Executive Search Partner
About us
At Halfords, our mission is to inspire and support a lifetime of motoring and cycling. As a specialist retailer, we lead the market through customer-driven innovation and a distinct product range. We are dedicated to providing our customers with an integrated, unique, and convenient service experience—from e-bike and electric vehicle servicing to on-demand solutions. Our commitment is to foster customer loyalty by offering compelling reasons to keep coming back to our stores, ensuring a lifetime of motoring and cycling enjoyment.
The teams at our Redditch Support Centre work with every other area of our business, putting them at the heart of the action and playing a key role in our success and growth. Everyone brings their individual knowledge and experience to work every day, working as one team to keep things moving smoothly.
If you’re willing to get stuck in, you’ll love it here too. So put yourself at the heart of a dynamic, fast-paced working environment where expertise and focus take people far.
About the role
Join Halfords as our Executive Search Partner and play a pivotal role in shaping our leadership team for the future. In this high-impact role, you’ll own the full search lifecycle - from briefing and market mapping to strategic outreach, assessment and final selection - ensuring we attract and secure exceptional, diverse senior talent that drives our business forward. As a trusted partner to our senior leaders, you’ll combine deep strategic insight with tailored, best-in-class hiring approaches, delivering an outstanding experience for candidates and stakeholders alike. If you’re passionate about raising the bar in executive hiring and want to help strengthen Halfords’ culture and success, we’d love to hear from you.
Key responsibilities
Lead and deliver executive hiring strategies, partnering closely with our most senior leaders.
Design and execute bespoke sourcing strategies that attract top-tier, diverse talent.
Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout every stage of the hiring journey.
Deliver a first-class candidate and stakeholder experience, ensuring excellence at every touchpoint.
Collaborate closely with the wider resourcing team and peers, ensuring alignment, knowledge sharing, and a joined-up approach to talent acquisition.
Use market intelligence and data to shape decisions, drive performance, and challenge the status quo.
Be a catalyst for continuous improvement, helping embed a modern, proactive, and value-driven executive search approach.
About you
Proven experience delivering senior-level search.
Exceptional stakeholder management skills — you're credible, consultative, and collaborative.
A track record of sourcing diverse talent and shaping inclusive hiring strategies.
A data-informed mindset and the ability to turn insights into action.
Strong governance, project delivery, and influencing capabilities.
Reward & benefits
A fair and competitive salary evaluated against market data, annual discretionary bonus scheme, pension, life assurance, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and enhanced family leave.
Commitment and dedication to your ongoing personal and professional development. We help you to own and grow your potential so you can be at your best in your current role and to support your future career aspirations.
We offer hybrid working in our Support Centre, you will be based at our Support Centre 3 days a week with an optional 2 days working from home.
You will have access to a wealth of employee discounts across the Halfords suite of products and services.
Wellbeing and inclusion are at the heart of our colleague experience. We offer resources and ongoing support to enhance your wellbeing at work and active Colleague Networks supporting inclusion initiatives across Halfords.
Not sure you meet all the criteria? We'd encourage you to take the wheel and apply anyway! At Halfords we are committed to creating an inclusive workplace for our colleagues. We're an equal opportunities employer and proud to welcome applications from all backgrounds and embrace diversity within our one Halfords Family.
At Halfords, we operate a hybrid working policy with 3 days per week on-site at our Support Centre in Redditch Worcestershire.
