Nick Schaefer

Successfully set up a quarterly talent assessment process including performance, potential, promotion readiness, retention risk, succession planning to validate talent density, which is planned to be rolled out across EMEA.

Grew headcount from 70 when I joined to 105, while terminating 12 employees, 5 of which were VP+ and General Manager level, resulting in top management reset and cultural realignment to SharkNinja’s global cultural principles in preparation for the next stage of growth.

Project managed the setup of a Norwegian and a Polish entity from the HR perspective, each with 8 headcount.

Established a management team meeting structure, communication cascade for confidential topics, and a cadence for all-hands meetings, significantly improving communication quality and quantity, providing a “north star” while allowing for recognition of great work.

Modernized, digitized, and streamlined local German, Austrian, Dutch, and Finnish HR processes within six months, reducing operational time from 30 hours weekly to 5 hours and enabling work on global projects.

Project managed a reorganization in EMEA covering more than 150 terminations and over 30 strategic internal transfers across 9 countries within three months, refocusing teams on partner-led revenue activities and improving product quality metrics.

Project managed the roll-out of global career paths and a corresponding total rewards initiative, including benefits alignment and bonus system.

Legally and operationally partnered with and consulted global revenue team leaders on EMEA revenue team reorganization, removing VP-level local revenue leaders, refocusing on partner-led revenue streams, and achieving double-digit percentage revenue growth with a lower cost basis.

Acted as HR Business Partner for the Quality Assurance leadership team (up to Senior Director level) in the DACH region with a client group of about 60 employees.

Successfully executed a talent acquisition campaign focused on medical and pharmaceutical professionals, filling 8 of 10 open requisitions within four months without agency recruitment, saving up to €300,000.

Led health & safety initiatives for the German headquarters, organizing more than four events.

Enabled and processed three complex terminations of highly tenured employees, working closely with the works council.

Acted as HR Generalist for a subsidiary with a client group of 50 employees and assisted HR Business Partners on all aspects of their work for a combined client group of over 550 employees in Germany.

Served as SME for global mobility topics, including complex secondments, international payroll, and contractual topics for top management, successfully processing six top management secondments to and from Germany.

Advised senior management (up to C-Level) on a newly implemented structured employee feedback tool.

Implemented a SaaS solution to track legal, social security, and tax status for over 200 regularly traveling employees.

Acted as the primary point of contact for travel restrictions, enabling AMG Engineering to resume business travel to Japan after COVID by coordinating with international embassies.