Senior Manager, Executive Recruiter

About the Role

This newly established position highlights DKSH's dedication to enhancing its leadership recruitment capabilities. The Senior Manager of Executive Recruitment plays a pivotal role in discovering and attracting outstanding senior talents critical to shaping the organization's future. By collaborating extensively with senior management across divisions, this role ensures strategic hiring results that bolster DKSH's long-range development and organizational resilience.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the entire executive search process for high-level roles, advising senior leaders and hiring managers from strategy formulation through offer negotiations to successful closures.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to develop bespoke and comprehensive talent acquisition strategies addressing immediate and future leadership needs across main business units.
• Perform detailed market analysis and talent mapping to identify and engage elite executive candidates, including passive prospects, through proactive networking and direct outreach techniques.
• Establish and nurture robust talent pipelines for critical leadership positions to enable rapid activation in response to organizational demands.
• Conduct in-depth candidate evaluations focusing on qualifications, cultural alignment, and leadership potential by utilizing structured interviews, assessments, background screening, and reference checks – ensuring a professional and transparent experience for candidates.
• Utilize AI-driven sourcing, automation, and data analytics to increase recruiter efficiency and candidate quality, while streamlining technology-supported workflows to enhance speed, transparency, and scalability during hiring.
• Apply data and predictive analytics to inform talent decisions and pipeline management, providing market insights and performance data presentations to senior stakeholders to foster continuous recruitment improvements.
• Act as a company representative at industry events and networking platforms to elevate DKSH’s employer brand and engage premier executive talent.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• Master’s degree in Business, Human Resources, or related disciplines.
• At least 15 years of experience in Talent Acquisition with a minimum of 7 years focused on executive search; prior in-house corporate recruitment experience is highly valued, preferably within FMCG or Life Sciences/Healthcare sectors in the Asia Pacific region.
• Documented success in sourcing and placing senior executives across diverse industries, supported by strong communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organizational talent to juggle multiple concurrent searches, maintaining utmost professionalism, confidentiality, and discretion.
• Expertise in ATS platforms, LinkedIn Recruiter, and additional sourcing technologies, coupled with the ability to translate data into tactical insights and market intelligence for senior management.
• Proven capacity to incorporate AI-enabled recruitment tools, automation, and predictive analytics to enhance efficiency, candidate quality, and workflow scalability.
• A strategic thinker with sound business judgment, thorough knowledge of the executive talent landscape, and a record of providing consultative advice to senior leaders.
• Up-to-date understanding of market dynamics and compensation standards for executive roles.

Why Join DKSH

At DKSH, we support companies' growth in Asia and empower individuals to perform optimally. Joining our team means working within an organization that prioritizes accountability, collaboration, and enduring partnerships. We provide a vibrant environment where your efforts are noticeable and allow you to develop a meaningful and rewarding career in Talent Acquisition.