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Martin Haywood

Questioner · DISC type c
Group Head of Talent Acquisition at Sainsbury's
📍 London, England, United Kingdom

Martin Haywood is the Group Head of Talent Acquisition at Sainsburys, where he leads talent strategy and a large team responsible for over 47, 000 annual corporate and retail hires. An alumnus of Amazon, he has extensive experience leading large-scale EMEA talent acquisition for divisions like Alexa and Amazon Advertising.

Martin is a member of the RL100, an exclusive community for senior leaders in talent acquisition who are recognized as forward-thinking trailblazers driving innovation in the industry.

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Experience
23 Years
Current Role
Group Head of Talent Acquisition
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
Personality Overview

How Martin shows up

Cautious & Analytical
Systematic
Price-Sensitive

They prefer to fully evaluate every situation. While they don't hesitate to ask questions, they are generally risk-averse and tend to be late adopters. They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point.

Priorities

Topics Martin cares about

Graduate Development
He is a public advocate for Sainsbury's "FutureMaker" graduate program, discussing on podcasts how it provides vital opportunities and builds key future skills for young professionals.
Future of TA
He believes AI and automation will become embedded in the sector, and focuses on how recruiter roles will need to evolve as a result of new technology.
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Career

Work history

11-2024
Group Head of Talent Acquisition
Sainsbury's
8-2022 - 11-2024
EMEA Head of Talent Acquisition, Devices and Services and Amazon Advertising at Amazon
Amazon
5-2019 - 8-2022
Senior Manager Talent Acquisition
Amazon
10-2016 - 4-2019
Recruitment Manager
Amazon
10-2015 - 9-2016
Associate Director
Zachary Daniels
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

c

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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