Senior Recruiter (f/m/d)

Join GEA and make a positive impact: From safe food and beverages to life-saving medicines, GEA makes it possible. We also help our customers reduce CO2 emissions, protect water, and reduce and recycle waste.  

We are looking for experienced and motivated Senior Recruiter (f/m/d) for deployment in Berlin.

Your tasks include:

• Full responsibility for driving the whole recruitment process and hiring decision (KPI driven)

• Consult and partner with HR BP and HR CoE 

• Consult and challenge the hiring manager to ensure candidate quality as well as appropriate time to fill

• Act as face to the candidate - accompany candidates through the entire recruiting process and create an excellent candidate and hiring manager journey

• Manage and perform all recruiting process related activities:

• Steer the briefing call with hiring manager and clarify all open questions to start selection process in the most efficient way

• Create appealing job postings 

• Steer local recruitment strategy

• Manage all aspects of the selection including pre-screening (phone screening if applicable), interview talents, provide appropriate shortlists of qualified candidates to the hiring manager and manage the offers

• Set clear expectations for candidates and interviewers

• Perform Active Sourcing activities, where applicable

• Collaborate with and steer external partners if needed

• Keep track and act according to the own recruitment KPIs, use data to assess and measure candidate funnel and recruiting performance 

• Execution of local employer branding activities (e.g., representing GEA on career fairs, collaboration with key universities)

• Establish and maintain talent pool  

Support continuous improvement

• Support alignment with Procurement/ Legal team for contract with agencies

• Collaborate with HR CoE to evaluate effective Employer Branding and Talent Acquisition measures to attract candidates and fill vacancies

• Challenge the business and HR CoE team to develop and implement effective sourcing strategies 

• Ideally Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (or equal level of acting) with any discipline of HR, Management & International Business, or similar relevant background of study or experience

• Experience in Recruiting / Talent Acquisition

• Experience in Active Sourcing is a plus

• Experience and confidence in sparring managers

• Strong communication skills with a service and customer-oriented mindset

• High degree of networking skills and ability to build a trustful relationship

• Successfully worked in a virtual team

• Result-oriented working method characterized by fulfilling hiring expectations of the customer via high service quality

• Ideally experiences with Workday Recruitment

• Local language (fluent), English (proficient) - master well both in written and spoken communication

What we offer:

• Work with a supportive and international team

• Modern working environment with flexible working options and home office for a good work-life balance

• A wide range of personal and professional training and development opportunities for your career planning

• Company pension scheme and accident insurance

• 30 days annual leave plus 24 & 31 December

• Attractive company benefits such as discounts on gym memberships,  courses, etc.

• JobRad including subsidy

• Good access to public transport and a subsidy for public transport use