HR GBS Specialist – Talent Acquisition (China Market)

Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods. Our activities span the entire value chain from farm to fork, across a broad range of business lines, we leverage our global reach and extensive asset network to serve our customers and consumers around the world. Structured as a matrix organization of six geographical regions and ten platforms, Louis Dreyfus Company is active in over 100 countries and employs approximately 18,000 people globally.

Louis Dreyfus Company is a world leader in the processing of agricultural products and the merchandising of a diverse range of commodities. Founded and based in Europe, Louis Dreyfus Company enjoys strong regional presence in North and South America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

Louis Dreyfus Company operates with the drive of a young organization, tempered, and fueled by over more than 170 years of experience and expansion in the field of agricultural commodities. Today, with offices in more than 55 countries and approximately 18,000 employees, the Group stands strong, pragmatic, and diversified, guided by a multi-cultural management staff devoted to its aims and to its unique business model.

The Shared Business Services (SBS) at LDC Company is in a phase of rapid expansion and transformation, to meet the firm’s ambitious growth and diversification strategy.

The Transition function plays a key role in migrating and stabilizing new processes being migrated to SBS centers across diverse functional domains and ensuring a smooth handover from donor to SBS functional teams

JOB DESCRIPTION

The HR GBS Specialist - Talent Acquisition (China) is responsible for leading the operational delivery of Talent Acquisition and Onboarding services for the China portfolio within the Asia Hire to Retire (H2R) Shared Business Services organization.

The role is accountable for delivering an efficient, high-quality and customer-focused recruitment and onboarding experience while ensuring compliance with global standards and local regulatory requirements. Acting as the process owner for the Recruitment and Onboarding process family, the role drives process standardization, maintains operational documentation and identifies opportunities to simplify, automate and continuously improve service delivery.

As one of the operational experts within the Asia H2R organization, the role coaches colleagues, supports business continuity through the Buddy Model and contributes to the ongoing development of the Shared Business Services operating model.

Main Responsibilities:

Talent Acquisition

Lead the end-to-end operational delivery of Talent Acquisition activities for the assigned China portfolio, ensuring recruitment activities are delivered accurately, efficiently and within agreed service levels, including:

• Job requisition creation and validation
• Job posting and advertisement management
• Candidate sourcing through approved channels
• Candidate screening and shortlisting
• Interview scheduling and coordination
• Hiring manager coordination
• Candidate communication throughout the recruitment lifecycle
• Offer preparation and approvals
• Offer presentation and negotiation support
• Offer acceptance and pre-employment activities
• Recruitment administration
• Recruitment case management
• Recruitment reporting

Onboarding:

Own the operational onboarding process:

• Pre-boarding coordination
• Employment documentation
• Employee record creation in Workday
• Onboarding checklist management
• Day 1 readiness
• New hire documentation
• Probation administration
• Start date management
• No-show management
• Revised start date processing
• Coordination with Payroll, HR and IT where applicable.

Operational excellence

Support the continuous improvement by:

• Identifying process improvement opportunities
• Supporting recruitment standardization initiatives
• Reducing manual activities
• Improving recruitment cycle times
• Supporting implementation of automation initiatives
• Sharing recruitment best practices across the Asia team

Governance:

Support operational governance by:

• Monitoring SLA achievement.
• Reviewing recruitment KPIs.
• Supporting audit readiness
• Ensuring compliance with approved recruitment processes
• Escalating operational risks
• Supporting workforce planning activities

Buddy Responsibilities:

Primary Buddy:

H2R Specialist - China Talent, Learning & Benefits

Responsibilities include:

• Knowledge sharing.
• Mutual operational support.
• Supporting process changes.

Emergency support may be provided for Asia other countries Talent Acquisition with the purpose of operational excellence and knowledge build and expertise.

Decision Making:

Has authority to:

• Prioritize recruitment activities across China
• Manage standard recruitment and onboarding cases independently
• Recommend recruitment process improvements
• Recommend updates to local work instructions and Knowledge Articles
• Escalate complex recruitment, offer or compliance matters
• Support operational prioritization based on business hiring needs

Experience:

• 3-6 years of experience in Talent Acquisition, Recruitment Operations
• Experience supporting end-to-end recruitment within a multinational environment
• Experience coordinating interviews, offer management and onboarding activities
• Experience working with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and Workday Recruiting or comparable HCM platforms.
• Experience supporting China recruitment is highly desirable
• Experience operating within Shared Services or Global Business Services is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple recruitment activities while maintaining excellent customer service and operational accuracy

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Law, Psychology or a related field, equivalent experience will also be considered
• Professional recruitment certification or HR qualification considered an advantage

Languages:

• Fluent Mandarin Chinese (spoken and written)
• Fluent English (spoken and written)

Technical/ Functional skills:

• Workday Recruiting
• Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)
• Microsoft Office
• Advanced Excel
• Recruitment Analytics
• Process Documentation
• SOP Development
• Knowledge Management
• HR Reporting
• Interview Coordination Platforms

Other Competencies:

The successful can demonstrate a strong customer and candidate-centric mindset, building trusted relationships with hiring managers and stakeholders through effective communication, collaboration and professionalism. You can exercises sound judgement, proactively resolve challenges and continuously seek opportunities to improve processes and simplify ways of working. You are eager to support colleagues through coaching and knowledge sharing, adapting well to changing business priorities and contributing to a culture of continuous learning, accountability and operational excellence.

Staff:

No direct reports

Key Stakeholder Relationships

Builds and maintains effective working relationships with the Asia Service Delivery Lead, Hiring Managers, HR Business Partners, Local HR teams, HRIS, Payroll, Talent Acquisition CoE and other H2R process owners to ensure the effective delivery of recruitment and onboarding services across China. Works closely with the Employee Lifecycle & Benefits Specialist to provide a seamless employee onboarding experience and collaborates with recruitment agencies, background screening providers and other external partners to support hiring activities and deliver an excellent candidate experience.

Additional Information for the job

What We Offer

We provide a dynamic and stimulating international environment, which will stretch and develop your abilities and channel your skills and expertise with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.

Our Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits
• Hybrid work available (not applicable to all roles)
• Pension contributions
• Access to Training and Development
• Access to Concierge Partnerships

Diversity & Inclusion

LDC is driven by a set of shared values and high ethical standards, with diversity and inclusion being part of our DNA. LDC is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion.

LDC encourages diversity, supports local communities and environmental initiatives. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.

Sustainability

Sustainable value is at the heart of our purpose as a company.

We are passionate about creating fair and sustainable value, both for our business and for other value chain stakeholders: our people, our business partners, the communities we touch and the environment around us