Willem Hanekom

Leading a dynamic team of 11 Talent Acquisition & 6 On-boarding professionals.
Managing the recruitment & employee on-boarding journey for a cluster of GMG’s
businesses spanning across:

1. Head Office/Holding
2. Retail
3. Food Manufacturing
4. Healthcare
5. Logistics
6. Education

Overseeing Front-Line & Mid Management recruitment.
Managing Leadership roles.
Enhanced recruitment policies & on-boarding procedures
Worked with HR on manpower planning to produce forecasts.
Developing recruitment strategies, and leading employment branding initiatives.
Developing and maintaining the Group Recruitment Partner PSL.
Developed and implemented Emiratization strategies to increase UAE national employment
Ensured compliance with government-mandated Emiratization quotas.

Led SSA Group Real Estate Investment & Development Recruitment team. Working on full project life cycle through Clients, Consultancies, and Contractors. Typical clients include Developers, Government & Semi-Government entities across the MENA region.

Executive Search
Retained Search
Contingency Recruitment Services

Analyse and improve current HR Policies and procedures
Create and maintain an employee HR handbook
Advising and implementing on hiring strategies to ensure and support the company growth plan
Design, implement and coordinate strategies and procedures for:
o Talent Acquisition
o Onboarding and induction
o Compensation and Benefits
Consult Management and Senior Stakeholders on innovative HR practices
Guarantee compliance with Labour Law to strengthen workplace compliance.
Managing talent and succession planning
Driving employee relations to strengthening the engagement between company and employee
Keeping employee records, visa files and performance review up to date
Provide weekly and month reports to the CHO and CEO.

Leading a team of 4 TA professionals responsible for all recruitment activities for MAF Retail - Carrefour

Main Responsibilities:

• Plan and produce forecasts to set a clear recruitment timeline for staff and managerial requirements
• Develop talent acquisition strategies and hiring plans for both internal and external hiring
• Formulate new employment branding initiatives
• Identify and recommend new opportunities to promote the company as a preferred employer
• Establish and maintain relationships with the line managers to stay up to date with the current and future requirements
• Provide recruitment counsel and guidance to hiring managers and HR professionals with hiring and employment data & intelligence
• Ensure and guarantee the potential talent pool is at a sufficient level to fulfill ongoing and niche requirements
• Manage University internships within the Head Office and Store operation
• Use metrics to create reports and identify areas of improvement

Achievements:

Transformation of the Talent Acquisition department from a cost center into a cost saving center by focusing on filling recruitment needs direct before relying on external recruitment agencies.

Setting up an Omnichannel/eCommerce department of 130 employees looking after the build and expansion of Carrefour’s next generation e-Commerce platform

Helped develop and roll out SAP SuccessFactors as the centralized Human Capital HRIS across the Majid Al Futtaim Group of Companies and managing the training for Line Management and the Human Capital community.

Received the award for the most valuable Human Capital contributor in 2017

Based in Al Futtaim centralised Recruitment Head Quarters in Dubai we looked after a portfolio of Al Futtaim’s recruitment for the UAE and emerging countries. Managed a team of 7 consultants in delivering on-site recruitment services to the Al Futtaim Group

Business sectors covered:

• Automotive (Al Futtaim Motors, Trading Enterprises, FAMCO, Honda, Lexus)
• Transport (Al Futtaim Logistics)
• Engineering & Technologies
• Real Estate
• Retail
• Group Services

Managing all recruitment activities for a portfolio of businesses in a category of roles and provide weekly / monthly statistics to the client to ensure quality of service and client satisfaction.
Managing local and overseas bulk recruitment campaigns, assured the campaigns took place according to Al Futtaim's strict guidelines and high standard of excellence (branding, budget, efficiency and quality of candidates).

I was responsible for all the accounts across MENA and the C level candidate retention. We deliver contract & permanent staff and supply consultancy on restructurings development & strategies.

Selection & Recruitment:

Recruit, interview, coach and develop candidates to meet the client’s recruitment needs. Evaluate local talent and assess the client demands to make the match between the companies’ staffing needs and the candidate's skills and experience.


Business Development

Analyzing and develop new clients to drive a healthy pipeline for future business.
Developing prospective clients through cold calling, networking and online/social marketing for enhanced business opportunities.
Cross developing existing client.
Meetings with new clients across MENA

Client Relationship Management

Understanding the customers business and identifying requirement needs to gain customer confidence

Recruitment and candidate attraction

Build a talent pipeline for niche and hard to fill roles

Weekly/monthly reporting

Day to day maintenance of candidate database

Interview scheduling with maintaining feedback records

Advertising open roles in local media

Recruitment Consultant

• Meet and exceed recruitment targets through the placement of telecoms professionals throughout the Middle East
• Successfully established own accounts within the EMEA region
• Sourcing and selection of technical professionals
• Marketing of candidates to existing and potential clients
• Daily client canvassing calls to receive contract/permanent vacancies and promote client development
• Advertising jobs via job boards
• Weekly/monthly reporting to the Account Director

Researcher / Sourcing

• Screen, identify and match candidates against job descriptions
• Interviewing of shortlisted candidates
• Obtain references for sales leads
• Day to day maintenance of candidate database
• Set up master skills and hot list folders to optimize response
• Weekly/monthly reporting to the Account Manager

• Clients: SKY / Telewest / BT / NTL
• Planning & supervision of engineering schedules and installations.
• Managing a team of multi-skilled engineers as well as "hands on" maintenance engineering
• Overseeing materials and stock in the warehouse.
• Handling all customer calls, after sales and customer visits
• Ensuring service quality and site safety
• In charge of profitability and client satisfaction
• Co-ordination of staff training and assessment