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Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Accountable for delivering end-to-end expert recruitment services within Oil, Gas, and Business Support and Technology business lines at Saudi AramcoDeveloped, initiated and implemented a wide range of cost-effective sourcing strategies that resulted in meeting hiring targets each yearDesigned, implemented and managed in-person over 50 successful international recruiting events worldwide hiring in excess of 900 specialists in 4 yearsEstablished and maintained strong stakeholder and external sourcing relationshipsManaged a dispersed team of recruiters in Europe, Asia, USA and oversaw the recruiting, interviewing, selection and pre-employment processing of candidatesCoordinated sourcing methods used by the recruiting team including outsource agencies and advertisersCompiled, maintained, analysed and reported on recruitment activities, applicant flow, interviews, new hires, cost per hire, and related information

Home Based

Rehired to handle international recruiting activities.

Farnborough / London

Managed a team of recruiters and coordinators recruiting across all lines of business in the UKReviewed and redesigned hiring and sourcing strategiesDesigned a new employee referral programmeInitiated a review of and gained acceptance for a new ATS systemReviewed existing PSL replacing low performers with new agenciesSpend management and budget control

Activities included :Senior level searches to CEO level Process redesign and improvement Recruiting Toolkit design and rolloutBest Practice Guide design and rolloutCreated revised and improved role profiles and interview guideDesigned Exit Interview processRecruited senior Management Team of 20 for IndiaIntroduced monthly recruiting board report with KPIs, costs, vacancies etc. Designed and developed Employee Referral Programme increasing referrals from 0% to 29%Managed a range of recruiting campaigns up to 250 new hires in short timeframesCentral to the selection, acquisition and implementation of a new ATS systemResearched the agency market and managed the procurement process, negotiated and agreeing pricing with the new service providers; Matrix management of 6 internationally located recruiters in Poland, Germany, France, India, Spain, Australia.

Global Recruitment Management role covering all 70 international offices during a period of rapid growth reporting directly to the COOManaged team of 10 recruiters and admin personnelDeveloped a direct hire strategy to reduce reliance on recruiting agencies and reducing recruitment spendDesigned an Employee Referral Programme which lead to 40%+ of all hires being made through this channelDevised online and offline advertising campaigns including creative conceptsDevised and implemented a Graduate Recruitment StrategyResponsibility for recruiting strategy across all recruiting lines and positions including Country Managers, Managing Directors, Director and all staff positions within Management Consultancy, Project and Programme Management, Cost Management, Energy, PPP/PFI, HSEQ, IT, ICT, Project ControlCreated recruitment plans for existing and new international offices including Dubai, Abu Dhabi, India, China, Rio de Janeiro, Singapore, Eastern Europe, San Francisco, San Jose and CanadaDirectly headhunted Directors for most areas of the businessPresented monthly status reports to the 3 Managing Directors and the Board