Scaling eCommerce Talent in a Complex Hiring Environment
Ocado is the world’s largest dedicated online grocery retailer, operating a highly advanced eCommerce and logistics platform.
Cranberry Panda partnered with Ocado’s talent acquisition team to provide additional hiring capacity, supporting the delivery of both permanent and contract roles across its eCommerce function.
Ocado faced several hiring challenges while scaling its eCommerce teams:
Office based in a difficult-to-commute area, limiting accessible talent pools
High volume of fixed-term contract roles, reducing candidate availability
Need to secure talent quickly to support ongoing operations
Multiple roles across trading, merchandising, design, and leadership
We worked closely with Ocado as an extension of their internal talent team, delivering a targeted and efficient hiring strategy.
This included:
hires delivered across permanent and contract roles
fill rate across all roles briefed
week average time to hire
CV-to-interview conversion ratio (1:1.2)