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Hello, I am Nils.
Hands-on HR and TA expert with professional experience in product management and marketing. Proven success in talent acquisition and executive recruiting. Filled more than 1,500 positions up to C-level for various companies in diverse industries. Founded and built a personnel consultancy and an HR tech startup (international freelance matching platform).
15+ years of professional experience, Hamburg resident, passionate athlete, father.
German
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Can work on-site
Hamburg (up to 50km), Berlin (up to 50km), Osnabrück (up to 50km), Köln (up to 50km), Hannover (up to 50km)
Experience
- IPG MediabrandsInterim TA Lead DACHDIGITAL AND ITMay 2025 - Today (1 year and 1 month)Hamburg, GermanyTeam Lead DACH for a team of 3 @IPG Mediabrands. Hiring for all agencies @ IPG Mediabrands. Change and Transformation Management pre-merger.
- Bauer Media GroupInterim Senior TA Consultant (Group TA)PRESS AND MEDIAAugust 2024 - February 2025 (6 months)Hamburg, Germany
- Advised the Executive Leadership Board.
- International executive hiring and successful filling of 9 management positions in HR, Procurement, and Finance at Manager/Senior Manager/Director levels.
- Filled 4 additional permanent positions and three interim managers in HR and Finance.
- Talent acquisition strategies and social media communication.
- Selection and briefing of headhunters, contract negotiations.
- Posting and performance optimization of job advertisements.
- Building structures and processes to implement a Center of Excellence at the group level.
- Introduction of aptitude diagnostic methods such as case studies, structured questionnaires, and scorecards.
- ATS optimization.
- Tom Tailor GmbHInterim Manager Talent AcquisitionFASHION AND COSMETICSJanuary 2024 - May 2024 (4 months)Hamburg, Germany
- Lead TA Specialist for the departments Sales, Marketing, E-Commerce, Retail, Retail Management, Finance, Logistics, IT, Legal, and C-level assistants.
- Reported to Interim Head of HR until 12/22 and from 01/23 to Chief People Officer, with close collaboration with HR Business Partners and the Works Council.
- 81 independently filled positions (end-to-end) from interns to Head of level, external hires (new positions and replacements), and internal transfers.
- End-to-end: Staffing needs, job profiles, job postings, pre-selection of applications, applicant management, active sourcing, selection/briefing of headhunters, appointment coordination, interviews (German/English) with and without hiring managers, rejection management, submissions/negotiations with the Works Council, salary and contract negotiations, contract management, initiation of onboarding (HR/IT/Department), and partial execution of onboarding interviews within the probationary period.
- Development of a new platform strategy for job advertisements for professionals and young talents.
- Contract negotiations and procurement of licenses and ad quotas for platforms such as LinkedIn, XING, Stepstone, etc.
- Onboarding of 6 new permanent employees in the TA team.
- Lead TA Manager in the implementation of the new HR Management System Workday, accompanying the project until the first prototype: participation in various workshops, requirements analysis, definition of business and TA processes, coordination with implementation partner PwC, creation of workbooks, project management, interfaces/coordination with HCM and L&D.
- Coordination/collaboration with external service providers and (foreign) law firms in organizing visa and relocation processes.
- Budget planning together with Finance & Controlling, advice on salary structures, and optimization of employment contracts.
- Improvement of the kununu score through new ideas in reputation management from 3.2 to 3.7 (applicants 4.1).
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Education
- Training as a Systemic Coach (DBVC)Coachingakademie Hamburg2015Ausbildung zum Systemischen Coach (DBVC)
- Bachelor's degree in SocioeconomicsUniversity of Hamburg2010Bachelor-Studium der Sozialökonomie