Transcom

Leading a team of 25+ TA professionals in securing operational recruitment & recruitment marketing delivery for 8 countries in 10+ languages. Also leading the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion agenda and part of the Management team for Transcom Nordics & Baltics Cluster.

3000+ recruitments in 365 days.
Reduction in attrition levels from 22% to less than 7%.
Fill rate achievement from 70% to over 90%.
80% reduction in cost per hire (CPH).
Introduced 24 hour candidate response KPI
Gender & age KPIs introduced for mid & senior level positions

Head of Talent Acquisition & DEI, Nordics, Baltics & Western Europe

Ingka Centres

Leading a team, the strategic and the operational delivery area within talent acquisition for 16 countries across Europe, Asia & North America. This includes: 

EVP & Employer Branding
Candidate experience
Video Interviewing 
Referral Program
Recruitment Learning Solutions
Equity & Diversity through recruitment  
Job ad design & structure
Analytics & Forecasting
ATS, recruitment tools & solutions
Recruitment processes 
Workforce Planning
Assessments & selection tools
Pre- & On-boarding
Skills for employment for Refugees
Consultant & contingent hiring
Coworker Advocacy

Global Head of Recruitment & Talent Attraction

IKEA

Developing my curiosity & passion within Equity, Diversity & Inclusion by exploring, learning & contributing to the development of Digital Inclusive Design at IKEA.

Digital Inclusive Design (development assignment)

IKEA Group

In this strategic role, focusing on concepts, processes & solutions in developing Talent Acquisition across 31 countries, I applied my experience within recruitment to:

improve our Recruiters daily lives
better our Candidate experience
develop our Employer Brand
incorporate Equity & Diversity at an early stage in our recruitment processes
keep up with Digital Transformation

Global roll out of video interview solutions, referral programmes, ATS, VR & AR in pre & on-boarding, Job ad design & structure.

Global Recruitment Development (CoE)

Ikano Bank

Responsible for building, developing & maintaining all things talent acquisition for Ikano Bank, and leading the strategic and operational work for 6 countries.

Saved millions in recruitment agency fees, increased brand awareness & brought in candidate experience best practices.
Built EVP & employer branding, introduced ATS & recruitment solutions, assessments & recruitment processes.

Global Talent Acquisition Manager

Yahoo

Responsible for end to end recruitment processes for  digital, executive & volume hiring. Was solely responsible for the initial set up of Global Business Solutions (GBS) for Yahoo! India.

Was solely responsible for the initial set up of Global Business Solutions (GBS) for Yahoo! i.e 600+ recruitments in 6 months.
Consecutive top performer recruitment closures & candidate experience.

Talent Acquisition Executive

Merrin & Associates

Supporting companies with end to end recruitment processes for executive positions.
Consecutive top performer in sales and recruitment closures.

Senior Recruitment Consultant

Citibank India

Marketing & Sales of Citibank products through corporate collaborations with companies.
Consecutive top performer in corporate sales of Citi mortgages.

Corporate Relations Officer

Parent, Leader, Talent Acquisition Professional, Mentor, free time Politician, DEI advocate, & currently a Guru in dinosaur facts; thanks to my son! :)

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