Manager, Talent Acquisition- Retail

The Retail Talent Acquisition Manager oversees recruitment for all Vail Resorts Retail (VRR) populations, including field/stores, Corporate and Distribution Centers across multiple regions and states.  Develops multi-dimensional sourcing and recruitment strategies to meet business/operational needs.  Oversees high-volume and multi-season recruiting needs (winter/spring/fall ramp-ups, seasonal events).  The Talent Acquisition Manager is responsible for managing relationships with VRR operations, partners with human resource leaders and the Vail Resorts enterprise-wide Talent Acquisition team to ensure effective staffing practices and for the delivery of assigned requisitions.

Relationship Management: 

• Oversees Talent Acquisition for Vail Resorts Retail (VRR) including Corporate and Field positions across all grades/levels, in multiple states and regions, across multiple seasons (winter & summer), and across multiple brands
• Acts as the Talent Acquisition single point of accountability for VRR stakeholders
• Serves as Talent Acquisition SME for VRR business partners.
• Develops deep understanding of VRR business
• Establishes and operates customized TA sourcing strategies specific to VRR across all brands and regions, e.g., international hiring, job fairs/events, university partnerships, employment marketing collateral, etc.
• Ensures equitable resource allocations to meet staffing needs.
• Resolves escalated issues.

• Tracks and reports staffing demand, hired, gaps, etc.

• Reports entity status and conducts periodic status reviews with the business.
• Manages TA budget for VRR.

Delivery Management:

• Directs screening team that fills year round and seasonal staffing needs on assigned requisitions.
• Directs day-to-day TA delivery operations based on VRR strategies, including budgets, team and individual staffing assignments, candidate sourcing channels, candidate flow and operational metrics.
• Accountable to business managers for delivery on their entities’ requisitions.
• Reports delivery status on VRR requisitions to other relationship managers.
• Leads strategic employment marketing and branding initiatives.
• Leads job fairs, local college/university recruitment, and social media recruiting.
• Partners with Hiring Managers to create an international staffing plan.
• Partners with Field Management team to create and deliver ATS training and interviewing class schedules based on business demands.
• Conducts strategic meetings with hiring managers to ensure accurate workforce demand planning and effective /timely posting schedule of seasonal and year round positions.
• Conducts regularly scheduled meetings with VRR HR Director regarding staffing levels, TA programs, etc.
• Leads and/or participates in special projects such as optimization.
• Responsible for development of recruiters’ increased knowledge, skills and abilities.
• Conducts goal setting, performance evaluation, improvement plans and IDPs for direct reports.
• Demonstrates a friendly and professional demeanor consistent with Vail Resorts’ values.
• Manages team to deliver a high-volume work load.
• Provides professional communication and interaction in person, on the phone and through email.
• Functions under competing priorities.
• Utilizes reports to audit and drive for a balanced score card.
• Serves as SME on internal hiring process and systems.
• Ensures compliant hiring practices.
• Responsible for AAP, EEO, OFCCP reporting.
• Partners with local HR team to ensure efficiency and compliance in Vail Resorts background check process.
• Participates as an active member of the local Human Resources team.
• Achieves all financial goals including meeting budget and following PO process.

Minimum Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• 5+ years of full life cycle recruiting, with progressive increasing responsibility.
• Proven experience leading a team to achieve objectives.
• Experience successfully planning and delivering projects, programs and process improvements.
• Experience in recruitment marketing and branding, including social networks.
• Demonstrated experience building and maintaining business relationships.
• Experience successfully leading and implementing change.
• Proven ability to build internal and external customer/candidate relationships.
• Influential communication skills
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills.
• Demonstrated time management skills and ability to multi-task.
• Supervisory experience preferred.
• Prior high volume recruiting experience.
• Prior recruiting in a retail or seasonal environment.
• Strong stakeholder communication skills
• Ability to influence colleagues above and below current level
• Ability to successfully build relationships and interact with all levels in the organization, including executives.
• Experience with Affirmative Action Planning and EEO reporting.