Sourcing Strategist

Talent Acquisition – Bell Canada

Who we are:

Bell is Canada's largest communications company, providing consumers with solutions to all their communications needs, including telephone services, wireless communications, high-speed Internet, digital television and voice over IP. Bell also offers integrated information and communications technology (ICT) services to businesses and governments, and is the Virtual Chief Information Officer (VCIO) to small and medium businesses (SMBs).BCE also holds an interest in CTV Globemedia, Canada's premier media company.

BCE shares are listed in Canada and the United States.

The Role:

As the Sourcing Strategist, you will be responsible for developing strategic sourcing plans to feed talent pipelines for Bell. This role is looking for a strategic thinker that likes to research employment landscapes to architect a plan to solve talent acquisition challenges. They provide “Sourcing –SME” services to the Centre of Excellence, while partnering with business leaders and HR partners to build sourcing and talent solutions. 

Reporting into the Director, Director, Human Resources - Talent Acquisition,

Key Responsibilities:

• Creates and fosters relationships with diverse professional organizations and networks to attract, recruit and build talent and referral networks.
• Develops strategic sourcing strategies to assist in creating candidate flow and talent pipeline requirements for critical markets for Bell.
• Develops on-line sourcing strategies and media plans designed to increase overall attraction and leverage Bell’s employment brand.
• Builds integrated sourcing strategies to help increase quality of candidates and expand reach of talent searches.
• Collects and analyses competitive intelligence to gain insights and advantages within the employment landscape,
•  Acts as SME to help support development of pro-active sourcing plans and talent acquisition programs for critical and emerging markets

 Qualifications:

·                    5+ years in Talent Acquisition, with strong recruiter profile, supporting large matrix organizations

·                    Passion and skills, specialized in sourcing, online job boards, networking, research and social media.

·                    Strong research, networking and professional mining skills,

·                    Well versed in professional and social networking tools

·                    Excellent presentation skills, including the ability to lead and participate in multi-stakeholder working teams.

·                    High degree of proficiency in all MS Office programs (Excel, PowerPoint and Word)

·                    Excellent communication skills, written and verbal, bilingual French and English language skills a bonus.

Additional Information:

Job Category: Management – CP3

Company name: BCE

Date required: September 30th, 2010
Application deadline: September 10^th, 2010

Location: Mississauga, ON, Canada

Resource person's name: Ira Costa

The masculine and feminine used in this job posting refer equally to employees of both sexes and in no way represent a particular distinction based on gender. Bell is an equal opportunity employer.