Stuart Smith Email & Phone Number

Sunshine Coast, Qld, Au

Greater Brisbane Area

As the Senior Talent Business Partner, I am responsible for leading the team that manages both internal and external recruitment processes, ensuring that our organization attracts, selects, and retains top talent. This role involves developing and optimizing recruitment strategies and systems to enhance efficiency and drive business success.Key responsibilities include implementing the Talent Acquisition Strategy, building and managing a tech-enabled recruitment function, and establishing strong relationships with internal stakeholders across operations, marketing, and executive teams. The role also involves developing external relationships to promote opportunities and maintaining talent pools, especially in clinical roles.As the Senior Talent Business Partner will oversee end-to-end recruitment activities, conduct needs analysis briefings with hiring managers, and provide regular recruitment and onboarding reports to senior management. My focus is to lead a small team of talent acquisition specialists, continuously improve the hiring process, source candidates through various channels, and ensure a positive candidate experience. I'm constantly proving my experience in high-volume talent acquisition, managing recruitment teams, and working with senior stakeholders in complex organizations. I possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills, extensive recruitment experience, and the charisma and resilience to thrive in a demanding role. This position is crucial for attracting and retaining top talent in a fast-paced environment with over 3,000 staff across Australia and New Zealand.

Remote

Loam Bio is a fast-growing company at the intersection of agriculture, microbial science, and climate.Strategic Talent Acquisition: Partnered with the TA Specialist to drive Loam's end-to-end talent acquisition strategy, ensuring alignment of world-class R&D talent with business values. Collaborated with global hiring managers to understand role requirements and culture fit, executing innovative sourcing strategies.Onboarding Excellence: Partnered with the P&C Team to enhance Loam's onboarding experience by translating organisational values into actionable behaviors. Established a seamless transition from talent acquisition to P&C, ensuring new starters had a consistent journey.Team Engagement: Drove initiatives to connect teams and foster a sense of community through engagement tools like geocaching and virtual talks. Ensured clarity of expectations and performance metrics for new hires.Learning Culture: Promoted a strong learning culture by supporting new starters with comprehensive development plans from Day 1. Collaborated with teams and external partners to deliver tailored training modules and programs.

Noosaville, Queensland, Australia

Provectus Algae is a synbio biomanufacturing company utilizing microalgae for high-value product production.Global Talent Strategy: Led the global talent team with a clear strategy and candidate attraction, achieving a 100% increase in FTEs within 12 months. Developed and executed targeted acquisition strategies across all organisational levels, including R&D, Engineering, Software, and Business Support.Talent Management Frameworks: Implemented dynamic talent management frameworks, including job growth profiles, performance evaluation tools, and succession planning initiatives, ensuring alignment with strategic business objectives.Innovative Recruitment Processes: Revolutionized the candidate experience with a values-driven recruitment approach, leveraging HRIS (BambooHR) and bias-reducing technology (Beamery).Headhunting Networks: Cultivated robust academic networks, forging partnerships with global experts to access top-tier talent pools.Team Development: Fostered a high-performance culture, provided mentorship to the P&C team, and facilitated professional development initiatives.

Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia

Australian Direct is a global e-commerce business with interests in the USA, China, Philippines, and Australia.Holistic Talent Strategy: Managed the complete talent strategy, learning and development initiatives, and cultural framework for a global e-commerce business. Oversaw employee relations, industrial relations, diversity and inclusion, and performance management.HRIS Implementation: Researched and implemented HRIS software (Employment Hero) to manage ATS and LMS (Go1), empowering the business with greater autonomy in talent management and L&D.International Recruitment: Conducted international recruitment for diverse positions, leveraging headhunting techniques and volume recruitment processes across the APAC region.360° Recruitment Process: Implemented a comprehensive recruitment process emphasizing trust and behavior-centric interactions, effectively navigating the post-COVID recruitment challenges.

London, England, United Kingdom

John Lewis Partnership is the largest employee-owned business in the Northern Hemisphere with 90,000 employees.National Recruitment Strategy: Implemented the national recruitment strategy for John Lewis, focusing on new branch openings and acquiring complete FTE allocations for both blue and white-collar roles.Assessment Centers: Designed and led multi-stage assessment centers for roles from entry-level to site General Managers.Apprenticeship and Graduate Programs: Developed and launched nationally recognized apprenticeship and graduate programs, driving top talent recruitment and creating a pipeline of skilled professionals.Expansion Projects: Opened four new stores, covering 1.7 million sq ft of selling space, and introduced 3,000 new partners, achieving an 85% retention rate.

London, England, United Kingdom

Hilton Hotels & Resorts is a global brand and the flagship brand of Hilton.KPI Management and Succession Planning: Spearheaded KPI management, succession planning, EVP, ER, IR, and talent management to drive organizational excellence.Talent Attraction: Served as an ambassador for Hilton within the early-stage talent sector, delivering presentations at universities and attracting top-tier global talent.Talent Website Development: Contributed to a working party that conceptualized a multinational talent website valued at $22 million, enhancing talent attraction efforts.Recruitment and Training: Directed recruitment, training, and mentorship of P&C staff as part of the Hilton Academy, and orchestrated assessment centers for new hotel openings.

Cobham, England, United Kingdom

As a member of the Chelsea team I became part of a long and proud history in the heart of iconic west London, which dates back to the club’s founding in 1905. Since that time the club has won every major domestic and international trophy, being crowned English, European and world champions in the process. Chelsea are a club which proudly strives to be the best in everything they do, on and off the pitch, as shown by the further success of their Women’s and Academy sides, as well as their excellent work in the community undertaken by the Chelsea Foundation, while engaging with many supporters from a wide range of backgrounds at home in the UK and around the world.This is a working environment built on excellence and I learnt from my team to be hardworking, resilient, brave and proud. I was given the platform to constantly strive to do the right thing. During my tenure I showed committed, taking challenges in my stride and focused on improving and evolving The club allowed me to work to win and drove to create optimum business performance. My success was underpinned by their diverse and inclusive attitude, creating an environment where everyone is welcome and treated equally. At Chelsea they recognise that the diversity of their people is a great strength and they are taking positive action to ensure colleagues and job applicants can fully be themselves and bring their own unique experiences and perspectives to Chelsea FC.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Sports And Exercise Science

Higher National Diploma, Talent Management