Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Senior Enterprise Recruiter | Talent Acquisition Leader | Employer Branding Advocate | Culture Champion As a Senior Enterprise Recruiter at Infoblox, I lead full-cycle recruiting for Enterprise and Commercial Account Executives, Account Managers, and Sales Engineers across EMEA, while supporting strategic hiring in Sales Operations, Marketing, Legal, and Talent Acquisition. With 15+ years of experience recruiting top sales talent for global tech leaders, I bring proven expertise in sourcing strategies, stakeholder partnerships, and candidate experience. My mission is clear: attract and hire the best sales talent for Infoblox, a company transforming modern networking through DNS, DHCP, IPAM, and security solutions delivered on-premises and in the cloud. I’m passionate about building relationships, understanding career goals, and creating an exceptional candidate journey. Awards & Recognition: 🏆 EMEA MVP FY24 (Oct 2024) 🏆 EMEA MVP 2021 / 2022 🏆 Quarterly Top Performer for 5 consecutive years in EMEA, recognized for consistent excellence in recruiting delivery and impact 🏆 HR Hero (Verizon Connect, 2018) 🏆 EMEA In-House Recruiter Award (Salesforce, 2015) – Heavy Hitter Award for Q2 🏆 Manpower Industry Star Award (2013) Culture & Engagement Leadership: I proudly lead Culture Club initiatives in EMEA, organising all events for the Dutch office to foster inclusion and team spirit. Highlights include Pride celebrations, holiday parties, team-building activities, and networking events that strengthen our vibrant culture. Founder & Leader of BloxSquad: I created and lead BloxSquad, Infoblox’s internal ambassador program that amplifies employer branding and employee engagement. This initiative empowers employees to share authentic stories, showcase our culture, and attract top talent through social advocacy.
Infoblox is revolutionizing modern networking by combining DNS, DHCP, IPAM (DDI), and network security services into centrally managed, automated solutions both on-premises and in the cloud • Manage full-cycle recruiting process with a focus on strong hiring manager partnership and candidate advocacy • Responsible for all Enterprise and Commercial Account Executive, Account Manager, and Sales Engineering hiring across EMEA. • Also responsible for ad hoc hiring for Sales Operations, Marketing, Legal, and Talent Acquisition. • Strategise different ways to build talent pipelines and execute tactical research, referral generation, events, and sourcing campaigns • Develop outstanding sourcing strategies, including social networking and direct sourcing, resulting in pipelines that meet ambitious hiring goals • Working effectively with peers and leaders across the company to ensure the selection process results in quality hires • Engage applicants from the screening process through offer negotiation and ensure an outstanding candidate experience • Contribute to the talent acquisition leadership team by providing thought leadership on new recruiting tools, processes, policies, and procedures • Provide mentoring & coaching throughout the Talent Acquisition team, lead Talent Acquisition projects based on business needs. • Content ambassador - Writing and updating content for company websites, blogs, and marketing platforms including GaggleAmp. Conducting research and interviews to learn more about current trends, developments, and perceptions about hiring and recruitment, and then contextualizing my findings. • Leader of the Culture Club committee in EMEA and driving the fun bus to organize ongoing activities including charitable events across the year. • Led the Pride and Friends ERG in EMEA to organize events and awareness around LGBTQ+ rights. • Top EMEA recruiter year on year averaging 15-20 hires per quarter.
• Developing close relationships at all levels of the business, meeting regularly with leaders to understand growth plans and recommend effective and tailored recruiting strategies • Source, recruit, interview, and close professionals across a range of Enterprise Sales roles within our go-to market organization • Develop outstanding sourcing strategies, including social networking and direct sourcing, resulting in pipelines that meet ambitious hiring goals • Working effectively with peers and leaders across the company to ensure the selection process results in quality hires • Engage applicants from the screening process through offer negotiation and ensure an outstanding candidate experience • Contribute to the talent acquisition leadership team by providing thought leadership on new recruiting tools, processes, policies, and procedures • Craft and negotiate compensation packages for candidates who are being considered for senior/executive-level positions • Provide mentoring & coaching throughout the Talent Acquisition team, lead Talent Acquisition projects based on business needs.
Verizon Connect is guiding a connected world on the go by automating, optimizing and revolutionizing the way people, vehicles and things move through the world. Our full suite of industry-defining solutions and services put innovation, automation and connected data to work for customers and help them be safer, more efficient and more productive. With more than 3,500 dedicated employees in 15 countries, we deliver leading mobile technology platforms and solutions. As a SaaS leader, we know our talent is the most important component to our success. As a division of Verizon, we combine the fun and excitement of a start-up environment with the resources, operational excellence, and brand recognition of an established tech giant. Responsibilities: • Advise and partner with hiring managers on full-cycle and high volume recruitment sales, marketing and operations recruitment. • Collaborate on job details, and advise on effective candidate assessments • Deliver end-to-end search on active roles, including developing job-based recruitment strategies • Perform phone screens, shortlists of candidates, conduct and lead the interview process, manage debriefs discussions and offer processes • Effectively articulate employment value proposition to all candidates • Demonstrate high quality candidate experience to all candidates • Work closely with Business Groups and HR Business Partner Teams through ongoing communication in order to proactively develop and execute effective recruitment strategies. Collaboration and strong teamwork is critical • Use a variety of sourcing methods to continually build and maintain a talent pool – both now and for the future Achievements: • Developed new training materials for new recruitment hires • On-going training and development of junior recruiters and coordinators • New hire induction across EMEA • Diversity hiring - 51% of hires in 2018 were female across Sales, Marketing and Operations Org
Source top candidates through multiple channels including web search, phone screens, email contact, and participation in networking events. Create a strong candidate pipeline while providing an excellent candidate experience. Work with candidates through the entire hiring life cycle, from intake to interview to job offer. Partner with hiring managers to develop new recruitment strategies and give feedback on what is and what is not working. Plan and execute creative recruiting events that attract top talent. Maintain a high level of confidentiality at all times.
Proactively identifying new candidates for our EMEA markets Personalising the Salesforce story to create compelling reasons for passive candidates to engage with us and explore opportunities Online research/cold calling to generate pipeline of candidates Engage with the business and current employees to help drive employee referrals Network with current employees to broaden our knowledge of "top talent" in the EMEA market Liaise with hiring managers and recruitment leads to understand candidate profiles Managing the entire candidate attraction process from sourcing to offer. Plan different interview sessions from assessment days, 1:1 interviews or Panel presentations to ensure an industry leading candidate experience Negotiating and closing candidates