Patrick U.-Senior Recruiting Manager (Interim)

Full management of the recruiting ramp-up in the Semiconductor (semiconductor manufacturing) area, with end-to-end management of all recruiting activities. Operational and strategic recruiting & talent acquisition in the areas of Engineering, Back-Office & Manufacturing in the cleanroom. Filling key positions during a critical ramp-up phase. Recruiting technical professionals and specialists. Close coordination with hiring managers and HR business partners. Optimization of existing processes. Conducting and evaluating interviews together with the specialist department. Salary and contract negotiations.

• Managed the entire recruiting ramp-up in the Semiconductor area (end-to-end)
• Focus: Engineering and high-volume recruiting in production (semiconductors)
• Recruiting technical professionals for Engineering, Back-Office & Manufacturing in the cleanroom
• Stakeholder alignment with hiring managers and HR business partners
• Building new and optimizing existing processes

Tools: SAP SuccessFactors, MS-Office, MS-Teams

Operational and strategic recruiting & talent acquisition in the areas of Finance, Global Sales & IT. High-volume recruiting of specialist and management positions in Germany and abroad. Supporting the country organizations in Latvia, Lithuania, the UK, Italy, the Czech Republic & Germany. Process-driven end-to-end recruiting while pursuing new approaches in employer branding and candidate attraction. Close cooperation with the employer branding team, HR managers and hiring managers. Conducting and evaluating interviews together with the specialist department. Salary and contract negotiations.

• End-to-end recruiting
• Filling key positions in the areas of: Global Sales, Finance, IT & Marketing
• Supporting the filling of international positions in Global Sales

Tools: SAP-SuccessFactors, Shopfloor, MS-365, VonQ

Conceptual and operational end-to-end recruiting in an international chemical company with production sites in Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark. Core focus on the operational filling of both white-collar and blue-collar positions, with a focus on Engineering, Sales & Marketing, Procurement, Finance and Management. Conceptual focus on optimizing existing processes, building new ones, and aligning processes at the Frankfurt site with those in the Netherlands. Stakeholder management, process coordination, conducting interviews, posting vacancies, and exchanging and coordinating with external service providers. Active sourcing via LinkedIn and setting up new regional marketing campaigns.

• Multinational stakeholder management
• International 360° recruiting
• Filling key positions in the areas of: Engineering, Sales & Marketing, Procurement, Finance and Management
• Significant contribution to optimizing existing recruiting processes and building new ones

Tools: SAP SuccessFactors, MS-365, JOIN

Strategic and operational multiproject management with a focus on 360° recruitment for cross-departmental specialist areas. Responsibility for high-level positions at Director and Head of level. Active sourcing, employer branding, and onboarding of new employees. Identifying optimization potential throughout the entire recruiting lifecycle, including defining corresponding measures. Stakeholder management across all internal and external interfaces. Developing and implementing proactive targeting strategies based on extensive market and competitor analyses. Sparring partner for clients on all strategic and operational questions regarding vacancies.

• Successfully introduced various new onboarding tools
• Filled over 110 vacancies across areas such as: Engineering, Sales & Marketing, IT, HR, Cybersecurity, and Management & C-Level (Rail, Aerospace, Defense & Security)
• Successfully recruited and relocated international top specialists for Thales
• Made a significant contribution to optimizing internal recruiting processes

Tools: Workday, MS-365, Slack

Managed and monitored all business development processes and projects. Provided professional and disciplinary leadership to 2 employees. Planned and managed the establishment of the Frankfurt location, from site selection and recruitment through to defining, implementing, and further developing processes. Built and expanded a broad network of decision-makers, influencers, and C-level clients. Key account management for various recruiting assignments, from preparing proposals and leading negotiations to filling specialist and management positions. Created and implemented marketing measures.

• Successfully established and developed a high-revenue location
• Selected and recruited a motivated high-performance team