Talent Acquisition Partner - Dutch Speaking

About The Role

We are looking for a passionate recruitment professional with a flair for finding top talent to join our fantastic Talent Acquisition Europe team, supporting our sites in the Netherlands.

As a Talent Acquisition Partner, you will collaborate closely with senior stakeholders and your HR colleagues across Europe. Your main responsibilities will include recruiting for immediate, planned, and project-based requirements, building a robust talent pipeline for the business, and promoting the Employer Brand. The ideal candidate will have strong experience recruiting for multiple countries across Europe and will have strong relevant recruitment experience in an in-house Talent Acquisition or RPO capacity.

Fluency in both Dutch and English is an essential requirement for this role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage a diverse portfolio of vacancies across multiple functions.
• Take an active role in the entire recruitment process. This involves defining role requirements, selecting suitable recruitment channels, conducting candidate screenings, interviews, and assessments, and overseeing pipelines until negotiation and candidate acceptance.
• Conduct site visits, meeting with senior stakeholders on site to discuss hiring needs.
• Implement creative recruitment strategies to meet hiring demands across the business - using various recruitment methods as appropriate - job boards, LinkedIn, networking, referrals, etc.
• Collaborate with HR to evaluate internal talent, support talent transitions, contribute to strategy sessions, provide offer guidance, and ensure seamless candidate pre-boarding.
• Establish strategic relationships with hiring managers and stakeholders, providing regular updates, valuable insights, and market intelligence.
• Build strong, external, strategic relationships in order to promote Kerry as an Employer of Choice.
• Maintain candidate and requisition data accurately on the Global Applicant Tracking System, SuccessFactors. Be responsible for accurate and timely reporting when required by the Senior Executive team.
• Report and measure the impact / return-on-investment of various activities including spend, agency usage, recruitment campaigns and various recruitment metrics.
• Work cross-functionally to promote our Employer Brand and always represent Kerry in the best possible way.

Qualifications & Skills:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Strong relevant recruitment experience at a senior level within an in-house Talent Acquisition / RPO capacity, ideally in a Netherlands based role.
• Fluency in Dutch and English is an essential requirement for this role.
• Proven experience recruiting for the Dutch market, ideally in a manufacturing environment, across blue and  white-collar recruitment.
• Proven ability to implement and project-manage initiatives for Continuous Improvement.
• Experience with social media technologies and sourcing candidates via these channels.
• Experience partnering with managers, interviewers and team members throughout the recruitment process.
• Must have competency-based interviewing experience.
• Experience applying psychometric evaluations and assessments.
• Must be well organized and place an importance on delivering within timelines – must place great emphasis on quality but also quick delivery and display a sense of urgency.
• Must display a passion for recruitment with an innovative, creative, collaborative attitude.

About Kerry

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

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In Kerry we benefit from the knowledge of our colleagues who bring a diverse range of cultures, backgrounds, lifestyles, and experiences. One team fostering an inclusive culture that, above all, inspires food and nourishes life. One culture where everyone brings their unique perspectives and experiences to help make us better, together. We are committed to nurturing an environment of positivity and inclusiveness, where everyone can be at their best, both personally and professionally.

Our recruitment, selection and assessment process are based on the skills and competencies of the specific roles and based entirely on merit.  We are committed to and value Diversity and Inclusion in all recruitment processes within Kerry and do not discriminate based on gender, race, class, economic status, ethnic background, sexual orientation, age, political beliefs, veteran status, marital status or any other protected characteristic.