Leadership and Talent Development Lead (m/f/d)

The future looks like you

The People & Culture team is committed to enhance C&A’s growth and performance while living our values. We enable the organization to lead and transform the business through people and foster a workplace where everyone can become their best self. As Leadership and Talent Development Lead you will build Leadership and key talent within the C&A organization. Establish a strategy for all aspects of Leadership & Talent Development and ensure that the right processes, tools, concepts, and initiatives are available to establish the proper leadership mindset and skillset to drive co-worker empowerment and engagement.

Your responsibilities

• Develop a strategy for Leadership & Talent Development that is matching the business ambitions to enable a highly engaged and empowered workforce
• Ensure that right processes, initiatives, and tools are in place to shape the leadership mindset, including values, behaviours and growth mindset to empower leaders as well as key talent
• Ensure the right processes are in place to foster a performance & talent management that allows the right people in the right positions to ensure talent retention and support a seamless succession planning process
• Facilitate the entire Talent Review Process and follow-up reporting to guarantee transparency with regards to the organizational talent mapping
• Establish gap analyses with the business and P&C leaders to design leadership and talent related HR processes, solutions and tools to build up business competence and talent pipeline
• Support Leaders and co-workers in their development, according to the business needs and development plans.
• Establish partnerships with our P&C Business Partner colleagues to provide consultation and coaching for business related leadership and talent challenges
• Lead and develop the organizational Onboarding process to ensure talent retention from day one
• Be an ambassador and promote best practices of culture, values and ways of working to ensure a great co-worker experience and compliance
• Lead, coach and develop the team in times of transformation to ensure high performance and personal growth

What you bring

• Master's degree in Human Resources, business psychology, adult educational science or equivalent
• Minimum 10 years of leadership or/and Leadership & Development experience
• Experience in developing and executing strategic plans.
• Proven record of developing people and organizations, preferably with experience from leading people
• Experience from working in cross-functional and matrix organizations.
• Fluent in business English, oral and written.
• Extensive knowledge of P&C strategy, guidelines, processes
• Sound experience with Performance & Talent Management
• Understanding of learning theories, leadership and engagement models
• Understanding of business challenges and create, deploy and manage P&C plans.

What we offer

This is an opportunity for you to join us on a truly exciting transformation, where you’ll be able to leave footprints that last and contribute significantly to our digital vision. As well as knowing that you played a key part in the evolution of one of Europe's most recognisable retail brands, you will also enjoy: 

• An international and inspirational working environment 
• An in-depth induction into your life at C&A 
• A positive working atmosphere with an open feedback culture 
• Attractive discounts including a public transport travel pass