Edward Segond von Banchet

Work in close business partnership with the Autodesk EMEA Consulting and Sales Leadership Team to collaborate, advice and execute on hiring strategy, to support a current $37M USD revenue business to a $50 MUSD business in 2020.

Lead corporate ‘full-cycle’ hiring and partner with SuccessFactors /SAP Cloud Line of Business Leaders in UK/I, Benelux, DACH, France, Southern and Eastern Europe and the Middle East.  Recruit sales, sales support, marketing, partner & alliances talent for all quota carrying business units through a direct search model strategy, including social media, internal mobility, internal referrals.

Collaborate and partner with the regional VP Sales Leader, marketing, project delivery leaders and HRBP’s to provide end-to-end recruitment strategy and delivery plus on-boarding. Hiring high volume sales professionals across the region (UK/I, Nordics, Germany, FRA, Southern Europe.  Recruit sales, sales support, marketing, partner & alliances talent for all quota carrying business units through a direct search model, including social media, internal mobility, internal referrals. 

Recruit sales talent to support the 2010 global strategic ‘Top Grading’ Program.  Recruit engineering talent for the ‘Primove Blue Ocean’ Project in Augsburg, Germany and the ‘King Abdullah Financial District’ mono-rail project in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.  Lead and implement the -assessment centre- recruitment for the Bombardier UK Graduate Engineering Scheme (3 direct reports based in Derby). 

Provide strategic leadership to transform the global staffing organisation and technology (Taleo) to continue to deliver operational excellence and quality services to the business. End result: process and system communication improvements, stronger hiring manager engagement, faster offer acceptance, less admin.  Lead a high quality EMEA recruitment team (10 direct reports based in the UK, Munich, Moscow, Budapest, Cyprus) and drive operational excellence. 

Build and lead an effective regional recruitment strategy and function (people, processes, technology) for this growing organisation as a new player in the UK and Europe (12 direct reports based in the UK and Germany).  Hiring target: circa 120 new hires per financial year. Sales, Marketing, PS, Consulting, G&A, Finance, Legal.  Establish a recognized Employer Brand for Huawei in the European region. 