Senior Talent Acquisition Manager

•    Develops and implements the global Talent Acquisition strategy and roadmap, aligning with the broader People strategy and business priorities, translating organisational capability requirements and succession priorities into proactive recruitment strategies, sourcing initiatives and talent pipelines.
•    Owns the employer value proposition and translates it into consistent messaging and campaigns across regions in collaboration with Corporate Communications. Partners with People Technology & Analytics to define functional requirements, prioritise system enhancements, and improve the experience of candidates and hiring managers, while ensuring alignment with the global People technology strategy, system architecture, data governance standards, and Oracle HCM ecosystem.
•    Owns internal talent mobility initiatives, including how roles are filled from within and the employee referral programme, linked to career development and succession planning.
•    Works in project mode and leads further talent initiatives as priorities change by setting plans and milestones, engaging stakeholders in all regions.Leads one recruiter in Rotterdam, setting priorities and coaching while managing performance and development.
•    Builds and chairs the global TA community with a dotted line to recruiters and TA specialists in regional People teams, establishing and maintaining a clear global TA operating model with defined roles, responsibilities, decision rights and escalation processes, and setting the community’s purpose and rhythm.
•    Sets common standards and tools across regions, driving consistency and adherence while allowing appropriate local flexibility, building community capability and peer cover, and coordinating cross-regional hiring and capacity.
•    Leads senior and leadership hiring from start to finish, including role scoping, market mapping, direct sourcing, structured interviews, assessment, offer (with People advisor) and onboarding, advising senior leaders and People Business Partners on market reality and hiring risk and building pipelines for critical roles linked to succession planning.

•    Bachelor’s or university’s degree and solid knowledge of recruitment processes with an international scope.
•    At least ten years of progressive experience in recruitment or talent acquisition, including recent senior hiring and advising senior leaders on confidential searches, ideally in a large multinational.
•    Experience leading a team and influencing without formal authority, ideally a virtual or matrix community across regions.
•    Experience leading projects in areas such as employer branding, talent acquisition strategy or recruitment technology, from design to adoption.
•    Service-minded, trustworthy and confidential.
•    Works effectively in a multicultural, global organisation and across teams.
•    Comfortable with data and reporting, and able to turn insight into recommendations.
•    Fluency in English; Dutch is a plus.

•    A full-time (37.5 hours a week) role. 
•    The ability to work hybrid, with two days working from home and three in the office.
•   A competitive compensation package, including a 13th month. 
•    The chance to be part of an international team. 
•    Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning across a truly global company. 
•    A collaborative culture built on pragmatism, shared success, and the freedom to find solutions. 
•    The chance to work on meaningful, real-world challenges, from supply chain innovation to sustainable logistics. 
Questions about the process? Contact Caterina Bertoni Gonzales at [email protected].

Stolt-Nielsen (SNL, Oslo Børs) is a global leader in the logistics and distribution of bulk liquids, with three core logistics businesses: Stolt Tankers, Stolthaven Terminals and Stolt Tank Containers. Together, they provide an end-to-end service, moving products by sea, storing them safely on land, and delivering them door to door by ISO tank container, connecting customers’ products from source to destination across more than 165 countries. We are also pioneers in sustainable land-based aquaculture (Stolt Sea Farm) and invest in adjacent opportunities aligned with our industries. Our values guide everything we do. We act pragmatically, collaborate for success, commit to go further, and create solutions. We move today’s products for tomorrow’s possibilities. #LI-CB2 #LI-Hybrid

You advise senior leaders as a trusted partner while setting the global standard for how we attract and hire talent. Based in Rotterdam and working closely with regional People teams, People Business Partners, Talent Management and People Technology & Analytics, you will split your time between end-to-end senior and leadership hiring and driving people strategy priorities such as global TA strategy, employer branding, internal mobility and recruitment technology. Operating in project mode, you will coordinate initiatives across regions, leverage data and insights from Oracle HCM and related systems, and travel regularly to our regional People teams to build one cohesive global TA community.

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