Talent Acquisition Lead - Markets (Retail / DE Based)

Dr. Martens is more than a brand, it’s a global icon with over 60 years of attitude, heritage, and cultural impact. We’re a thriving, values driven business powered by diverse thinkers, bold doers, and people who bring their whole selves to work. If you’re ready to make your mark, you’re in the right place.

At DM, our values guide everything we do: Be Yourself, Act Courageously, Show You Care. They’re not just words, they’re how we turn passion into progress.

WHERE YOU SIT

As our Talent Acquisition Lead - Markets (DE), you’ll be part of the Talent Acquisition team within the People function, working closely with brilliant people across the business and reporting into the Talent Acquisition Manager - Markets. You’ll partner day‑to‑day with Retail leaders and People Partners across Germany, France, Italy and our growth market Spain, helping our stores build teams that deliver a best‑in‑class consumer experience

WHERE YOU CONTRIBUTE

This role plays a pivotal part in driving our consumer‑centric strategy across our European Markets. Everything you do will help elevate the Dr. Martens retail experience, from enabling Store Managers to hire confidently, to strengthening candidate quality through proactive sourcing and local market insight.

You’ll help us push boundaries, raise the bar, and keep the spirit of DM alive in everything we deliver.

CORE ACCOUNTABILITIES

As our Talent Acquisition Lead – Markets, you will be responsible for:

• Enabling Store Managers to independently recruit Sales Assistant / Keyholder / Senior Sales Assistant populations through clear coaching, tools, and market right hiring approaches.
• Owning end to end recruitment for retail management roles, improving candidate calibre through structured stakeholder feedback and continuous refinement.
• Leading new store opening recruitment (when triggered), building plans, pipelines, and timelines to deliver full hiring outcomes at pace and quality.
• Recruiting across three key markets (DE, FR, IT) plus Spain as a growth market; adapting process, sourcing strategy, and messaging to local nuance and candidate expectations.
• Contributing to the wider People agenda across your markets and supporting broader talent / people initiatives and projects, including shaping EVP, careers site and LinkedIn content through insight from the field.

KEY SKILLS & CAPABILITIES

Put simply, the key things we’re looking for are:

• Fluent German and English (minimum); additional European language capability is a strong advantage for multimarket delivery.
• Strong Germany recruitment landscape awareness with a retail first mindset; generalist breadth (beyond retail) is advantageous and helps you flex by market need.
• Confident head hunter; able to build pipelines and crack hard to source locations through proactive mapping, outreach, and network led sourcing.
• A natural relationship builder with genuine curiosity for what’s happening in Retail; trusted with stakeholders, credible in challenge, and able to influence hiring choices.
• Comfortable working independently: you drive your own results, use feedback/data to improve hiring outcomes, and continuously sharpen process and candidate quality.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

• Hybrid working (Location Dependent)
• Welcome pair of footwear
• ‘Buy as you Earn’ Share scheme
• A pair of Dr. Martens shoes to get you started
• 65% off footwear / 50% off accessories
• 2 paid volunteer days per year
• 33 Days Holiday/Annual Leave
• Free access to a virtual doctor through RetailTrust
• Diverse development opportunities and career progression
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme as well as Mental Health First Aiders
• Exclusive employee benefits via our Corporate Benefits Platform

If you’re excited to own your impact, shape the future of an iconic brand, and grow your career in a place that champions individuality — we’d love to hear from you.

Interested? Apply Now!

Application closing date: Thursday 26th March 2026

At Dr. Martens, we welcome applications from everyone. Diversity makes us stronger and helps us speak authentically to our global community. Whoever you are, whatever your background — you belong here.