Talent Acquisition Specialist (#CCB261022-4)

Details

Closing Date 2026/10/28

Reference Number CCB261022-4

Job Title Talent Acquisition Specialist

Job Category People and Culture

Company Coca-Cola Beverages Africa

Job Type Permanent

Location - Country Kenya

Location - Province Not Applicable

Location - Town / City Nairobi

Job Description Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) presents an exciting opportunity for a Talent Acquistion Specialist . The role will report to the Country Lead Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding.

CCBA is the 8th largest Coca-Cola authorised bottler in the world by revenue, and the largest on the continent. It accounts for over 40% of all Coca-Cola ready-to-drink beverages sold in Africa by volume. With over 14 000 employees in Africa, CCBA group services more than 800 000 customers with a host of international and local brands. CCBA group operates in 14 countries: South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Botswana, Zambia, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi and the islands of Comoros and Mayotte.

Key Purpose:

Working closely with the Country Lead, Talent Acquisition and Employer Branding, the key responsibility of this role is to proactively and strategically attract, source, select, deploy and hire talent into the organisation whilst ensuring they develop a compelling employer brand to potential candidates.

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Key Duties & Responsibilities Key Outputs and Accountabilities include, but not limited to:

Talent Sourcing

• Implement the Talent Acquisition and Assessment components of the Talent Management processes, to enhance business performance.

• Implements innovative, creative, and proactive recruitment / sourcing opportunities, designed and developed by the Country Lead, Talent Acquisition and Employer Branding, to develop high quality active and passive candidate pipelines.

• Identifies and sources appropriate internal talent for current and future roles within the organisation.

• Ensures that key vacancies are filled within agreed timeframe.

• Implement candidate sourcing strategies and selection methodologies to deliver high-quality hires.

• Anticipatory resourcing - forecasting future talent needs and building talent pools for key roles to aid in reducing vacancy days/hire time.

Talent Assessments

• Makes use of assessment information to enhance the quality of the selection process.

Data integrity

• Ensures talent acquisition and assessment data integrity for successful functional reviews and reporting requirements

• Reporting of recruitment metrics

Employee Value Proposition

• Is able to successfully position the employer value proposition both internally and externally to attract and retain the right talent.

• Managing the end-to-end recruitment process while ensuring pleasant candidate experiences

Excellent Customer Service and Stakeholder Engagement/ Management

• Conducts regular follow-up with recruiting managers to determine the effectiveness of recruiting plans and implementation.

• Relationship management- working closely with business leaders and HR Partnering teams and specifically hiring managers in meeting their talent needs.

• Provide talent solutions, advice and guidance to HRBPs on talent acquisition

• Develops, networks and maintains successful relationships with external recruitment agencies.

Employee Onboarding & Integration

• Successful implementation of onboarding programme for all new recruits to ensure early impact and sustainable performance.

• Maintain and tracking the Employee onboarding experience for new joiners

Data integrity

• Ensures talent acquisition and assessment data integrity for successful functional excellence reviews and reporting requirements

Skills, Experience & Education Education, Experience & Skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with post graduate HR qualification

• IHRM Membership

Experience

• 3-5 years’ experience with a proven track record as a talent acquisition or recruitment specialist in an FMCG or Manufacturing company.

• Hands-on experience with full-cycle recruiting using various interview techniques and evaluation methods

• Knowledge of Applicant Tracking Systems

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Skills:

• Working with People

• Relating and Networking

• Persuading and Influencing

• Presenting and Communicating Information

• Writing and Reporting

• Applying Expertise and Technology

• Ability to use Psychometric and competency assessment tools.

• Competency Based interviewing skills

General N/A

Policy

At Coca-Cola Beverages Africa we are proud to celebrate diversity and we strive to achieve an equal opportunity workplace by being cognisant of affirmative action requirements. It is our policy to be mindful and compliant with all our regional requirements and national laws for those regions. Employment at Coca-Cola Beverages Africa is based solely on an individual’s merit and qualifications directly related to their field of competence. We do not discriminate against an employee or potential employees because race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability and gender identity. ​​​​​​​ At the heart of our recruitment processes is the need to create a value driven experience for all applicants. To all recruitment agencies: Coca-Cola Beverages Africa does not accept agency resumes for roles that we post and make available. Please do not forward any resumes to any Coca-Cola Beverages Africa employees and Talent Teams as we are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.