Senior Recruitment Specialist

About the role

The Recruitment Supervisor leads daily recruitment operations and manages the recruitment team to ensure vacancies are filled on time with qualified candidates. The role aligns hiring with manpower plans, Saudization targets, Saudi labor law, and company policies while delivering a professional service to hiring managers and candidates.

Key responsibilities

• Supervise the full recruitment cycle for assigned entities, including sourcing, screening, interviews, offers and onboarding.
• Assign vacancies to team members, balance workloads and track progress against hiring timelines.
• Coordinate high‑volume and mass hiring for operational and blue‑collar positions, including third‑party manpower mobilization.
• Manage sourcing channels such as ATS, job portals, LinkedIn, referrals, universities and agencies, and build talent pools for hard‑to‑fill roles.
• Ensure compliance with Saudi labor law, internal HR policies and Saudization targets, prioritising qualified Saudi candidates.
• Oversee onboarding activities, document collection, background checks and coordination with Administration and IT.
• Track recruitment KPIs (time‑to‑hire, cost‑per‑hire, offer acceptance rate) and prepare regular reports and dashboards.
• Guide, coach and train recruitment team members, monitor performance and recommend process improvements.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related field.
• 4–6 years of recruitment/talent acquisition experience, including 1–2 years in a supervisory or team‑lead role.
• Experience in shipping, logistics or a multinational environment is preferred.

Required skills

• Hands‑on experience with an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and HRIS platforms.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong knowledge of competency‑based interviewing and candidate assessment techniques.
• In‑depth understanding of Saudi labor law, Saudization (Nitaqat), Qiwa, GOSI and HADAF programs.
• Bilingual proficiency in written and spoken Arabic and English.
• Leadership, coaching and stakeholder management abilities.