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Ard Van Beek-International Recruitment Partner And Talent Sourcing Expert

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Goirle, Netherlands

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May 2025 - Oct 2025
Duisburg, Germany

Talent Acquisition Manager and Sourcing Expert

DP World

Position Summary
Talent Acquisition Manager and Sourcing Expert at DP World
Industries
Transportation
Business Areas
Human Resources
  • Assignment stopped due to unexpected hire restrictions

Profiles: Finance, IT, Supply Chain, Sales

Dec 2024 - Apr 2025
Rotterdam, Netherlands

Sourcing Expert

Profource Finalise

Position Summary
Sourcing Expert at Profource Finalise
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Procurement
  • Sourcing Assignment

Profiles: IT, various SAP ERP

Mar 2024 - Dec 2024
Mainz, Germany

Talent Acquisition Manager and Sourcing Expert

BioNTech

Position Summary
Talent Acquisition Manager and Sourcing Expert at BioNTech
Industries
Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
Business Areas
Human Resources
  • Short term assignment until December 2022

Profiles: Finance, IT (SAP), Supply Chain, Various Life Science, Production and Corporate positions (HR, Sales e.g.)

Oct 2023 - Jan 2024

Senior Talent Acquisition and Sourcing Expert

Simtra BioPharma Solutions (formerly Baxter Oncology)

Position Summary
Senior Talent Acquisition and Sourcing Expert at Simtra BioPharma Solutions (formerly Baxter Oncology)
Industries
Information Technology
Pharmaceutical
Business Areas
Human Resources
Information Technology
  • Short term assignment to support migration from Workday to Greenhouse

Profiles: Various LS, IT, Sales and Finance

Dec 2022 - Aug 2023
Utrecht, Netherlands

Talent Acquisition Manager

Genmab

Position Summary
Talent Acquisition Manager at Genmab
Industries
Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
Business Areas
Human Resources
  • Extended short term assignment 6 months +

Profiles: Various LS, Research Associates, Global Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance, Medical, Facility Management, IT, Legal, Finance

Nov 2021 - Dec 2022
Mainz, Germany

Talent Acquisition Manager and Sourcing Expert

BioNTech

Position Summary
Talent Acquisition Manager and Sourcing Expert at BioNTech
Industries
Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
Business Areas
Human Resources
  • Short-term assignment until December 2022

Profiles: Finance, IT (SAP), Supply Chain, Sales, Production and Corporate positions, upper white-collar levels

Jul 2021 - Present
Tübingen, Germany

Talent Acquisition Manager and Sourcing Expert

CureVac

Position Summary
Talent Acquisition Manager and Sourcing Expert at CureVac
Industries
Biotechnology
Business Areas
Human Resources
  • Short-term assignment until the end of the year

Profiles: Finance and IT, various LS, Quality, Auditing, CAPEX, EHS

Oct 2020 - Jun 2021
Frankfurt, Germany

Talent Acquisition Manager and Sourcing Expert

Stadapharm Bad Vilbel

Position Summary
Talent Acquisition Manager and Sourcing Expert at Stadapharm Bad Vilbel
Industries
Pharmaceutical
Business Areas
Human Resources
  • Short-term assignment to build two separate business units from scratch: Cannabis and Neurology

Profiles: Medical, Sales, Product Managers, Market Access, MSL, IT SAP etc.

Jan 2020 - May 2020
Zürich, Switzerland

Senior IT Recruitment and Talent Sourcing Expert

MIGROS

Position Summary
Senior IT Recruitment and Talent Sourcing Expert at MIGROS
Industries
Retail
Business Areas
Human Resources
  • Short-term assignment to boost recruitment during reorganization
  • 360-degree recruitment (from kick-off until onboarding) and active sourcing

Profiles: Finance, IT, SAP experts (APO, PP, APO), Sales, Supply Chain and Corporate

Jul 2019 - Dec 2019
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Senior IT Recruitment and Talent Sourcing Expert

Haufe Lexware

Position Summary
Senior IT Recruitment and Talent Sourcing Expert at Haufe Lexware
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Human Resources
  • Short-term assignment until December 2019
  • 360-degree recruitment (from kick-off until onboarding)

Profiles: Finance, IT (DEVOPS engineers, Java and Full Stack developers, Product Owners etc.), SAP consultants and Sales

Jul 2019 - Oct 2019
Antwerp, Belgium

Senior Recruitment Partner

Borealis

Position Summary
Senior Recruitment Partner at Borealis
Industries
Chemical
Manufacturing
Business Areas
Human Resources
  • Short time assignment via Pontoon Solutions RPO until November 2019
  • 360 Degree Recruitment (from Kick-Off until Onboarding)

Profiles: IT, Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Maintenance, E&I, Production Managers)

Mar 2019 - Jun 2019
Basel, Switzerland

Senior Recruitment Partner

Polyphor

Position Summary
Senior Recruitment Partner at Polyphor
Industries
Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
Business Areas
Human Resources

Polyphor was founded in 1996 and is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company based in Allschwil, Switzerland, near Basel. It focuses on the development of macrocycle drugs that address antibiotic resistance and improve therapy outcomes in cancer.

  • Short time assignment to boost Recruitment
  • 360 Degree Recruitment (from Kick-Off until Onboarding)

Profiles: Life Sciences, Medical, Sales, Finance, Pharma and IT

Oct 2018 - Feb 2019

Senior Recruitment Partner

Medtronic

Position Summary
Senior Recruitment Partner at Medtronic
Industries
Healthcare
Business Areas
Human Resources
  • Short time assignment via RPO until January 31st 2019 to boost Recruitment
  • 360 Degree Recruitment (from Kick-Off until Onboarding)

Profiles: Finance and IT

Jul 2018 - Sep 2018
Netherlands

Senior Recruitment Partner

Kuehne Nagel

Position Summary
Senior Recruitment Partner at Kuehne Nagel
Industries
Transportation
Business Areas
Human Resources
  • Short time assignment until September 30th 2018 to boost IT Recruitment
  • 360 Degree Recruitment (from Kick-Off until Onboarding)

Profiles: IT, Finance, Sales and Corporate

Mar 2018 - Jun 2018
Munich, Germany

Senior Recruiter DACH

Unit4

Position Summary
Senior Recruiter DACH at Unit4
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Human Resources
Information Technology
Strategy
  • Short time assignment to start up local Recruitment and bridge the gap until the permanent Recruiter started July 1st
  • 360 Degree Recruitment (from Kick-Off until Onboarding)
  • Reduce Time to Hire
  • Reduce Costs per Hire
  • Improve Employer Branding
  • Manage ATS Bullhorn
  • Search and Select
  • Develop Recruitment Strategy

Profiles: IT, Finance, Sales and Management

Sep 2017 - Feb 2018
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Expert Recruiter

ING Bank Group Services

Position Summary
Expert Recruiter at ING Bank Group Services
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Human Resources
  • Short time assignment to boost Recruitment and prepare Organization for RPO by IBM
  • 360 Degree FINTECH Recruitment

Profiles: Finance, IT (DEVOPS Engineers, Service Now Engineers, JAVA and Full Stack Developers, Big Data Engineers, Risk 1st LOD Coordinators)

Feb 2017 - Jul 2017
Basel, Switzerland

Senior Recruitment Partner

Lonza

Position Summary
Senior Recruitment Partner at Lonza
Industries
Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
Business Areas
Human Resources
Strategy
  • Short time assignment to boost Recruitment and prepare Organization for RPO by Future Step
  • 360 Degree Recruitment from kick-off to hiring
  • Define Recruitment Strategy in kick-off with Hiring Managers
  • Executive search
  • Build candidate pipeline
  • Manage ATS Workday
  • Perform F2F interviews
  • Negotiate contract conditions
  • Represent Lonza at Job Fairs (ETH)
  • Manage Agency contacts
  • Prepare for RPO implementation

Profiles: Finance, IT, HR, Sales, Supply Chain and Pharma Biotech

Jul 2016 - Jan 2017
Zürich, Switzerland

Senior Recruitment Partner

Credit Suisse

Position Summary
Senior Recruitment Partner at Credit Suisse
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Human Resources
  • 6 Month contract to boost Risk and Compliance BU
  • 360 Degree Recruitment from kick-off to hiring
  • Manage and maintain ATS
  • Assess candidates
  • Perform reference checks

Profiles: Finance, Risk and Compliance, IT

Jan 2016 - Jul 2016
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Expert Recruiter

ING Bank

Position Summary
Expert Recruiter at ING Bank
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Human Resources
  • 6 Month contract to assist in Reorganization
  • Assess internal candidates for suitability in New Agile Organization
  • Interview / assessment professional; large organizational transition
  • Attitude / behavior; STAR (R) interview techniques
  • BIG 5
  • Assessments / test / actor/ psychologist
  • Communication style assessments (GITP)
  • 360 reflector

Profiles: Finance, FINTECH, IT, Finance, Private Banking & Management, Mortgages

Nov 2013 - Dec 2015
Zürich, Switzerland

Global Talent Acquisition Partner

ABB Ltd

Position Summary
Global Talent Acquisition Partner at ABB Ltd
Industries
Manufacturing
Business Areas
Human Resources
  • Extended 3 Month assignment that lasted until a Reorganization and downsize of the Recruitment Department
  • 360 Degree Recruitment from kick-off to hiring
  • Drive full lifecycle global recruitment process to attain high quality candidates and hiring manager satisfaction, including sourcing, screening, interviewing and contracting
  • Develop recruitment strategy for assigned positions.
  • Effectively partner with Hiring Managers and HRBPs.
  • Train and coach managers in effective interviewing techniques.
  • Represent ABB at external and internal recruitment events.
  • Manage forms of media advertising.

Profiles: Engineering, IT, Robotics, Supply Chain, Sales and Finance

Jan 2012 - Oct 2013

Independent Recruitment Agent working on contingency based assignments

SYNAPS Recruitment

Position Summary
Independent Recruitment Agent working on contingency based assignments at SYNAPS Recruitment
Business Areas
Human Resources
Sales
Nov 2010 - Dec 2012

Corporate Recruitment Manager Netherlands

Honeywell Netherlands

Position Summary
Corporate Recruitment Manager Netherlands at Honeywell Netherlands
Industries
Aerospace and Defense
Manufacturing
Business Areas
Human Resources
  • Extended 6 month assignment to boost recruitment and improve employer branding
  • 360 degree recruitment from kick-off to hiring
  • Source, screen and interview candidates for all levels, focusing on the most critical
  • Prepare Honeywell HR and hiring managers for RPO by HAYS.
  • Develop recruitment branding strategy targeted at both internal and external market.
  • Support planning and execution of process improvement activities aimed at sourcing better candidates, engaging hiring managers, decreasing cost/time to hire.
  • Negotiate contracts with vendors, coordinate recruitment processes between line managers and vendors.

Profiles: Engineering, IT, HR, Sales, Supply Chain and Finance

Apr 2010 - Oct 2010
Frankfurt, Germany

Corporate Recruitment Partner EMEA

HCL

Position Summary
Corporate Recruitment Partner EMEA at HCL
Industries
Professional Services
Business Areas
Human Resources
  • 6 month assignment to build local recruitment organization from scratch
  • 360 degree recruitment from kick-off to hiring
  • Build the German recruitment hub from scratch.
  • Source, screen and interview candidates for the most critical and senior positions.
  • Maintain relations with external agencies, represent Honeywell at job fairs.
  • Reduced cost of hire by 40%.
  • Reduced time to hire from 65 to 30 days.

Profiles: IT, Finance and Sales

Dec 2008 - Mar 2009

Corporate Recruitment Consultant EMEA

IPsoft

Position Summary
Corporate Recruitment Consultant EMEA at IPsoft
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Human Resources
  • Short-term assignment to boost recruitment
  • 360 degree recruitment from kick-off to hiring

Profiles: IT (mainly Business Analysis, Software Development)

Sep 2008 - Dec 2008
Burscheid, Germany

Corporate Recruitment Consultant

Johnson Controls

Position Summary
Corporate Recruitment Consultant at Johnson Controls
Industries
Manufacturing
Business Areas
Human Resources
  • Short-term assignment to boost recruitment
  • 360 degree recruitment from kick-off to hiring

Profiles: IT and Engineering

Dec 2007 - Sep 2008

Corporate Recruitment Consultant Benelux

SUN Microsystems Inc.

Position Summary
Corporate Recruitment Consultant Benelux at SUN Microsystems Inc.
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Human Resources
Strategy

Sun Microsystems, Inc. was a company that sold computers, computer components, computer software, and information technology services and that created the Java programming language and the Network File System (NFS). In 2010, Sun was acquired by Oracle Corporation.

  • Extended 6 Month assignment to boost Recruitment and improve Employer Branding
  • 360 Degree Recruitment from kick-off to hiring
  • Develop and optimize recruitment strategy and hands on recruitment: Perform Executive Search, Active sourcing through job boards e.g. first screening of candidates.
  • Support line managers with interviews, advise in employer branding and recruitment strategy.
  • Reduced costs of Hire by 30%.
  • Reduced Time to Hire from 90 to 50 days.

Profiles: Finance, IT, HR, Sales, Supply Chain and Engineering

Jun 2007 - Dec 2007

Corporate Recruitment Consultant

KZA

Position Summary
Corporate Recruitment Consultant at KZA
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Human Resources
  • Extended 6 Month assignment to boost Recruitment
  • 360 Degree Recruitment from kick-off to hiring

Profiles: Software Testers and Test Managers (ISTQB and T-Map)

Jan 2007 - May 2007
Schiphol, Netherlands

Corporate Recruitment Consultant EMEA

Netapp

Position Summary
Corporate Recruitment Consultant EMEA at Netapp
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Human Resources

Throughout the world, leading organizations count on NetApp for software, systems, and services to manage and store their data. 12.000 employees in 150 offices worldwide.

  • Short term assignment to boost Recruitment
  • 360 Degree Recruitment from kick-off to hiring

Profiles: IT

Jul 2005 - Dec 2006

Independent Recruitment Agent working on contingency based assignments

Synaps Recruitment

Position Summary
Independent Recruitment Agent working on contingency based assignments at Synaps Recruitment
Industries
Professional Services
Business Areas
Human Resources
Mar 2005 - Jun 2005
Veldhoven, Netherlands

Corporate Recruitment Consultant EMEA

ASML

Position Summary
Corporate Recruitment Consultant EMEA at ASML
Industries
Manufacturing
Business Areas
Human Resources
  • Short term assignment to recruit during sickness leave
  • 360 Degree Recruitment from kick-off to hiring
Aug 2004 - Mar 2005
Bonn, Germany

Corporate Recruitment Partner EMEA

T-Mobile

Position Summary
Corporate Recruitment Partner EMEA at T-Mobile
Industries
Telecommunication
Business Areas
Human Resources
Dec 2001 - Jul 2004

Independent Recruitment Agent working on contingency based assignment

Synaps Recruitment

Position Summary
Independent Recruitment Agent working on contingency based assignment at Synaps Recruitment
Business Areas
Human Resources
Sep 2001 - Nov 2001
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Interim Recruitment Manager EMEA

Hall Kinion International

Position Summary
Interim Recruitment Manager EMEA at Hall Kinion International
Industries
Professional Services
Business Areas
Human Resources
Aug 2000 - Present

Owner at Synaps Recruitment

SYNAPS Recruitment

Position Summary
Owner at Synaps Recruitment at SYNAPS Recruitment
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Human Resources
  • International Recruitment and Sourcing Professional with 10+ years Agency and Corporate experience.
  • Working as an interim Corporate Recruitment and Sourcing Partner.
  • In between Projects I work as an independent Recruitment Agent on contingency based assignments.
  • At this moment I am sourcing for the UBS Bank
Aug 1998 - Aug 2001

Recruitment Consultant

BTS Topsearch

Position Summary
Recruitment Consultant at BTS Topsearch
Business Areas
Human Resources
Sales

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Banking and Finance, Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical, Information Technology, and Aerospace and Defense.

Banking and Finance
Biotechnology
Manufacturing
Pharmaceutical
Information Technology
Aerospace and Defense
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Experienced in Human Resources, Sales, Strategy, Information Technology, and Procurement.

Human Resources
Sales
Strategy
Information Technology
Procurement
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Summary

I am a Recruitment Partner and Talent Sourcing Expert with the commercial drive of an agency recruiter and a corporate sense of detail.

I typically join organizations when recruitment needs to stabilize, scale, or professionalize quickly. As a recruitment partner and talent sourcing expert, I work hands-on while acting as a senior sparring partner for hiring managers, HR leadership, business stakeholders, and candidates.

In my assignments, I generally have end-to-end recruitment responsibility. I work hands-on from the very first kick-off session with the hiring manager until contract negotiation and transfer to HR for onboarding.

Working in many different industries in both startups and often complex international organizations with very high workloads, I have learned to bring true synergy between stakeholders at all levels and talent, translating business strategy into successful, long-term hires.

Commitment and close, clear communication between all stakeholders; candidates, hiring managers, HR Business Partners, recruitment coordinators, and recruiters are essential for successful recruitment.

I believe that a recruiter must have both an optimistic attitude as well as the ability to be resilient. A very service-oriented attitude is important, but so is the ability to push back when necessary.

Last but not least, as the company's gatekeeper I feel responsible for giving my candidates the best candidate experience ever, when hired, but also when rejected.

Skills

  • Talent Sourcing
  • Behavioral Based Interviewing (Star)
  • Corporate Recruitment
  • Global Recruitment
  • Active Sourcing
  • Executive Search
  • Interim Recruitment
  • Employer Branding
  • Ats (Workday, Success Factors, Taleo, Connexys, Bullhorn, Rexx, Mr Ted, Greenhouse, Umantis Etc)
  • Rpo
  • Sla
  • Tender Management
  • Campaign
  • Talent Pool
  • Osint
  • Boolean Search
  • Analytics

Languages

Dutch
Native
German
Advanced
English
Advanced
French
Intermediate

Education

Bachelor of Information and Communication BICT · Information and Communication

University of Utrecht

History · Utrecht, Netherlands

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Experience

Total positions 35
Experience in Banking and Finance 26 y
Avg length 1 y 7 m
Longest experience 25 y 11 m

Global Experience

Countries worked in 4 (Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium)
Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles Talent Acquisition Manager and Sourcing Expert, Sourcing Expert, Senior Talent Acquisition and Sourcing Expert
Main industries Banking and Finance, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
Main business areas Human Resources, Sales, Strategy

Qualifications

Highest degree Master

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Ard is based in Goirle, Netherlands.

Ard speaks the following languages: Dutch (Native), German (Advanced), English (Advanced), French (Intermediate).

Ard has at least 28 years of experience. During this time, Ard has worked in at least 19 different roles and for 32 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 10 months. Note that Ard may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Ard would be well-suited for roles such as: Talent Acquisition Manager and Sourcing Expert, Sourcing Expert, Senior Talent Acquisition and Sourcing Expert.

Ard's most recent position is Talent Acquisition Manager and Sourcing Expert at DP World.

In recent years, Ard has worked for DP World, Profource Finalise, BioNTech, Simtra BioPharma Solutions (formerly Baxter Oncology), and Genmab.

Ard is most experienced in industries like Banking and Finance, Biotechnology, and Manufacturing. Ard also has some experience in Pharmaceutical, Information Technology, and Aerospace and Defense.

Ard is most experienced in business areas like Human Resources, Sales, and Strategy. Ard also has some experience in Information Technology and Procurement.

Ard has recently worked in industries like Banking and Finance, Biotechnology, and Pharmaceutical.

Ard has recently worked in business areas like Human Resources, Information Technology, and Procurement.

Ard holds a Master in History from University of Utrecht and a Bachelor in Information and Communication.

Ard is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

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