TA Lead - Benelux, France, G&A

The Talent Acquisition Lead is responsible for leading and delivering the Talent Acquisition strategy across a portfolio of countries, ensuring global Talent Acquisition priorities are successfully translated into locally effective hiring strategies, processes, and outcomes.

Reporting to the Head of Talent Acquisition, this role leads a team of in-country Talent Acquisition and Resourcing professionals, providing strategic direction, operational leadership, and coaching across multiple markets.

What You'll Do

• Accountable for the performance, delivery, and continuous improvement of Talent Acquisition across a portfolio of countries, ensuring alignment with global Talent Acquisition strategy, operational standards, and business priorities.
• Lead and develop a team of experienced in-country Talent Acquisition and Resourcing professionals, providing strategic direction, coaching, and alignment while enabling strong local ownership and decision-making within each market.
• Partner closely with the Head of Talent Acquisition, global TA COE, and cross-functional stakeholders to embed and localise global Talent Acquisition strategies and frameworks across all supported markets.
• Act as a strategic partner to senior business leaders and P&C stakeholders, supporting organisational growth, talent pipelining, and evolving hiring requirements.
• Use data, market insights, and analytics to identify trends, risks, and opportunities, supporting data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement.
• Support the implementation and adoption of Talent Acquisition transformation initiatives, technologies, and process improvements.
• Champion a high-quality and consistent candidate and stakeholder experience, aligned with Primark’s employer brand and employee value proposition.
• Ensure all recruitment activity complies with relevant employment legislation, governance requirements, and internal policies.
• Build the profile and credibility of the Talent Acquisition function across the business.

What You'll Bring

• 10+ years’ Talent Acquisition experience within fast-paced, high-volume, and multi-site organisations, including 5+ years in Talent Acquisition leadership roles.
• 5+ years’ experience leading geographically dispersed Talent Acquisition teams across multiple countries or regions.
• Proven ability to operationalise and localise global Talent Acquisition strategies, frameworks, and ways of working across diverse markets.
• Strong experience working within a matrixed Talent Acquisition environment.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing capability.
• Demonstrated experience leading recruitment delivery at scale.
• Experience using recruitment data, market insights, and hiring analytics to drive performance.
• Experience leading through change, transformation, and evolving organisational environments.
• Strong commercial awareness, communication skills, and professional judgement.
• Working proficiency in English.

Nice to Have

• Experience within retail, consumer, or other large-scale operational environments.
• Experience supporting organisational growth, transformation, or international expansion.
• Working proficiency in one or more European languages.

Primark is committed to equal opportunities and strives to create an inclusive workplace where all colleagues can be themselves, receive opportunities, and grow together.