Talent Acquisition Consultant & Interim Manager
talent-advisory.com
Keywords
Skills
As a Talent Acquisition Professional, I partner with companies in highly competitive markets to identify and attract people with niche skills and convert them into candidates.
As a Talent Acquisition Consultant, I help companies building strong relationships to candidates by auditing and streamlining sourcing & recruiting activities.
ABOUT ME
Digital immigrant · University Degree in Rhetorics & German Literature · 22+ years professional experience in talent acquisition, specialist recruitment and sourcing (active & passive, external & corporate) · 500+ positions filled in various industries (contractual, permanent and temporary) · worked with German, US-American, Dutch, British, Norwegian and French companies · sales, success & KPI driven.
FOCUS (Industry Sectors & professional functions)
- Automotive OEM & Tier-1 Suppliers
- E-Mobility (Powertrain, Battery Technology)
- R&D, Engineering (HW, SW, Sytem), Manufacturing, Industrialization, Automation & Robotics, Maintenance
SOURCING TECHNIQUES
Ad based end-2-end Recruitment, Active Sourcing, Peer Sourcing, Referral Programs, Social Media Recruitment & Campaigning, Campus Recruitment
SKILLS & TOOLSET
Office & Collaboration · M365, Sharepoint, G Suite, Trello, Slack
ATS & CRM · Workday, Taleo, HR4YOU, Bullhorn, Lever, Salesforce
Platforms · Talentbait, perspective.io, Linkedin (Recruiter, Sales Navigator, Ads), XING (Talent Manager & E-Recruiting), Meta & Google Business Manager (paid social job advertising)
Tools & Extensions · ChatGPT, Phantombuster, Lusha, AmazingHiring, Getprospect, Boolean, X-Ray
Advertising · Any job board you can possibly imagine, e.g. Indeed, Stepstone, Jobware, PowerUS
Compliance · AGG, AÜG, BGB, MiLoG, DSVGO/GDPR, Collective work agreements
Languages · German (native), English (business fluent), French (basic), Korean (very basic)
Project history
06/2017
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Present
BorgWarner Akosol GmbH 07.2023 – ongoing
Automotive Tier-1 Supplier · Interim Recruiter
Valeo eAutomotive Germany GmbH 08.2022 – 03.2023
Automotive Tier-1 Supplier · Interim Head of Talent Acquisition & Recruitment
Oda Germany GmbH 01.2022 – 08.2022
Online Grocery Retailer · Interim Recruiter
talent-advisory.com 12.2020 – today
IT Resume Writing & Optimization Services · Creator & Coach
K2 Partnering Solutions Deutschland GmbH 01.2020 – 11.2020
IT Personnel Service Provider · Interim Practise Lead Temp
wu personal GmbH 08.2017 – 05.2019
IT Personnel Leasing Provider · Interim Operations & Branch Manager
Star Group Germany GmbH 09.2017 - 01.2018
Personnel Service Provider Oil, Gas & Power · Interim Operations Manager
Automotive Tier-1 Supplier · Interim Recruiter
- hired 60+ technicians, engineers and PLC programmers to scale up battery production
- opened and aligned a broad range of sourcing channels to rise awareness and attract talents
- introduced RecOps metrics and reports
- provided end2end recruitment (job spec > welcome day)
- contributed to implement to IG Metal tariff system
Valeo eAutomotive Germany GmbH 08.2022 – 03.2023
Automotive Tier-1 Supplier · Interim Head of Talent Acquisition & Recruitment
- hired, trained and led a new recruitment team
- set up, implemented and monitored processes and techniques to fill 140+ open specialist positions in Project & Process Management, HW & SW Development and Mechanical Engineering (eAxle, Gearbox, HV Inverter)
- reported KPI to both local and international R&D & HR Management
- managed an external RPO provider to deliver end2end recruitment and talent attraction services
Oda Germany GmbH 01.2022 – 08.2022
Online Grocery Retailer · Interim Recruiter
- filled critical positions in the area of Plant Engineering & Maintenance, Transportation, Logistics and HR helping Oda to step timely into the German market
- levered operational excellence in (active) sourcing processes and techniques, as a senior sidekick to junior inhouse recruiters
- contributed to build a international sourcing lab
talent-advisory.com 12.2020 – today
IT Resume Writing & Optimization Services · Creator & Coach
- founded, marketed and executed the #1 Resume Writing Service in Germany focused on IT & TECH
- helped clients to build their personal brand, to lever SEO and ATS compliance in career profiles, databases and on business networks
K2 Partnering Solutions Deutschland GmbH 01.2020 – 11.2020
IT Personnel Service Provider · Interim Practise Lead Temp
- paved the way into German temp labour market (IT professionals)
- created the necessary framework conditions on a legal, business management and operational level
- up-skilled recruiters and account managers in temp sourcing and operations
wu personal GmbH 08.2017 – 05.2019
IT Personnel Leasing Provider · Interim Operations & Branch Manager
- advised the management in setting up and retaining a regional sales organisation and high-performance recruitment processes
- acted as Branch Manager Stuttgart & Frankurt, building-up a basis of 50+ temp IT specialists
Star Group Germany GmbH 09.2017 - 01.2018
Personnel Service Provider Oil, Gas & Power · Interim Operations Manager
- right hand of the new CEO to manage the turnaround of the company
- described and implemented core processes for recruiting and sales, backed by performance metrics and coaching employees.
04/2005
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12/2016
Sales Director (Engineering & IT Specialist Recruitment)
Goetzfried AG (Allgeier Experts SE)
(Internet and Information Technology, 500-1000 employees)
Sales Director & Authorized Officer 01.2007 – 12.2016
Key Account & Branch Manager Stuttgart 04.2005 – 12.2016
- staffed, enabled, advised and led regional sales and delivery teams of 20+ members (direct sales, partner & group sales, tender management)
- established and developed new practice groups, e.g. Automotive OEM & Tier-1 (Daimler, Porsche, ZF, Valeo, BorgWarner, Marquardt, Continental, Hella, Dürr), Plant Engineering, Energy & Utilities
- responsible for profit & loss, sales strategy, revenue growth (23 Mio EUR in 2016), customer success, operational excellence, risk management, planning and forecasting, KPI and compliance monitoring, reporting to the Management Board
- built, trained and coached a decentralized recruitment organization for Engineering & Industrial IT (active sourcing, hybrid delivery, pooling)
Key Account & Branch Manager Stuttgart 04.2005 – 12.2016
01/2001
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10/2004
Various assignments in the field of IT recruitment and sales
Career Start
• Key Account Management IT Contracting @ Solcom Unternehmensberatung GmbH (06.2003 – 10.2004)
• Sales Management IT Hardware & Services @ Datanet IT Services GmbH (12.2002 – 05.2003)
• Research Consultant IT Practise Group @ tmp.baumgartner executive search GmbH (01.2001 – 08.2002)
• Sales Management IT Hardware & Services @ Datanet IT Services GmbH (12.2002 – 05.2003)
• Research Consultant IT Practise Group @ tmp.baumgartner executive search GmbH (01.2001 – 08.2002)
Local Availability
Open to travel worldwide
Deutschland, Österreich, deutschsprachige Schweiz, Südtirol
