Talent Acquisition Partner, Blue Bottle Coffee
$94-108.1k
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Coffee roaster and retailer
Job no longer available
Coffee roaster and retailer
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$94-108.1k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To provide great coffee for everyone.
Role
Who you are
- 3+ years of sourcing and recruiting experience; corporate and/or agency recruitment experience in hospitality and/or retail preferred
- Builds out detailed execution talent sourcing materials including search strategies, market analysis, industry trends, and pipelines of targeted profiles and companies
- Strategic execution on building robust pipelines and tactical research on events and sourcing campaigns. Identifies, engages, and activates passive candidates through LinkedIn and alternative executive search techniques and channels
- Demonstrated ability to manage a high-volume workload and meet tight deadlines
- Great selling and closing skills
- Excellent writing and verbal communication skills are required
- Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information appropriately
- Last but not least, a deep love for connecting people to great careers, great coffee, food, and exceptional guest experiences
- Hyper-focused, highly communicative, and believe that caring about the candidate's experience is paramount
- Collaborative and build trust-based relationships with employees at all levels
- Sensitive to the cultural and business nuances of talent acquisition across borders
- Comfortable with ambiguity, rapidly changing environments, and building from scratch
- Creative, scrappy, and resourceful with an infectious enthusiasm and ‘can do’ attitude
- Analytical and metric-oriented, always seeking internal and external data to validate our approach
- Willing to travel up to 15%
What the job involves
- Partner with functional leadership to set and implement recruiting strategies and talent sourcing programs to meet business and operational needs for a complex organization
- Lead full life cycle recruiting process from requisition posting through sourcing and offer acceptance
- Develop and execute strategic sourcing strategies such as direct sourcing, database mining, networking, name generation, cold-calling, industry events, associations, online communities, external research and social marketing
- Provide an excellent and hospitable candidate experience that shows the best of Blue Bottle
- Conduct weekly meetings with hiring managers to determine effectiveness of recruiting plans and ensure agility throughout the process
- Deliver recruiting process excellence by following internal policies and procedures, accurately tracking candidate and requisition activity in the applicant tracking system; Adhering to established SLAs/KPIs and compliance and legal requirements
Our take
Founded in 2002, Blue Bottle Coffee is a coffee roaster and retailer that has become a major player in the third wave coffee movement, in part, thanks to a sales boost from Nestlé’s acquisition of a majority stake in the company. Blue Bottle has over 100 stores in operation across the US, Japan, and Korea, and is expanding into new territories, product collaborations and merchandising.
Blue Bottle Coffee’s subscriptions has multiplied in recent years, following the shift in consumer behaviour. This demonstrates the company's command over a sufficient customer base to have capitalised on the consumer trend towards subscription services offering higher grade products over the year.
The company strategically used the small business closures over the pandemic to its advantage. Blue Bottle, given its backing by Nestlé, was able to stay afloat during those periods, and seize greater market share which has been key to its dominance today. Despite things having gone back to normal, Blue Bottle is working hard to retain its market share and even seizing more by expanding into even more territories.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jun 2015
$70m
SERIES C
Jan 2014
$25.7m
SERIES B
Total funding: $135.7m
Company benefits
- Health, dental, and vision coverage for eligible employees starting on your first day
- 401(k) plan
- Paid time off
- 50% discount on all products, both online and in-cafe. This includes food, beverages, whole-bean coffee, and merchandise
- Flexible spending account & commuter benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- And more!
Company HQ
Old Oakland, Oakland, CA
Leadership
James Freeman
(Founder)Former Music Analyst at Mongo music and freelance musician.
Karl Strovink
(CEO)Karl initially joined the Blue Bottle team as the President and COO in 2019, becoming CEo in 2020. Prior to this, they spent over 10 years at Converse, holding various VP/GM roles.
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