Talent Manager
Location: CA, ON, Toronto
Department: People & Culture
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Associate
Industry: Staffing and Recruiting
Function: Human Resources
Company profile: Vend is looking for some awesome new talent to come join us. You'll be working in an awesome team doing awesome things, and generally being awesome.Learn about us on our blog, or meet the team on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedInAwesome SpaceOur brand new Auckland office space is located on Nuffield Street in Newmarket, surrounded by our customers and the industry we love. It is huge, open, and shiny new with great meeting room spaces, casual working environments and plenty of space to host awesome events. We don't do cubicles, just plenty of space, whiteboards and meetings rooms. We also have a great cafe/retail space with our very own Front of House Manager taking care of our visitors and fellow Venders. Like Auckland our Melbourne office is surrounded by retail. It's a great wee space equipped with tiny houses and some awesome cardboard cutout animals.Our Toronto office is located right in the heart of downtown retail district. Like Melbourne and Auckland there's a great vibe with great coffee, boutique stores and some of the greatest restaurants in the city. Our SoMa office in San Francisco is located in the middle of the SF tech scene, just a (Biz) stone's throw from Twitter.The EnvironmentWe want you to be at the top of your game. You can wear whatever clothing you like, start work late in the morning, take breaks whenever you want and generally work the way you want to work. Who we're looking forVend is looking for people to push the boundaries. We are a hard working professional team with a wicked sense of humour, and we are looking for people who thrive in a collaborative open environment. We want passionate, hard working, talented individuals that want to lead in their field.
Description: First things first….. If you don’t know already Vend is a globally successful, award winning web based SaaS point of sale for retail. We’re chucking out crusty old cash registers and replacing them with iPads, touch screens and beautiful software.  We’re shaking things up and pushing out innovations, therefore finding - and meeting a huge demand for our services all over the world. We’re absolute lovers of retail, all of our amazing offices are surrounded by retail and day to day you will have the chance to work with the most talented humans all over the world.  As a Talent Manager at Vend you will play a huge role in helping us scale to extreme new heights by identifying the best talent around and luring them into our awesome, award winning and entirely spectacular team.Recruiting at Vend isn’t your usual kind of recruitment gig. The emphasis we put on giving all of our candidates an amazing experience regardless of their success with us, the technology and tools we use, the level of importance we put on our employer brand and the amount of innovation and creativity we put into every recruitment experience is what sets us apart from everyone else.Vend is as successful as it is because of it’s people and the culture we have created. It’s our job in the Talent team to find the best of the best, not just from a technical perspective but a cultural one too so not only will you be a fantastic recruiter, you will live and breathe our culture and values and you will have a natural ability to identify people who are a good fit. You will have candidates tell you that their experience with you has been the best they’ve had with a recruiter, you will have hiring managers high fiving you on a daily basis and you will wake up every morning excited about the day you have ahead. You will be used to working at extreme pace and you will be flexible but most of all you are happiest when helping people and you want to make an impact with the work you do.We don’t mind if you’ve only had a couple of years recruiting experience, that’s a-okay with us. We want overwhelming enthusiasm and ambition and someone who knows how to have fun and is okay with our sometimes inappropriate jokes. You'll work closely with our P&C Manager for North America who is also based in Toronto and you'll be excited about doing a lot of different things that fall out of what's a normal "Talent Manager" role. 
Requirements: To be successful in this role at Vend you will need to;More than know your way around recruiting a variety of roles in the Sales & Customer Success space on top of the other random roles that appear from time to time in Finance, IT, Administration & Marketing.Know whats going on in the recruitment industry - the latest, greatest and raddestHave experience building talent pipelines of candidates who know who we are, what we’re about, are keen to stay in touch. Then be proactive in maintaining those pipelines on an ongoing basisBe a user of social media in the recruitment space. You’re on Twitter, your profile on Linkedin is boss and you’re a fan of HangoutsHave a natural affinity with all things technology. We use a suite of tools to help us do our job so you’ll need to confident and excited about using lots of awesome and exciting technologiesA super fine tuned bullshit radar / spidey senseEnjoy and be good at speaking events with audiences varying from students to teachers to sales people and designersBe ridiculously organised. You’re going to be busy so excellent time management skills are essential.Be great at working as a member of a super tight People & Culture team who work in a completely transparent way where every candidate email is visible and every online interview is recorded.Work the admin part of the role like a boss - ensuring our contracts are legit & payroll forms are taken care of. Be willing to help out with other roles within Vend all over the world
Benefits: What can you expect from us?We have an open culture where we openly share our results and where your input is truly valued.We have a lot of fun at work!  Like playing pool whenever you want, getting a Dia de los Muertos makeover, zoning out on the couches listening to music or raiding the snack cupboard (FYI frozen marshmallows are the latest craze at Vend - seriously, try them!).Work-life blend.  We know you have a life outside of work. We know you probably have little side projects or businesses too. This is valued and at Vend you can have a life inside work too.Utilise all your talents.  Not just the ones written in your job description.We welcome all of you at work.  We don’t want you to leave your personality at the door.So, what’s next? Get in touch, apply now, hit that button, get it done and come have a chat with us about how you can work at Vend. We can’t wait to hear from you.
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