The Recruiter EMEA is responsible for managing the full recruitment process, enhancing employer branding, establishing talent pipelines, and ensuring data-driven decision-making. This role involves collaboration with HR partners, developing recruitment strategies, and ensuring a seamless candidate experience while monitoring KPIs and optimizing hiring processes.
About the Opportunity
The recruiter EMEA is responsible for the timely identification, screening and selection of candidates for positions within the EMEA. As part of a successful identification of candidates, the position is also responsible for campus relationships, recruitment campaigns, building strategic talent-pools, strengthening our employer brand and optimizing labor market communication. Integral part of the role is supporting the design, definition and deployment of recruitment processes, templates and policies in close cooperation with the entire HR team. Measurement of effectiveness and results will be on defined KPI’s and achievement of goals.
Responsibilities
Recruitment Process Management
- Organize, coordinate, and execute the recruitment process for designated vacancies from start to finish, ensuring clear communication with stakeholders.
- Conduct role and responsibility analyses to document job requirements and business objectives.
- Collaborate with Compensation & Benefits and HR Business Partners (HRBPs) to determine appropriate job levels for new roles.
- Establish and maintain a strong candidate pipeline.
- Design and execute recruitment campaigns across selected countries to attract top talent.
Employer Branding & Talent Attraction
- Strengthen the candidate pipeline and enhance employer branding through targeted initiatives.
- Actively engage with selected EMEA universities to attract alumni, young talent, and expand professional networks.
- Build and maintain talent pools, leveraging proactive sourcing strategies.
- Manage labor market communication efforts to position the company as an employer of choice.
- Promote the company’s reputation as a "Best Place to Work" through strategic employer branding activities.
Recruitment Strategy & Planning
- Collaborate with HRBPs and management to ensure a balanced recruitment plan, optimizing hiring timelines and onboarding processes.
- Monitor and review recruitment KPIs, making data-driven decisions to maintain hiring efficiency.
- Provide insights and best employer practices tailored to different country-specific labor markets.
- Align hiring strategies with DEMEA strategy and Annual Operating Plan (AOP) to ensure strong succession planning.
- Develop a pipeline of strategic future roles and maintain a database of high-potential candidates for easy access by business leaders.
Data-Driven Decision Making & Best Practices
- Provide analytical and well-documented reports to HR and business leadership on recruitment trends, success metrics, and insights.
- Monitor and implement HR recruiting best practices, ensuring compliance with both global and local market standards.
- Actively contribute to local, regional, and global recruitment and sourcing projects.
- Define and manage relationships with appropriate sourcing channels, ensuring optimal hiring strategies.
Development & Support of Recruitment Strategy
- Evaluate Current Hiring Practices: Assess recruitment strategies to identify improvement areas and enhance efficiency.
- Define Recruitment Metrics: Establish KPIs such as time-to-fill, quality of hire, and candidate satisfaction, continuously measuring and refining hiring success.
- Facilitate Succession Planning: Work closely with HRBPs and management to integrate recruitment strategies with long-term succession plans for key roles.
- Leverage Recruitment Technology: Utilize Workday Recruitment and other digital tools to streamline sourcing, tracking, and hiring processes.
Candidate Experience Management
- Develop initiatives to enhance the candidate journey, ensuring a positive and seamless recruitment experience.
- Implement innovative and targeted recruitment campaigns to attract diverse and high-caliber talent.
Candidate Profile
Education & Training
- Bachelor Degree
- Behavioral interviewing techniques
- Assessment / selection tools certification
- Legal knowledge and awareness on GDPR and relating laws
Work experience
- At least 6-10 years of recruiting experience (including sourcing) is required, with experience drawn from multiple industries as well as companies of different sizes and stages of development (start-up, established, domestic, global, etc) and a broad range of position types (Management, Technical, R&D, Sales, Marketing, Accounting, Operations, etc).
- Preferably experience with recruitment of technical ‘green’ profiles
- Hands-on experience with various selection processes, techniques and interviewing
- Experience in the use of a candidate management system (Preferably Workday Recruitment), LinkedIn and other Human Resource Information systems
Language & Skills
- Fluency in English. Pre: fluency in another European language such as French, Spanish and Portuguese.
- Excellent time management, communication and project management skills
- Excellent interpersonal & communication skills
- Superior written and conversational communication skills across all mediums
- Sense of humor
Preferred Qualifications & Leadership Competencies
• Organizing
• Self-starter
• Drives result
• Pragmatic
• Strategic Mindset
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Cultural sensitivity
• Pro-active
• Energetic
• Accurate
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