Talent Acquisition Advisor

Job Description

Position Title: Talent Acquisition Advisor

Region: APAC - Japan

Location: Tokyo

Department: Talent Acquisition - People & Culture

Reports to: Manager, Talent Acquisition - Japan

General Summary:

In this role, you will be responsible for hiring for Warner Bros. Studio Tour and Retail Business in Japan which includes the Studio Tour in Toshimaen and new flagship stores. The Talent Acquisition Advisor will build and maintain strong relationships with hiring teams by collaborating on effective search strategies, as well as developing robust talent pipelines of engaged candidates to manage the high-volume of recruitment activities.

Key Responsibilities:
• Partner with various stakeholders to understand business, department and position needs to develop recruiting strategies to source, attract and recruit to fill positions.
• In response to business needs, manage full-cycle recruitment, which includes but is not limited to the following:
• Lead recruiting discussion with hiring executives.
• In partnership with hiring executives, develop an effective interview and sourcing strategy, with an eye toward internal and diverse talent.
• Write engaging job postings to better attract target audience.
• Leverage tools to source viable candidates (Workday Recruiting, LinkedIn, Phenom and various local job boards in Japan).
• Engage and assess candidates for company and position viability.
• Partner with hiring executive on candidate slate from initial presentation to finalist selection.
• Negotiate salary terms and partner with hiring team to recommend best-in-class onboarding.
• Build and leverage network (business resource groups, professional organizations) to become the expert in assigned functions and continually growing and developing talent pipeline.
• Participate in special projects that support continuous business process improvement.
• Work with Early Talent team to run assessment and attend relevant events for your area of the business.
• Work closely with Operations to ensure that a superior candidate experience reflective of our values is being adhered to across all recruitment.
• Update and manage WBD's ATS (Workday Recruiting) on a timely basis to ensure accurate reporting on statistics on time to fill, costs, and source of hire.
• Stay abreast of industry news and has a good knowledge and understanding of the function areas.

Experience required:
• Experience in in-house recruiter or recruitment agencies/Recruitment Media Sales Representative in Japan.
• Experience using local job board services and/or recruitment advertisements is a plus.
• Experience managing a high volume of recruitment is a plus.
• Business level Japanese and Business level English Proficiency.
• Previous retail recruitment experience is a plus.

Competencies we are looking for:
• Able to build effective relationships and collaborate with a wide variety of individuals.
• Detail oriented and meticulous.
• Skilled in project management (follow timelines and communicate progress).
• Working knowledge of an ATS.
• Individuals with a strong interest in Harry Potter, as well as films, anime, and other related content.

Championing Inclusion at WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law.

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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r13kpe-3-14-246-101-42 in your application.