Johannes Pelzer
Interim Recruiter
Experience
Jun 2022 - Dec 2023
1 year 7 months Tübingen, Germany
Interim Recruiter
CureVac SE
- Filling permanent and freelance positions
- Managing end-to-end process with hiring managers and HR business partners from needs analysis to contract negotiation
- Direct search, social media recruiting, advertising, active sourcing
- Software: SAP SuccessFactors, LinkedIn Recruiter
- Project languages: German, English
Dec 2021 - Apr 2023
1 year 5 months Hamburg, Germany
RemoteInterim Recruiter
Goodgame Studios
- Filling IT and finance positions as permanent and freelance roles with international candidates via remote recruiting
- Managing end-to-end process with hiring managers from needs analysis to contract negotiation
- Direct search, social media recruiting, advertising, active sourcing
- Process consulting for the implementation of the new ATS Softgarden
- Talent acquisition strategy for software development
- Software: Lever ATS, Softgarden, LinkedIn Recruiter
- Project languages: German, English
Aug 2021 - Nov 2021
4 months Cologne, Germany
Interim Recruiter
Chronext
- Filling 21 sales positions in newly opened lounges in France, the Netherlands, Austria, and Italy (project languages: English, German)
- Independently managing process with hiring managers via the Personio ATS
- Candidate sourcing via direct search (active sourcing), social media recruiting, advertising
- Process consulting on international recruiting and employer branding
- Software: Google Workspace, Personio ATS, Softgarden
- Project languages: German, English
Jun 2021 - Present
4 years 2 months Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Interim Recruiter and Recruiting Strategy Consultant
Malzers Backstuben
- Analyzing and optimizing the existing recruiting strategy
- Independently identifying, approaching, and recruiting candidates for key positions, active sourcing
- Setting up social media campaigns for recruiting and employer branding
- Establishing structures and processes for a sustainable, professional recruiting function
- Coaching and training of existing and new employees
- Software: Softgarden
- Project language: German
Sep 2020 - Jun 2021
10 months Künzelsau, Germany
Interim Team Lead Talent Acquisition and Senior Recruiter
Albert Berner Deutschland GmbH
- Developing and implementing a strategy to attract and retain the personnel needed to meet growth targets, focusing on operational sales functions (multichannel sales)
- Ensuring the filling of about 60 positions planned for fiscal year 20/21 by 31.03.2021; preparing a recruiting push for a planned growth project in the Rhine-Ruhr metro area
- Professionalizing the entire recruiting process, especially direct approaches (active sourcing)
- Defining the right target groups
- Identifying and adjusting the right channels/forums
- Defining, designing, and evolving the employer brand/EVP
- Developing and implementing employer marketing strategies
- Leading the recruiting team (2.8 permanent FTE + interim resource 4 days/week)
- Achievements: filled 93 positions, increased quality of applications by 24%
- Software: Umantis ATS, Wollmilchsau Jobspreader, MS Teams, Microsoft 365
- Project languages: German, English
Jun 2020 - Present
5 years 2 months Cologne, Germany
Recruiting Trainer and Consultant
Arbeitgebergold GmbH
- Designing and delivering recruiting trainings for various clients with focus on active sourcing basics, employer branding, recruiting strategy development, interview techniques
- Talent acquisition strategy consulting and workshops on behalf of clients
- Project languages: German, English
Mar 2020 - Present
5 years 5 months Cologne, Germany
Recruiting Coach and Career Consultant
Freelancer
- Advising and developing recruiting strategies in workshop formats
- Designing and delivering operational recruiting trainings
- Mentoring in-house recruiting teams
- Career and application trainings for individuals
- Project languages: German, English
Jan 2019 - Present
6 years 7 monthsFreelance Consultant, Coach and Trainer
Freelancer
- Freelance consulting, coaching, and training on recruiting, employer marketing, active sourcing, employer branding, and outplacement
- Career consulting, talent acquisition strategy
- Interim recruiting, recruiting as a service
Mar 2016 - Mar 2020
4 years 1 month Gummersbach, Germany
Head of Inhouse Recruiting
ABLE Management Services GmbH
- Direct supervision of 27 employees in applicant management/secretariat, research/active sourcing, HR consulting, employer marketing/employer branding
- Reporting to management since 02/2017
- Filled 546 vacancies across Europe in 2017
- Expanded the department and introduced a team lead structure (3 areas) plus a comprehensive career model
- Project “New Applicant Management System for Internal Recruiting”
- Project “Building the Internal HR Consulting Brand”
- Designing an employee turnover survey
- Introducing KPIs and a management dashboard for applicant management, sourcing, recruiting, employer branding
- Project “Diagnostics for Sales Positions”
- In close collaboration with marketing leadership: projects to enhance the employer brands (group-wide, brand-specific)
- Talent acquisition strategy
May 2015 - Feb 2016
10 months Gummersbach, Germany
Team Lead Internal Recruiting
ABLE Management Services GmbH
- Direct supervision of 7 HR consultants
- Acting department head
Oct 2012 - Apr 2015
2 years 7 months Gummersbach, Germany
HR Officer Internal Recruiting & Employer Marketing
ABLE Management Services GmbH
- Recruiting executives, junior managers, specialists, and administrative staff for national and international branches/headquarters; candidate research, recruitment, selection, conducting interviews
- Designing and implementing (change management) a nationwide internal recruiting process for a subsidiary
- Participating in recruiting fairs
- Organizing and conducting assessment centers
- Conducting benchmarks and recruiting statistics
- Achievement: filled 103 inside sales positions across Europe in 2015 for subsidiaries (sales, recruiting, regional/branch management, purchasing, assistance)
Feb 2012 - Jul 2012
6 months Düsseldorf, Germany
Recruitment Consultant Permanent
Robert Walters Germany GmbH
- Team Finance/HR
Nov 2009 - Jan 2010
3 months Cologne, Germany
Project Staff
Upo Recruiting
- Book project in business administration “Personnel Management”
- Recruiting support
Feb 2009 - Jan 2012
3 years Düsseldorf, Germany
Recruiter and Mentor
Hays AG
- Key account management for contracting and permanent placements
- Recruiter in key account management; Hays AG is the leading provider of freelance IT experts in 28 countries with 6,800 employees according to the Lünendonk list (2015)
- Candidate selection and recruitment, coordinating and leading in-person and phone interviews, compensation and contract negotiations, supporting highly qualified experts throughout project assignments
- Successful placements at clients like IBM, Vodafone, Henkel, Deutsche Post, BWI, Schenker
- Onboarding, mentoring, and training new employees, technical lead of a four-person recruiter team
- Independently designing and delivering seminars
- Consistently ranked among the top 3 recruiters in the Cologne/Düsseldorf area
- Winner of the D-A-CH-wide MCR Award 2011
- Generated a contribution margin of €667,000 in FY 2010/11
Jun 2008 - Dec 2009
1 year 7 months Cologne, Germany
Junior HR Manager
Sara Lee H&BC
- Human resources: employee support, development, and recruitment
Aug 2006 - Jan 2010
3 years 6 months Germany
Trainer, Test Leader and Author
Freelancer
- Instructor for Xpert Personal Business Skills at adult education centers
- Seminar and test leader for GMAT/TOEIC at IIK Düsseldorf e.V.
- Test leader for NEPS educational studies
- Author for BEE Media, VNR AG, etc.
- Developed and repeatedly conducted an assessment center with Dipl.-Psych. Peter Spahlinger, Cologne
Feb 2006 - May 2008
2 years 4 months Bonn, Germany
Trainee
Deutsche Post World Net
- Emerging talent development
Jun 2005 - Nov 2005
6 months Bonn, Germany
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DB Direkt
- Sales and business processes
Oct 2003 - Jan 2004
4 months Japan
Internship Human Resources
Bayer Ltd.
- Human resources
Jun 2002 - Mar 2008
5 years 10 months Cologne, Germany
Sales Promotion Staff and Team Lead
Young Promotion GmbH
- Retail sales promotion
- Team leadership
- Part-time
Mar 2001 - Sep 2001
7 months Grevenbroich, Germany
Internship HR
Bauunternehmen Pick
- Human resources
Languages
German
Native
English
Advanced
Spanish
Elementary
Education
Dec 2006 - Oct 2009
AKAD Stuttgart (Study Center Düsseldorf)
Master of Arts, focus on Human Resources Management · Business Administration · Düsseldorf, Germany · 2.1
Sep 2000 - Mar 2005
FU Hagen
Magister Artium, focus on Work and Organizational Psychology · Psychology and Sociology · Hagen, Germany · 1.9
Pascal-Gymnasium
Abitur · Grevenbroich, Germany · 2.1
Certifications & licenses
Certified Career Coach
v. Rundstedt
Licence to Lead
PROAKTIV-Akademie
Train the Trainer
DGSv, neues Lernen e.V. Köln
Xpert Personal Business Skills Master
VHS Düsseldorf
Exercise Instructor License
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