Senior Strategic Talent Acquisition Specialist

The Role and Your Impact:

As a Senior Strategic Talent Acquisition Specialist at DHL, you'll go beyond day-to-day recruitment to shape how we find, engage and pipeline the talent that keeps our business moving.

Strategic Partnership: Strategise with senior leaders and key stakeholders to define, design and implement acquisition solutions that deliver business outcomes.

Develop and Own Talent Pools: Build and manage talent pools across key functions and critical roles, aligned with current hiring needs and long-term business growth. Also design and execute forward-thinking sourcing strategies to engage top-tier passive candidates and future-fit talent for executive and hard-to-fill roles.

Market Mapping & Intelligence: Conduct ongoing market research and candidate mapping to understand talent trends, competitive positioning, and skill availability - providing strategic insight to the business.

Candidate Relationship Management: Build and sustain strong relationships with external talent through consistent, value-added engagement - ensuring we're top of mind when the time is right.

Internal Partnership: Collaborate closely with Talent Acquisition Partners, HR Business Partners, and business leaders to anticipate hiring needs and deliver proactive talent solutions.

Promote our Employer Brand: Be a visible ambassador for our brand across events, communities, and digital channels - actively promoting who we are and why we matter, and design creative social recruitment strategies that elevate our brand & EVP.

Pipeline Analytics: Track, measure and report on pipeline health, engagement quality and sourcing ROI via monthly dashboards. Use data to adjust strategy and continuously improve

Why Join Us:

When you work with us you'll find that we deliver results; without compromising on respect. We value each other's differences while recognising individual strength.

We are the world's leading contract logistics company. We create competitive advantages for our customers through customised warehousing and transportation services. We combine our global scale with local knowledge and sector experience.

At DHL Supply Chain (DSC) Australia there's more to a role than the work we do. Whatever your role is, we never forget that you make us who we are. We work hard to make sure a career with DHL is as satisfying and successful as it can be.

Join a supportive work environment where you'll have the tools and training you need to grow and succeed.

DHL Supply Chain Australia is a Great Place To Work certified.

Skills & Experience You'll Need to Succeed:

Prior experience in senior white-collar/executive search recruitment, with demonstrated ability to proactively source, manage and pool for senior roles preferably in Logistics/ Supply Chain or similar industry

Demonstrated experience building and maintaining talent pools and passive pipelines across multiple business areas or hard-to-fill roles

Strong stakeholder management skills - you can influence, advise and communicate confidently with senior leaders

Expertise in talent market mapping, competitive research and sourcing techniques across multiple platforms

CRM/ATS fluency - you understand how to build, track and maintain high-quality pipelines in recruiting systems

Demonstrated experience in employer branding and external engagement (events, campaigns, content, etc.)

A data-driven mindset - you're comfortable using analytics to inform decisions and optimise talent strategies

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Ready to shape the future of talent at DHL Supply Chain?

If you're passionate about strategic talent acquisition, executive search, talent intelligence and building world-class talent pipelines, we'd love to hear from you.