you are hiring for and can support leaders directly on the ground. • Use data and funnel insight to diagnose bottlenecks, improve hiring discipline and guide stakeholder conversations with confidence. • Reinforce high standards in assessment quality, process adherence and candidate care across all searches.

Your story

You are an experienced recruiter with strong Retail hiring expertise and a track record of delivering high-quality outcomes in fast-moving, people-intensive environments. You are confident running full-cycle hiring independently, but you also see your role as more than simply managing vacancies - you build trust with stakeholders, improve how hiring decisions are made, and bring a high level of care and quality to every search. You understand the importance of staying close to the business. You are at your best when partnering directly with Store Leaders and Area Leads, helping them think more clearly about what great looks like, where to find it, and how to assess it well. You are organized, proactive and commercially grounded, with the judgement to balance pace with quality. You are comfortable using data and market insight to shape conversations, challenge assumptions and improve hiring discipline. You care about candidate experience, but you also care about the strength and consistency of the hiring process itself. You are someone who spots opportunities to make things better and is motivated by being part of a broader shift in how Retail hiring is delivered. You thrive in environments where standards are high, relationships matter and execution counts. You are ready to play a meaningful role in building a more premium and distinctive Retail TA model.

What to expect

We want to set everyone up for success, so here’s the lowdown on how we hire. Our process is a two-way street – bringing you into our culture, while helping us learn how you think.

Our full process can last about eight weeks from application to offer, because we care about getting it right. These steps explain how we usually do things.

Before you get started, feel free to consider if you want to work with us. Strange question? Well, we give people a lot of space to navigate their day-to-day and that style isn't for everyone. We want you to be passionate about what you do and be sure this is the right fit. Because when skills and passion combine – it creates that 'Wow' moment.

• Step One

  It starts with you...

  You'll start by submitting your application to a specific role. We try to keep this step as simple as possible. We do get a lot of applications, but we review them all. If you're a good fit to the role, a recruiter will follow up with you directly. If you didn't receive a reply, or were unsuccessful this time around, we encourage you to look for other possible matches at On.

• Step Two

  Interview with a recruiter

  What ignites your spirit? This is where we’ll start getting to know all about you and what makes you tick – and it’s your first chance to get a feel for our culture. Chatting with a member of our talent team, you’ll learn more about On and how we work. We’ll learn about what motivates you and what you could bring to the team.

• Step Three

  Interview with a hiring manager

  Ready to dig into the details? This second interview will be held with your future manager and will focus on the specifics of the job. Together you’ll delve into your unique skills and experiences and how they could be relevant at On. It's also a time to assess how you might feel working side-by-side. Bring any questions you have about the job, the team or anything else you might like to know – this is an open forum.

• Step Four

  The Case Study

  What's your style? This task will help us understand how you think, face a challenge and give insight into your novel ideas. Designed to give everyone their best shot, your case study is based on something you might typically experience on the job. This is your chance to show us what you’ve got. So express yourself. Be you.

• Step Five

  The Experience Day

  Your first taste of the Oniverse. This is a time to meet some of the people you'll be working closest with. In person or virtually, you'll get a feel for the day-to-day at On and the people who make it happen. You'll chat with a few potential teammates - the conversations will be as equally driven by the role and your experience as by our values. We believe how you do things is just as important as what you do.

• Step Six

  The Result

  Are we a good fit? We’ll get together internally to share our feedback and decide if we’re a match. We know that job searching is a big time investment, so it’s not a decision we take lightly. It’s also time for you to reflect on the experience – are we the right place for you? No matter the outcome, we’ll give you meaningful feedback.

Step One:

It starts with you...

You'll start by submitting your application to a specific role.

We try to keep this step as simple as possible. We do get a lot of applications, but we review them all. If you're a good fit to the role, a recruiter will follow up with you directly. If you didn't receive a reply, or were unsuccessful this time around, we encourage you to look for other possible matches at On.