I have over 8 years experience in Global Sourcing and Recruitment. Talented at finding top talents with various qualifications and being the first point of contact for potential employees. Adept at managing the entire recruitment lifecycle, collaborating with hiring managers and implementing optimal hiring and branding strategies. Driven to devise and implement successful recruiting strategies to build candidate pipelines and attract top talents. I effectively manage multiple projects and diverse relationships concurrently
Over the years, I have been significantly exposed to major aspects of Global Talent Acquisition and Technical Recruitment, along with related skills in sourcing, screening, building good boolean strings, creative outreach messages, Use of Applicants Tracking Systems (GreenHouse, BullHorn, Avature, iCIMS and Hireflow), LinkedIn Recruiter,Twitter and GitHub to source high calibre candidates for current and future hiring needs
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Experience
Timescale
Apr 2022 – Present
Remote
Engineering Recruiter/Technical Sourcer
Understand hiring needs to identify talent profiles, partake in periodic intake meeting with Hiring Managers for the Engineering Team (Cloud & Observability) to identify ideal target skill set for assigned roles
Target and Identify top talents for the engineering team by leveraging multiple sourcing channels (LinkedIn-Boolean logic, GitHub, Twitter, Databases, Tech communities and Job boards) to identify untapped high calibre candidates
Sourcing and building pipeline of passive diverse talents in locations around the world (US, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa) for the Cloud and Observability Engineering Teams; also supported in the sourcing efforts for other roles (Product & Design) outside the Engineering Teams
Create compelling outreach messages for sourcing campaigns
Actively source/recruit Snr Platform, Engineers, Snr Backend Engineers, Snr Database Engineers, SRE's, Cloud Native Engineers, Eng. Mgr and Staff Information Security Engineers among other roles
Track goals, metrics and performance of the hiring process
Responsible for sourcing and building an effective robust pipeline to match current and future demand for the M365 and Dynamics 365 Line of Businesses
I worked closely with hiring managers in supporting to hire Technical Support Engineers, Software Support Engineers for different technologies like Microsoft Office 365, Dynamics 365 and Azure (For EMEA & North America)
Managed end-to-end recruitment process for Nigeria and Rwanda, supported recruitment in other sites like Bulgaria and Costa Rica
I was the POC/Lead Recruiter for Dynamics LOB (ERP F&O, NAV)/CRM (CE/ Power Platforms). Where I source for Software support engineers for the Dynamics ERP and CRM line of businesses; Engineers and Programmers for Power Platforms as well; Led the Dynamics ‘Ramp -Up’ Recruitment Project between August -November 2020 (A total of 70 Engineers were hired For EMEA & North America)
I was also the POC/Lead Recruiter for Microsoft 365 (Business & Enterprise Applications); over 150 Engineers hired from July 2021-Till Date for EMEA & North America
I conducted executive searches/recruitment for senior global roles within the group e.g. Head of Technology & Learning, Quality Manager, Team Managers to mention a few. I source d for talents across different departments (business enablement, marketing, training, and development) within the organisation
Careers24 nigeria
Nov 2015 – Mar 2019
Lagos, Nigeria
Recruitment Specialist/Client Services Executive
Recruitment and Selection- Implementing full life cycle recruiting process including but not limited to sourcing, cold calling, qualifying, networking, assessment, job analysis, relationship management and due diligence.
Head- Hunting/Executive Search - Identifying and approaching suitable candidates.
Conducting telephone interviews for shortlisted candidates after thorough selection process and send final shortlist to client.
Making efficient use of social media to attract qualified and interested candidates (For positions from client companies) using various methods/strategies including LinkedIn, Twitter, Niche sites and a database pool whilst maximising referrals
Prepare assessment reports for clients and ensure feedback is given to all applicants;
Interacting with clients of various sizes via email, phone and on-site visits as well as maintain client relationships while discussing recruitment and hiring needs
Responding to questions about the company's services, products and provide additional specialised services upon request
Cold-calling potential clients to post jobs on the website and subscribe to various products and recruitment /advertising packages
Moderation and verification of new advertisers/ direct jobs posted by clients
Communicating and interacting with other departments to enhance and improve the rapid resolution of client/candidate issues and requests
Ensure that all requests and case management workflows are resolved in a timely manner to meet contractual SLAs and client expectations
Effectively communicate with clients and candidates for rapid resolution of issues and requests
Selling products/services to potential and existing customers
Conduct and deliver additional projects as assigned by the client service manager
SPNS Consulting
Jan 2013 – Oct 2015
Lagos, Nigeria
Corporate Services Executive
LEGAL SERVICES
Handle all corporate matters for the company ( preparation of contracts, service level agreements, project contracts and all other legal documentations as necessary)
Responsible for ensuring that all documents are properly filed and kept in their appropriate places
Document all advises or suggestions given to the Board or management by in accordance with the provision of the Law
ADMIN/HR
Recruitment of Employees
Developing Training materials for clients (After carefully considering the training needs/wants of the company)
Handling performance management (i.e. development of appraisal templates, identification of key performance indicators in line with company strategies)
Consider resource needs including budget, people, systems requirement, technology and processes imperative to meet company needs
Establish developmental and re organizational plans where necessary
Compilation of Employee Database
Conduct an operational review of all processes, procedures methods and tools to determine adequacy to meet performance objective of the department
Prepare a comprehensive plan of action for formal review with the MD/ COO. Identify key problem areas, bottleneck, technical challenges and resource restraints in a bid to increase the overall productivity of the company
Carry Out an assessment of compliance issues with respect to statutory and regulatory requirements and define resources required in each case to be in line with compliance
Handling communications (i.e. intra- within the company and inter- outside world and the company
Handling press releases by /for and on behalf of the company
British American Tobacco
Oct 2011 – Sep 2012
Lagos, Nigeria
Brand Marketing Executive
Follow up for approvals for visuals to be used for all brand activities (both in Nigeria and WAM).
Following up with Agency on required FA and ensuring dispatch to WAM
Supporting brand activities by ensuring prompt material deployment to the regions and activation teams as well as evaluating material utilization vs. performance
Monitoring brand activations to ensure effective compliance by promo teams.
Supports logistics & coordination of brand events.
Coordinate Procurement requests and follow up with procurement to ensure that requests are attended to
Follow up with agencies & vendors.
Coordination of the VFM leave register
Provide support in the coordination of the VFM bi-weekly team meeting
Coordination of logistics for the brand team, e.g. raising requests for flights, movement and accommodation to Ibadan and accommodation for other activations
Coordination of admin requirements for PDT meetings (Booking of meeting room, printing of Agendas, Refreshment etc.)
RECORDS MANAGEMENT
Raise POs for brand team projects
Dispatch of documents when necessary.
Registration of GRN invoices of vendors
Follow up on material requisition.
Management of the Budget tracker