Powerhouse Retail Services is a Canadian company with 28 years of experience delivering national visual merchandising for leading retail brands across North America.

As we continue to grow, we are looking for a results-driven Talent Lead to help strengthen and scale our national merchandising workforce.

This is a 3-month, full-time, on-site contract for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, operational setting and enjoys building systems that drive measurable results.

Objectives of the role:

- Strengthening field recruitment across Canada
- Increasing geographic coverage and workforce capacity
- Improving speed-to-fill performance
- Mentoring and supporting our internal recruiter
- Introducing modern sourcing and automation strategies
- Building a sustainable and repeatable recruitment process

Key Responsibilities:

- Manage full-cycle recruitment for merchandising roles across Canada
- Build regional talent pools and ongoing pipelines
- Prioritizing high-demand markets
- Ensure fast candidate turnaround and placements
- Review and improve current recruitment workflows
- Implement multi-channel sourcing strategies
- Introduce AI or automation tools where appropriate
- Develop dashboards, hiring metrics, and SOPs
- Increase hiring speed and fill rates
- Improve offer acceptance and retention
- Establish hiring service levels with stakeholders




- Coach and support our internal recruiter
- Improve conversations and screening processes
- Transfer knowledge and systems before project completion

What You Bring

- 5+ years of high-volume or distributed workforce recruiting
- Experience in retail, field, gig, or hourly environments
- Strong operational and data-driven mindset
- Comfortable leading change and improving processes
- Excellent communication and coaching skills

Success in 90 Days

- Expanded national field coverage
- Faster hiring timelines
- Strong regional talent pipelines
- A documented recruitment playbook
- An upskilled internal recruiter

We thank all applicants in advance; however, only qualified individuals will be contacted to interview.

Job Types: Full-time, Seasonal
Contract length: 3 months

Pay: $10,000.00 per month

Benefits:

- Casual dress
- On-site parking

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Mississauga, ON L5T 3A5: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:

- Bachelor's Degree (required)

Experience:

- Full cycle recruiting: 5 years (required)

Work Location: In person

Additional Information about the job:

Shift Days :Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday
Schedule: Day Shift

📌 National Merchandising Talent Lead (3-Month Contract) (Canada)
🏢 POWERHOUSE RETAIL SERVICES
📍 Canada