Talent Supply Manager
Sydney, NSW | Hybrid
? Full-Time | Leadership Opportunity

About Impellam Headfirst Group

Impellam Headfirst Group is a global leader in workforce solutions, STEM talent, managed services and HR technology, formed through the coming together of Impellam Group and Headfirst Group. Together, we partner with organisations across the globe to design, mobilise and manage complex contingent and contractor workforce programs.

Within our Talent Management portfolio, our purpose is simple: to build workforce solutions that attract, deploy and support the right talent, safely and compliantly, for the customers who rely on us. We do this by combining deep workforce expertise with strong governance, so that every contingent labour placement at a host employer is set up to succeed from day one.

In Australia, our Talent Management team supports a diverse portfolio of programs across the resources and mining, energy, and government sectors, spanning a wide variation of role types – from technical, trade and operational roles through to specialist and professional contingent labour placed at host employer sites nationally.

About the Role

This is a rare opportunity to build and lead a newly established Talent Supply function that will shape how talent is identified, engaged and deployed across some of Australia's largest contingent workforce programs.

You will be responsible for establishing the operating model, leading Talent Supply delivery across Australia, developing Direct Sourcing and Direct Fill capabilities, building talent communities and improving workforce fulfilment through technology, data, automation and AI.

You’ll work closely with senior leaders across Talent Management, Customer Success, Product, Technology, Marketing and Operations to create a scalable talent supply model that improves talent availability, fulfilment, productivity and customer outcomes.

Success in this role will come from balancing strategic leadership with hands-on execution. In the early stages, you'll be deeply involved in designing processes, establishing standards, building capability and embedding new ways of working before scaling the function over time.

What You'll Be Doing

Talent Supply Leadership

- Build and lead the Talent Supply operating model across APAC.

- Establish clear processes, governance, KPIs and performance frameworks.

- Drive performance across fill rates, time-to-submit, time-to-fill, pipeline coverage and recruiter productivity.

- Identify opportunities to improve workforce fulfilment, scalability and customer responsiveness.





Direct Sourcing & Direct Fill

- Lead the development and implementation of Direct Sourcing and Direct Fill capabilities.

- Build sustainable talent pools and communities across critical job families and skill areas.

- Develop strategies to reduce reliance on traditional agency channels.

- Drive talent reactivation and redeployment of proven contingent workers.

- Use labour market intelligence and workforce data to improve talent availability.

Talent Communities & Attraction

- Develop talent attraction strategies aligned with market demand and workforce requirements.

- Build segmented talent communities based on skills, roles and customer requirements.

- Partner with Talent Delivery and Customer Success teams to understand current and future workforce demand.

- Improve sourcing funnel performance, candidate engagement and conversion.

GCC & Team Leadership

- Lead and develop our GCC-based Talent Supply delivery capability.

- Establish service standards, ownership models and performance expectations.

- Build scalable delivery capability across sourcing, market mapping, screening and talent pooling.

- Coach and develop a high-performing, distributed Talent Supply team.

Technology, Data & AI

- Champion the use of CRM, ATS, VMS, CMS and talent community technologies.

- Identify opportunities to use automation and AI to improve sourcing and fulfilment.

- Partner with Product and Technology teams to improve Talent Supply workflows.

- Use talent intelligence, market data and analytics to support workforce planning and decision-making.

- Maintain strong data quality and system discipline.

Commercial & Strategic Support

- Support customer implementations, solution design, renewals and growth opportunities.

- Provide Talent Supply expertise for proposals and commercial opportunities.

- Contribute to productivity, cost-to-serve and commercial performance.

- Build sustainable talent ecosystems that improve workforce availability and customer outcomes.

About You

We’re looking for an experienced talent acquisition, direct sourcing or workforce solutions leader who has a strong track record of building and scaling talent supply capabilities.





You’ll bring:

Essential

- Significant leadership experience in Talent Acquisition, Talent Supply, Direct Sourcing, MSP, RPO, Contingent Workforce or Workforce Solutions.

- Proven experience building and leading sourcing, recruitment or talent supply functions.

- Experience managing offshore, nearshore or global delivery teams.

- Strong understanding of workforce fulfilment, talent pipelines and labour market dynamics.

- Experience using CRM, ATS, VMS, CMS or talent community technologies.

- Strong commercial and operational understanding.

- Experience managing performance through KPIs, reporting and governance.

- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.

- Experience implementing technology, automation or data-led recruitment solutions.

- A proven ability to build new functions, operating models or capabilities from inception to maturity.

- Strong strategic thinking combined with a hands-on approach to execution.

Highly Desirable

- Experience launching or scaling Direct Sourcing programmes.

- Experience within an MSP, RPO, contingent workforce or workforce solutions environment.

- Experience working with large enterprise customers and complex workforce programmes.

- Experience building talent communities or redeployment programmes.

- Experience using AI and automation to improve recruitment or talent supply outcomes.

- Experience working with GCC or offshore delivery models.

Why Join Us?

This is an opportunity to build something recent and make a genuine impact.

You’ll have the opportunity to:

- Build and lead a new Talent Supply function across APAC.

- Shape our Direct Sourcing and Direct Fill strategy.

- Lead and develop a distributed APAC and GCC-based team.

- Introduce innovative technology, automation and AI into talent operations.

- Work closely with senior leaders and enterprise customers.

- Create scalable talent communities and workforce supply models.

- Influence the future of workforce solutions across the region.

- Grow your career within a global workforce solutions organisation.

We build trust, care for each other and create space for everyone to thrive.

Ready to Build the Future of Talent Supply?

If you’re an experienced Talent Supply, Talent Acquisition, Direct Sourcing, MSP or RPO leader who is excited by the opportunity to build, scale and transform a new capability, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now and join Impellam Headfirst Group to help shape the future of Talent Supply across APAC.

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