Martin Haywood

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Group Head of Talent Acquisition at Sainsbury's

London, England, United Kingdom

Overview

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.

Personality Overview

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.

Topics They Care 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.
Candidate Experience
Enhancing the candidate experience is a key professional focus for him. He celebrated his team's recognition as Best Major Employer at the NORA awards for this work.

Media Appearances

Martin has no verified media appearances

Work History

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

Education

Martin has no verified education history

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Insights For Selling To Martin

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Share as much information as possible regarding your product
  • Emphasise more on facts and measurable benefits
  • Tell them that you will come back if you don’t have a good answer for a question

DONT's

  • Don’t overhype the product/pitch, keep it measured
  • Avoid rushing them, be polite and patient
  • Don’t try to be too friendly or informal with them

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Martin is

  • Ensuring that the product delivers ROI, cost-effective pricing and process compliance are very important for them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Martin

  • It doesn’t come naturally to them but they can say no if they are not convinced.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Martin move?

  • If they have the information that they need, they can move fast at making their decisions.
  • Can Martin take some risk or not?

  • If they believe that they have analyzed the situation well, they can take a little risk.

You And Martin

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