Specialist - Talent Acquisition

About the role

We are looking for a Specialist – Talent Acquisition, Retail to deliver Retail hiring with pace, precision, and strong judgment across a portfolio of stores. This individual contributor role focuses on executing high-quality end-to-end recruitment while helping create a more structured, proactive, and consistent hiring experience for the retail business.

You will partner closely with Store Leaders to understand hiring needs, guide them through the process, and support strong hiring decisions. You will play an active role in delivering excellent candidate experience, building strong talent slates, and keeping searches moving with clarity, discipline, and care. This is an opportunity to be part of a more embedded and elevated Retail TA team—one that works more closely with the business, contributes more directly to hiring quality, and helps shape a more premium model for Retail hiring at On.

Responsibilities

• Deliver end-to-end Retail hiring with a high level of executional excellence across your assigned store portfolio.
• Partner with Store Leaders to understand hiring needs, guide process steps clearly, and support strong hiring decisions.
• Play an active role in key hiring moments, including interview activity, hiring days, and store-focused talent initiatives.
• Build strong candidate slates through effective sourcing, screening, and market awareness.
• Support interview activity, hiring days, store opening support, and talent pipelining to strengthen execution and improve hiring quality.
• Spend time in-store to understand environments, build rapport with leaders, and provide on-site support when needed.
• Use data effectively to track progress and communicate updates clearly.

Business Partnership & In-Store Execution

This is a regionally embedded Talent Acquisition role designed to operate close to the retail business. Impact comes through strong day-to-day partnership with Store Leaders and active involvement in the key moments that shape hiring outcomes. You are expected to know your store portfolio well, spend time with the people and environments you support, and show up in person when hiring activity, calibration, or leader support requires it.

What Success Looks Like

• In the First 6 Months:
  • Built strong rapport with your core hiring managers and store leaders.
  • Delivered a consistent and positive candidate experience from intake to offer.
  • Managed a portfolio of requisitions with pace, structure, and attention to detail.
  • Built stronger local understanding of the store environments and hiring needs you support.
  • Used data effectively to track progress and communicate updates clearly.
• In 12 Months:
  • Operating with increased autonomy across junior and mid-level Retail searches.
  • Stronger candidate slates and better-informed hiring conversations.
  • Recognized by stakeholders as a dependable, commercially aware, and high-quality hiring partner.
  • Actively contributing to a more structured, consistent, and premium Retail hiring model.

Requirements

You are a strong Talent Acquisition professional with experience in Retail or high-volume customer-facing hiring, and you take real pride in delivering a high-quality recruitment experience. You are organized, responsive, and reliable, and you know how to manage hiring processes with pace, structure, and professionalism.

• Enjoy working closely with hiring managers and are building confidence in how you guide, advise, and support them through the hiring process.
• Understand that great hiring is not just about speed—it is about strong candidates, thoughtful assessment, and a consistent experience for everyone involved.
• Proactive in your approach, curious about the market, and motivated to keep improving how you work.
• Comfortable sourcing talent, managing multiple searches, and keeping stakeholders aligned while maintaining strong candidate care and attention to detail.
• Excited by the opportunity to be part of a more embedded, premium, and business-connected Retail TA team.
• Want to contribute to a model where Talent Acquisition plays a more active role in shaping hiring quality and supporting the business more closely.

Benefits

On is a place centered around growth and progress. We offer an environment designed to give people the tools to develop holistically—to stay active, to learn, explore, and innovate.

• Supportive, team-oriented atmosphere.
• Access to personal self-care for both physical and mental well-being.
• Purpose-driven work environment.