Adriaan van der Heijden

Hiring for the BeNeLux at McKinsey & Company

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

About

As Manager of Recruiting at McKinsey & Company, I lead a team of exceptional recruiters, focusing on attracting top campus and experienced talent for our BeNeLux offices. We are currently seeking new colleagues for a variety of roles: • Strategy consultants (campus and experienced) • Tech & AI strategy consultants • Operations consultants (manufacturing, procurement, capital excellence, supply chain management) • Private Capital consultants • Growth, Marketing & Sales consultants I have a passion for all things recruiting and broader people topics. I'm happy to discuss strategy, DEI, data, culture, growth & development, and innovation in the people space. Next to that, big fan of cooking, technology and endurance sports (running, biking and swimming; in that order). You can follow me on medium.com/@advdheijden where I used to blog about tech recruitment, and on https://www.strava.com/athletes/49879306 to see my activities!

Experience

  • McKinsey & Company (Full-time · 6 yrs 2 mos)
    • Manager of Recruiting BeNeLux
      Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

    • Lead Recruiter
      Oct 2023 - Mar 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos

      Lead Recruiter for our BeNeLux offices.

    • Lead Recruiter
      May 2022 - Oct 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos

      Lead Recruiter for our Tech & AI practice across Europe.

  • Employer Branding Project at SHV
    Jul 2019 - May 2020 · 11 mos

    Next to my role at ERIKS Digital. SHV is a family business with a portfolio of companies: Mammoet, Nutreco, NPM Capital, Dyas, Makro and SHV Energy. Was nominated to be part of a strategic Employer Branding project as part of a high potential project. Worked on: • Developing a global employer brand for SHV as a whole (55.000 employees, 58 countries) • Presented our recommendations ao to the Executive Board of Directors of SHV

  • ERIKS Digital (Full-time · 2 yrs 6 mos)
    • Recruiter & HR Business Partner
      May 2019 - May 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo

      ERIKS Digital is the technology/data hub of ERIKS. Worked on: • Scaling the company from 40 to 100 colleagues. • Hiring for all departments (oa tech, IoT, Data Science, Finance, Marketing) and all levels (oa CFO) • Advisor to Technical Leadership (CTO and managers), focusing on Performance, Engagement, Learning & Development and other people related topics.

    • Recruiter
      Dec 2017 - May 2019 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Technical Sourcer at BACKBASE
    Apr 2017 - Dec 2017 · 9 mos

    Backbase is an international Fintech company, digitalizing financial institutions Worked on: • Global Sourcing • Full Cycle Recruitment • Employer Branding • Hiring across departments and a variety of (technical) roles

  • International Talent Sourcer a.i. at Vattenfall
    Jun 2016 - Mar 2017 · 10 mos

    Via TalentMapper. Vattenfall is a global Energy Company Worked on: • International (UK, Nordics, Germany and France) head hunting and building talent pools • Recruited for multiple departments (IT, Wind, Heat, Sales and Marketing)