Bastiaan Post

Interim Talent Acquisition Consultant @ Philips

Available for short and long term recruitment / talent acquisition assignments, career advice or a specific recruitment & selection or sourcing projects.

At Catawiki I was responsible for creating, building and finetuning the global Catawiki recruitment process, the entire application process for our senior and mainly international vacancies and building our recruitment department. We build the recruitment team up to 6 people and besides that I was responsible for all the senior and mostly international roles (Marketing, Finance, Auctions, Legal, Development, HR, Sales and Customer Support) and hired in total 219 people in 2 years.

As a Talent Acquisition Consultant for Philips, I am constantly engaged in finding international talent for Philips in Drachten and Amsterdam with a strong focus on Technical / Engineering profiles in Drachten and some HR, (Digital) Marketing and Design positions in Amsterdam (up to Senior Director level).

Currently I’m temporary supporting the DACH & Nordics team on an international assignment. In this role I’m end to end responsible for effectively attracting senior talent within an international setting, managing different stakeholders, task and priorities. Positions with a variety level of complexity, scope and compensation levels, based in Germany and in the Nordics.

I was selected for this International Assignment to support the transition of the UK & Ireland TA team into the European Talent Acquisition organisation. I stayed at the Philips UK & Ireland headquarters for around 5 weeks to meet the people support the transition and made a first start with the implementation of the Benelux Way of Working in the UK.

Responsibilities: • Responsible for the entire recruitment process for mainly finance professionals (accountants, lawyers and other financial specialists). • Act as a business partner and advise the business in their staffing needs by building and maintain a good relationship and business knowledge. • Build relationships with universities and visit campus activities and career days. • Managing the recruitment assistent.