Don Mitchell

Overall responsibility for delivery of high volume projects in Saudi Arabia, covering clients in all industries. Leading a team of 8, projects include
KAUST - Delivery of highly technical engineering positions across campus and laboratory services
Deloitte - 100+ consulting service hires (in process, completion 2019)
Government Aligned PMO - Specialized recruitment across Philanthropy and Education

and Contracted through a Big 4 Consultancy to deliver Senior Level hires for semi-government start-up

IBM acquired the RPO contract for Honeywell Middle East and my employment was transferred during the implementation period.
❖ Responsible for the operational delivery of recruitment services to the Hamad Medical City account in Qatar across Business
Support Services and Onboarding, c.550 hires / 1, 600 incoming employees in 2015.
❖ Results achieved include
o 76% Interview to Offer
o 97% Offer Acceptance
o 55% reduction in onboarding time
❖ Managing multifunction teams totaling 20 employees

I was initially employed by Hays in January 2012 to lead the Honeywell RPO contract for the Middle East. In June 2014 the RPO contract was
transferred to IBM and my employment continued with them, having been transferred to the HMC Contract.

Employed through Hays RPO Operations, reporting to the Global Corporate Account Director.
❖ Responsible for all operational recruitment delivery across UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait and Iraq.
❖ Team of 9 direct reports.
❖ Full KPI achievement for c.700 Hires
❖ In the first 12 months I achieved the following results
o 15% reduction on time to fill
o 20% increase in Hiring Manager Satisfaction o 50% reduction in Agency reliance
❖ Team awarded ‘Staffing Team of the Year 2012’ for EMEA region

❖ Global Program Manager for Graduate Hiring across 33 countries, delivering 532 hires in 2010 / 2011
❖ Matrix Management of Talent Acquisition teams across the Middle East, NE Asia, SE Asia and Africa
❖ RPO implementation and management for pre-screening process and country support
❖ Lead on technical integration for behavioral testing and ATS upgrade

Responsible for Strategic Talent Acquisition and Employer Branding across all business units in UAE, India and South East Asia.
❖ Design of the Talent Acquisition department, hiring and line management of Recruitment Teams in Dubai and India.
❖ 8 direct reports, functional responsibility for a further 5 HR Managers
❖ Implementation of Sniperhire ATS within 6 weeks, leading to a 30% reduction in time to hire.
❖ Career Portal project coordination (www.depa.jobs), launched ahead of timeline (3 month completion)
❖ Full scope creation of a Shared Services support team in India
❖ Implementation and management of an Employee Referral Program, first successful referral inside 4 weeks
❖ Talent Acquisition policy revision and implementation
❖ Design and implementation of competency based interviews and evaluations
❖ Delivered ERP (Oracle) implementation process design for resourcing

Responsible for all Management grade recruitment within the Fashion & Footwear business unit, which accounts for 70% of the company
❖ Lead Recruiter in Sniperhire Applicant Tracking System implementation and roll out.
❖ Planned and managed overseas recruitment events,
❖ Other projects include the implementation of a new career portal, re-working internal and external advertising standards and
agency PSL compilation. Member of the ERP (Oracle) implementation team