Recruiter - Sales

Created on 06-12-2018

Location Tokyo

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About Houzz

Starting out in Silicon Valley, Houzz has become the leading home renovation and design platform in the world. We have a highly engaged community of over 40 million unique monthly users who leverage our technologies to find inspiration for their next project and connect with over 2.1 million home design professionals.

An integral part of Houzz's mission is bringing the best and brightest talent to the company to help it grow. To that end, Houzz is looking for an experienced Recruiter to join our Tokyo office. As part of our People Services team, your primary function will be to source a wide variety of sales candidates to help build our Tokyo Industry Solutions team, in addition to supporting recruitment for our engineering, client services and product teams. You will leverage your experience in attracting the best talent, and closing the deal, as we grow rapidly to meet the demands of our globally expanding user base.

What you’ll do:

Build a pipeline of high quality candidates via job boards and active sourcing of passive candidates across a variety of profiles for our Tokyo office, mainly focused on sales and technical recruitment.

Partner with recruiters, hiring managers and leadership stakeholders to identify, engage and screen potential candidates .

Own the full recruitment cycle, ensuring an impeccable candidate experience from pre-screening through to offer and on boarding.

Partner closely with hiring managers to achieve hiring goals and implement process improvements.

Continuously track progress and update ATS with a high level of accuracy and detail.

Develop outreach and branding initiatives in order to improve Houzz’s employer profile in Tokyo.

Identify creative recruiting practices and sourcing methods that will yield strong hiring results.

What you’ll need:

3+ years experience in recruiting sales professionals, software engineers (web application) experience a plus.

Excellent communication skills, oral and written - you must be fluently bilingual in Japanese and English.

Demonstrated track record of attracting and hiring top talent, able to negotiate and close the deal.

Adept at using passive sourcing tools, email, and social media to reach out to candidates .

Knowledge of Japanese job sites and effective tools used by recruiters.

Strong attention to detail, excellent organisation skills and follow-through in a fast-moving and changing environment.

Proficiency in using Google applications (Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Hangouts, etc.) and Mac OS.

Hands-on experience with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS).

Experience recruiting in other start-up, e-commerce or tech companies a plus.

What’s in it for you:

Help build and shape a fast-growing engineering & sales team in a start-up environment.

Competitive base salary plus performance-based bonus.

Be part of a rapidly expanding team on a mission to grow Houzz internationally. We have an entrepreneurial culture, a warm work environment, and a close-knit family that loves to celebrate birthdays and team accomplishments.

Our beautiful office is located right in the middle of Minato - in a hip, newly renovated and comfortable environment designed to reflect our culture.

Stocked kitchen to keep you fuelled, team lunches on Fridays.