Ideal Candidate

• Experience of managing internal end to end recruitment in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build relationships with key stakeholders internally and externally.
• A good understanding of using and maximizing potential of ATS platforms
• A proactive, collaborative approach, with a genuine passion for recruitment.
• Strong analytical capability, with the ability to influence and measure KPIS to drive decisions and performance.

About Us

itsu is the healthy eating, Asian inspired quick service retail & grocery brand with over 70 stores in the UK and a leading grocery business across Europe and beyond. Renowned for its best-in-class food made fresh in every shop every day, itsu has huge global ambitions with a commitment to continue to open many more stores and intensify the growth of its already thriving grocery arm. With its best-is-class healthy food, latest technology, innovation, and talented workforce, itsu is the future of fast food.

itsu [grocery], which this role falls under, takes the itsu brand into supermarkets, health food stores, online, wholesale and internationally with products such as crispy seaweed thins, frozen gyoza & bao, brilliant’broth, rice’noodles & miso’easy to name a few…

D&I Statement

itsu [grocery] is committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive organisation. We encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply for all of our opportunities.

When applying for a role with us, please remove your: full name, name of University/School, address, email address and any photos of you on your CV and covering letter. non-anonymised CVs may not be reviewed.

Scope Of The Role

• Manage the end to end recruitment process for all roles across the business. Sourcing, assessing, interviewing and onboarding.
• Own the management of our ATS platform, posting adverts, managing workflows and ensuring up to date administration.
• Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders to understand business objectives in order to provide advice and insights on the talent market [ie, trends, employment projections, benchmarking] and develop a hiring strategy.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand workforce plans, succession mapping and hiring needs, strengthening the talent pipeline.
• Develop and execute innovative sourcing strategies to attract talent across LinkedIn, job boards and networking.
• Use data and analytics to measure recruitment metrics, optimize processes and provide insightful reporting to stakeholders.
• Provide a seamless and engaging candidate experience.
• Support itsu’s diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives by attracting talent through various sourcing channels to ensure itsu becomes a top destination for diverse talent.
• Manage agency and job board relationships, influencing and maximizing the recruitment budget.
• Keep up to date with external influences on recruitment through competitor analysis and commercial awareness.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Competitive bonus scheme
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays (two bank holidays are interchangeable for other religious holidays)
• Health insurance
• Company pension scheme
• Hybrid working (2 days wfh)
• Opportunity to work from abroad
• 50% employee discount in itsu shops
• Free itsu lunch
• Discounts at major retailers
• Salary sacrifice cycle and electric vehicle schemes
• A sizeable training budget to support your ongoing development