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Senior Specialist - Talent Acquisition Retail

Locations: Shanghai, Shanghai

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Talent

In short

We are looking for a Senior Specialist – Retail Talent Acquisition to independently lead hiring across a defined retail area. This role combines strong end-to-end execution with meaningful stakeholder partnership, bringing Talent Acquisition closer to the business and helping raise the quality and consistency of hiring decisions on the ground. You will work closely with Store Leaders, Area Leads and BP's to manage searches, build proactive pipelines and support a more structured, high-quality approach to hiring. You will play an active role in the moments that matter most, from search strategy and candidate assessment to hiring days, calibration and store opening readiness. This is a role for someone who wants to go beyond vacancy delivery and help shape a more embedded, premium and business-connected Retail TA model as On continues to scale.

Your Mission

• Independently own full-cycle hiring across a defined retail area, with accountability for search progress, candidate experience and hiring outcomes. • Partner closely with Store Leaders and Area Leads to understand hiring needs, shape search strategy and improve decision-making. • Build and maintain proactive pipelines for recurring store roles, future openings and regional growth. • Support and elevate key hiring moments, including interview activity, hiring days, talent calibration and store opening readiness. • Be regularly present in stores and local markets so you understand the reality of the teams you are hiring for and can support leaders directly on the ground. • Use data and funnel insight to diagnose bottlenecks, improve hiring discipline and guide stakeholder conversations with confidence. • Reinforce high standards in assessment quality, process adherence and candidate care across all searches.

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Your story

You are an experienced recruiter with strong Retail hiring expertise and a track record of delivering high-quality outcomes in fast-moving, people-intensive environments. You are confident running full-cycle hiring independently, but you also see your role as more than simply managing vacancies - you build trust with stakeholders, improve how hiring decisions are made, and bring a high level of care and quality to every search. You understand the importance of staying close to the business. You are at your best when partnering directly with Store Leaders and Area Leads, helping them think more clearly about what great looks like, where to find it, and how to assess it well. You are organized, proactive and commercially grounded, with the judgement to balance pace with quality. You are comfortable using data and market insight to shape conversations, challenge assumptions and improve hiring discipline. You care about candidate experience, but you also care about the strength and consistency of the hiring process itself. You are someone who spots opportunities to make things better and is motivated by being part of a broader shift in how Retail hiring is delivered. You thrive in environments where standards are high, relationships matter and execution counts. You are ready to play a meaningful role in building a more premium and distinctive Retail TA model.

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About the Team

Being part of the talent team at On means to do things differently, we don’t do things just because they are what “HR does”. We build, grow, enable and empower the team to drive the future of On. Because this is what matters to us. Because we are On. Our Retail TA team hires for roles across office and store roles, focusing on our current and future Chinese and APAC stores but also have the opportunity to support global locations at the same time.

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Gavin

Talent Acquisition Specialist

I’m getting people curious about On – what we're working on, and ultimately what kind of working environment we have, the essence as to what life here is like. I love to get people on a call and change their perception.

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What we offer

On is a place that is 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. Our distinctive approach combines a supportive, team-oriented atmosphere, with access to personal self-care for both physical and mental well-being, so each person is led by purpose.

On is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating a work environment that is fair and inclusive, where all decisions related to recruitment, advancement, and retention are free of discrimination.

Build the better you

What to expect

We want to set everyone up for success, so here’s the lowdown on how we hire. Our process is a two-way street – bringing you into our culture, while helping us learn how you think.

Our full process can last about eight weeks from application to offer, because we care about getting it right. These steps explain how we usually do things.

Before you get started, feel free to consider if you want to work with us. Strange question? Well, we give people a lot of space to navigate their day-to-day and that style isn't for everyone. We want you to be passionate about what you do and be sure this is the right fit. Because when skills and passion combine – it creates that 'Wow' moment.