This is a varied and hands-on role where no two days are the same. You'll recruit across a broad spectrum of positions ranging from shop floor, manufacturing and technical roles through to professional specialists and senior leadership appointments.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted recruitment partner to hiring managers across multiple European countries, developing and executing talent acquisition strategies aligned to workforce plans.
• Manage full-cycle recruitment activity across technical, operational, professional and leadership hiring requirements.
• Serve as the key point of contact between stakeholders and the wider recruitment delivery team, ensuring clear communication and seamless collaboration.
• Personally source, engage, assess and manage candidates throughout the recruitment lifecycle for priority and difficult-to-fill roles.
• Build and maintain proactive talent pipelines across key European markets, tailoring sourcing approaches to local market conditions.
• Provide market intelligence, salary benchmarking and recruitment insights to support business decision-making.
• Monitor and deliver against agreed recruitment metrics, service levels and client expectations.
• Ensure compliance with local employment legislation, hiring policies and recruitment best practices across all regions supported.
• Champion an exceptional candidate experience and strengthen employer brand engagement throughout the hiring journey.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, helping enhance recruitment processes, tools and delivery quality across the account.

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience in RPO, in-house talent acquisition, or agency recruitment environments.
• Previous exposure to the automotive, manufacturing, industrial, engineering, or related sectors would be highly advantageous.
• Demonstrated success managing recruitment activity across multiple European countries and markets.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the confidence to challenge, influence and advise hiring leaders.
• A consultative approach combined with a hands-on delivery mindset.
• Excellent direct sourcing capabilities and experience recruiting for both high-volume and specialist positions.
• Strong organisational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Outstanding communication skills and the ability to build effective relationships across different cultures and levels of seniority.
• Fluent English is essential.
• Additional European language skills, particularly German, French or Polish, would be highly desirable.
• Self-motivated, proactive and comfortable working independently within a remote environment.

What Success Looks Like

You will be a trusted extension of the client's talent acquisition function, delivering exceptional hiring outcomes while building strong partnerships across the business. Your ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on recruitment execution will be critical to driving success across this important European account.

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