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Timur Mader

Timur Mader

Istanbul

Summary

Highly motivated and results-driven Lead Recruiter with over 14 years of experience in the recruitment industry. Proven track record of successfully leading teams of recruiters on site and remotely and exceeding hiring targets in the Middle East and Africa region. Skilled in using various sourcing techniques and tools to identify and attract top talent. Strong ability to build and maintain relationships with clients and candidates. Experienced in hiring for various industries such Telecom, Energy, renewable energy, management consultancy.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages

Work History

Lead Recruiter

McKinsey & Company
9 2022

Spearheaded recruitment efforts for McKinsey's EEMA region, specializing in Client Capabilities, Orphoz, and Implementation roles

  • Built and led high-performing recruitment teams to identify, attract, and secure top talent for these critical areas
  • Managed full recruitment lifecycle for Client Capabilities, Orphoz, and Implementation functions within McKinsey's EEMA business
  • Developed deep expertise in these domains to ensure successful placement of exceptional talent aligned with client needs
  • Led team of recruiters and senior recruiters in Middle East, Africa and Central Asia region, responsible for full-cycle recruitment for various industries including Real Estate, Procurement, Mining, Oil and Gas
  • Developed and implemented successful recruiting strategies and processes to meet company's hiring goals
  • Utilized various sourcing techniques and tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, and employee referrals to identify and attract top talent
  • Built and maintained strong relationships with stakeholders and candidates, resulting in high rate of repeat business and positive candidate experience
  • Analyzed and provided regular reports on team's performance, including metrics such as time-to-fill and offer acceptance rate.

Talent Acquisition Manager

Delivery hero
09.2021 - 09.2022
  • Managing a team of 7 Talent Acquisition Specialist (Jr, Mid-level and Senior), responsible to lead and guide recruitment team with appropriate strategies
  • Successfully recruited for various industries including sales, marketing, and human resources in the Middle East and Africa region
  • Utilized various sourcing techniques such as LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, and employee referrals to identify and attract top talent
  • Built and maintained strong relationships with clients and candidates, resulting in a high rate of repeat business and positive candidate experience
  • Assisted in the training and development of junior recruiters.

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Ericsson
01.2015 - 08.2021
  • Based in Beirut, Lebanon office responsible for recruitment within Operations, Support Functions, Hosted Resources Network Products and Services and Customer facing positions across MMEA Region with a special focus on countries such as Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Sudan, Ethiopia, Egypt, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Gulf Countries with a total of 56 countries across Middle East and Africa
  • Complete ownership of requirements acting as a single point of contact for all Hiring Managers in these business units on daily basis to understand their requirements and finding the right candidates according to their needs
  • Meeting with the Hiring Managers once the request for opening a new requisition has been raised
  • Understanding the criteria and qualifying the job
  • Sourcing includes posting on Ericsson Career Portal, advertising on job boards, headhunting through social media, if required
  • Shortlisting/interviewing candidates before submitting to the Hiring Mangers
  • Negotiating with the candidates based on internal guidelines
  • Weekly meeting/reporting with the Regional Recruitment Manager to align on the workload, next steps and change of strategy as required.

Consultant

Randstad
03.2013 - 04.2014
  • Responsible for support for Identification of top experts both within the in-house database and externally
  • Developing a target group of excellent candidates and managing the relationship with them
  • Liaise and build relationships with business contacts who could be clients or candidates or both
  • Take detailed references on top candidates to generate information about them and about client organizations
  • Gathering in-depth information from exit interviews with candidates to improve future service levels and create sales opportunities
  • Organize regular client visits and understand their needs
  • Capture relevant market information from consultants
  • Establish what skills are currently required in the marketplace, both now and in future
  • Strengthen relationships with existing consultants to help identify other consultants who would like to work for us
  • Identify, recruit and select top talent for the Business Information Solutions team
  • Responsible for maintaining a pipeline of qualified candidates
  • Implement social media strategy for candidate engagement.

Technology Consultant

Michael Page International
03.2012 - 03.2013
  • Specialized in the recruitment of Technology profiles of the following areas: SAP Consultant, Software Developer, Software Engineer, IT Specialist and IT Manager.

Associate Recruiter

K2 Partnering Solutions
08.2011 - 03.2012
  • Recruitment for French and Turkish Market
  • Creating a network that consists of top SAP experts
  • Analyzing customer requirements, consultant’s experiences/prospects in a detailed manner and making the perfect match for the purpose of obtaining both sides satisfaction
  • Developing a target group of excellent SAP consultants and manage the relationship with them
  • Building relationships with business contacts who could be client or candidates or both
  • Taking detailed references on top candidates to create information about them and about client organizations
  • Being the connection between clients - SAP consultants and ensuring that we are able to offer a premium service to both of them
  • Gathering in-depth information from exit interviews with candidates to improve future service levels and generate new business sales opportunities by using 'customer-oriented' acting model
  • Following up whole sales processes in order to provide that customer expectations are managed effectively throughout the total sales cycle
  • Organizing regular consultant evenings for candidates to further build rapport
  • Capturing relevant market information from consultants
  • Attending in the sales meetings, making projections and plans that can be used for company’s future strategic decisions
  • Identifying what kind of skills are currently required in the marketplace, both now and in future
  • Strengthening relationships with existing consultants to help identify other consultants who would like to work for us by using 'consultant-oriented' acting model
  • Taking a dynamic role in the recovery projects for increasing company’s business development processes efficiency and preparing reports proposals to top management.

Marketing Executive

Strateko Economic Research
01.2010 - 09.2011
  • Responsible for all Marketing activities and Business Development of Strateko in Turkey and France
  • Organize buyer committee for international Expo in Italy, Germany, Spain and France
  • Organize B2B for buyer committee
  • Develop new business in different countries
  • Market research for start-up companies for Turkish Market
  • Market research for Turkish companies for French speaking markets
  • Managing teams of outsourcing consultant.

Business Development Manager

Strateko Economic Research
08.2009 - 12.2009
  • Responsible for the Business Development of Strateko in Turkey and France
  • Develop new business in different countries
  • Market research for start-up companies for Turkish Market.

Education

Bachelor Degree in Public Relations -

Istanbul Bilgi University
Istanbul, 34
09.2005 - 06.2009

Baccalaureate in Economics -

Pierre Loti French High-School
Istanbul, 34
01.2001 - 04.2005

Skills

Talent acquisition

Full-cycle recruitment

Team leadership

Relationship building

Sourcing techniques

Candidate assessment

HRIS systems (eg Workday, SAP)

Fluent in English and Native in French and Turkish

Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint)

Technical recruiting

Candidate Sourcing

Talent Acquisition

Full cycle recruiting

Strategic Planning

Recruitment

  • Recruitment
  • Talent Acquisition
  • Sales
  • Client Relations Management
  • RPO
  • Hiring
  • HR
  • Human Resources
  • Full Cycle Recruitment

Certificationsandawards

  • DDI Certification / Human Resources Full Cycle Certification-2013
  • Social Talent Black Belt-2016
  • Leadership Certificate-Young Guru Academy-2009
  • EVA-World of Thanks Award Winner-2017
  • Star Award 2019- Turkey Turkcell Project
  • Power Award-Iraq Conversion Project
  • Ericsson President Award 2019- Egypt Hub Creation Project
  • Ericsson President Award 2019-Business Finance UAE Project

Personal Information

Nationality: French & Turkish

References

Available on Request

Timeline

Talent Acquisition Manager

Delivery hero
09.2021 - 09.2022

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Ericsson
01.2015 - 08.2021

Consultant

Randstad
03.2013 - 04.2014

Technology Consultant

Michael Page International
03.2012 - 03.2013

Associate Recruiter

K2 Partnering Solutions
08.2011 - 03.2012

Marketing Executive

Strateko Economic Research
01.2010 - 09.2011

Business Development Manager

Strateko Economic Research
08.2009 - 12.2009

Bachelor Degree in Public Relations -

Istanbul Bilgi University
09.2005 - 06.2009

Baccalaureate in Economics -

Pierre Loti French High-School
01.2001 - 04.2005

Lead Recruiter

McKinsey & Company
9 2022
Timur Mader