Talent Acquisition Manager

• Jan 2023 - Present

Namos Solutions is an award-winning Oracle OPN Modernised Partner specialising in the implementation and support of ERP, EPM, and HCM business solutions, both in the Cloud and on-premise. Follow our LinkedIn careers page for more details on life at Namos - https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/careers-with-namos-solutions/ Namos Solutions is an award-winning Oracle OPN Modernised Partner specialising in the implementation and support of ERP, EPM, and HCM business solutions, both in the Cloud and on-premise. Follow our LinkedIn careers page for more details on life at Namos - https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/careers-with-namos-solutions/

Talent Lead

• Sep 2022 - Jan 2023

Leading a small team of Senior Talent Partners for tech and product roles in EMEA. Leading a small team of Senior Talent Partners for tech and product roles in EMEA.

Talent Lead

• Aug 2022 - Jan 2023

Senior Talent Partner

• Mar 2021 - Jul 2022

Flexible, scalable and bespoke recruitment for ambitious tech companiesWe help talent leaders succeed by providing experienced in-house talent acquisition teams who are dedicated to your business via a monthly subscription model, allowing you to scale quickly and efficiently.Achievements: 1st place - Hackathon for sourcing at scaleDesigned and delivered workshops on career development, strategic sourcing, diversity sourcing and coaching

Lead Talent Sourcer

• Jul 2021 - Sep 2022

Acting Talent Lead for a team of 3 Senior Talent Partners Scale and event-based hiring, sourcing Engineers for development centres in EMEA (Czechia, Denmark, Serbia, Ireland, Estonia). Most recent project - scaling development centre in Romania , including a new private cloud project Creation and implementation of overall sourcing strategy including diversity and inclusion (D&I) strategy, candidate pipelines, market mapping, reporting & forecasting, and management of team performance. Show less

Senior Talent Partner

• Apr 2021 - Jul 2021

Full lifecycle recruitment - Tech/Sales/Marketing/ Full lifecycle recruitment - Tech/Sales/Marketing/

Talent Acquisition Manager

• Dec 2020 - Feb 2021

Reported directly to CEO & co-Founder. Responsible for design and development of recruitment strategy Devise and implement interview framework and scoring Full lifecycle recruitment Created D&I Best practice to ensure Mayku is a diverse and inclusive employer ATS introduction - cost saving of 87% per month Sourcing candidates - job boards, linkedin, instagram, twitter, behance, coroflot, dribble, the dots etc. Reported directly to CEO & co-Founder. Responsible for design and development of recruitment strategy Devise and implement interview framework and scoring Full lifecycle recruitment Created D&I Best practice to ensure Mayku is a diverse and inclusive employer ATS introduction - cost saving of 87% per month Sourcing candidates - job boards, linkedin, instagram, twitter, behance, coroflot, dribble, the dots etc.

Looking for

• Aug 2020 - Nov 2020

Being made redundant due to the impact of COVID-19, I was looking for a new opportunity. During these months, I decided to learn HTML, CSS and Javascript using freecodecamp and Mimo. Being made redundant due to the impact of COVID-19, I was looking for a new opportunity. During these months, I decided to learn HTML, CSS and Javascript using freecodecamp and Mimo.

Recruitment Consultant (In-House Talent Acquisition Partner)

• Mar 2020 - Jul 2020

Reporting to Head of UK Careers, I was hired pre-COVID to lead and develop the talent acquisition process for the Bank’s Global Lending Operations, Treasury & Trading Operations, Co-ordination & Secretarial, Asset and Corporate Finance, Projects (PMO), HR and Marketing business groups. Achievements: Joined the Bank at a time of the onset of COVID-19; position evolved rapidly to focus on key projects to define required revisions to the Bank’s Talent Strategy given the likely on-going impact of Pandemic Partnered with ATS provider, UK & South African Career and HR teams, and led a Group Workforce Plan that resulted in critical redeployment of key people to ensure business continuity through Pandemic Partnered with the Bank’s Employee Relations Director to develop and implement new Employee Relations and Resource Dashboards, to provide clear key regulatory and resourcing data/intelligence Supported the Performance and Change Leader with Change Management for the introduction of a new Performance Management Process, Nationwide communication and content plan Show less

Recruitment Business Partner

• Apr 2016 - Feb 2020

Led the Recruitment Operations Strategy for delivering all Permanent and Contract Hires together with Talent Plans for the Engineering, Design Studio, Purchasing, SQA, Manufacturing/Operations, Logistics Business Groups (UK and Spain roles). Achievements: Promoted to Lead Recruitment / Talent Business Partner from Recruitment Advisor Recruitment Lead for McLaren’s On-site RPO and internal Recruitment team (x 6), successfully delivering targeted direct hires, reduced agency spend by 28%, saving £255,000 Led team in achievement of 1100+ hires per year (98% direct), during tenure supporting rapid change and business growth in key strategic areas (varied senior/technical roles) Developed In-house Recruitment Team skills and knowledge further enhancing in-house Talent team skills, enhancing the In-house talent team’s reputation for delivery across all stakeholder groups Personally, contributed circa 470 hires (97.5% direct) during tenure with Company, achieving year on year growth in personal and team targets Achieved reductions in recruitment spend - cost per hire by 26% to £863, agency spend by 28% and recruitment budget by 14% in a 12 month period Managed daily team operational workload and projects, including performance management utilising coaching and mentoring techniques and personal development plans Defined scope and agreement of Workforce Plans Business Group Function Leads defining key critical talent requirements, budgets and forecasts Designed and ran Assessment Centres and related frameworks i.e. Video Interviewing, Competency Interviews, Psychometrics and Gamification Devised and rolled out Manager Recruitment Training Workshops, providing coaching across demanding dispersed stakeholder groups in an evolving matrixed environment Additional Project Deliveries included: Supplier Selection, Recruitment Training for Hiring Managers, Leading outplacement events for JLR, Honda and Dyson, Visa Policy, PSL review and Market Mapping/Market Intelligence Show less

Various Positions

• Sep 2009 - Apr 2016

Senior Consultant Jan 2016 – Apr 2016 Managing Consultant Nov 2013 – Dec 2015 Delivery Consultant Apr 2010 – Oct 2013 360 Recruitment Consultant Sept 2009 – Apr 2010 Advantage Resourcing is a top 6 global recruitment consultancy specialising in Engineering, Professional Services, IT, Banking & Financial Services sectors. Achievements: Developed 360 Recruitment Desk from cold developing key business leads across the Aerospace, Defence, Automotive and General Engineering, IT, HR, Finance, Supply Chain and Public Sectors Built a reputation as a specialist Delivery Talent Consultant in the identification and hire of talent for key clients across Engineering, IT, Developers, Analysts, HR, IT, Supply Chain and Finance Achieved ‘Top Biller’ status within 7-months of joining Promoted to Lead Delivery Consultant, leading Resourcing Delivery Team of 5, providing Contract and Permanent Recruitment to a breadth of large global clients including Jaguar Land Rover, Visteon, GRM, Lotus Cars, BAE Systems, Altran, TH!NK, Thule Grew Key Client Account Revenue from £774,000 to £907,000, overachieving target for 2 consecutive years Show less