Philippos Prokopis

Regional Talent Acquisition Manager

Amstelveen, North Holland, Netherlands

About

Seasoned talent acquisition leader with value-add expertise in managing diverse and geographically dispersed staffing teams accountable for the recruitment of university graduates, experienced professionals and people managers in the dynamic ICT sector across Europe Middle East and Africa

Experience

  • Nike (4 yrs 8 mos)
    • Talent Acquisition Manager - Retail
      Jun 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

    • Talent Acquisition Manager - Corporate Functions & Global Operations
      Dec 2021 - Jun 2024 · 2 yrs 7 mos

  • EMEA Talent Acquisition Manager at Palo Alto Networks
    Mar 2019 - Nov 2021 · 2 yrs 9 mos

    Provide strategic support to Regional EMEA Sales & Services management teams focusing on organizational transformation & design, workforce planning, recruiting strategies & internal mobility Lead the activities of a 18 member extended recruiting team which includes hiring, coaching, development and ongoing performance management. Manage the workforce planning initiatives and strategies including development and mplementation of workforce plans, continuous refinement of hiring forecasting capabilities, reporting on key recruiting metrics to enable data-driven, actionable insights, evaluating the effectiveness of sourcing channels, applying process improvement to improve quality and diversity of the applicant pool. Manage projects aiming at improving employee experience through automation and cross functional collaboration

  • EMEA Talent Acquisition Manager at Micro Focus
    Sep 2017 - Mar 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise (1 yr 10 mos)
    • EMEA Talent Acquisition Manager - Software
      Jun 2017 - Aug 2017 · 3 mos

      Leads and manages an international staffing team (12 direct reports,) including hiring, setting and monitoring of annual performance plans, coaching, and development. Accountable for talent acquisition strategic planning, resourcing and budgeting Partners closely with business leaders to link the organizational, business and hiring strategies to improve organization effectiveness as an enabler for the hiring of top talent Drives organizational transformation from transactional staffing to strategic talent acquisition and leads change management Manages third party vendor relationships. Manages BU strategic hiring projects Leads functional excellence by delivering strong performance against key KPIs (time to fill, hiring manager satisfaction, agency utilization, employee referrals, diversity hiring, internal mobility ratio and university hiring ratio)

    • Regional Talent Acquisition Manager
      Nov 2015 - May 2017 · 1 yr 7 mos

      Leads and manages an international staffing team (12 direct reports,) including hiring, setting and monitoring of annual performance plans, coaching, and development. Accountable for talent acquisition strategic planning, resourcing and budgeting Partners closely with business leaders to link the organizational, business and hiring strategies to improve organization effectiveness as an enabler for the hiring of top talent Drives organizational transformation from transactional staffing to strategic talent acquisition and leads change management Manages third party vendor relationships. Contingent Workforce Management Leader for the MEMA Sub region Manages BU strategic hiring projects Leads functional excellence by delivering strong performance against key KPIs (time to fill, hiring manager satisfaction, agency utilization, employee referrals, diversity hiring, internal mobility ratio and university hiring ratio)

  • HP ()
    • Talent Acquisition Manager - Middle East Mediterranean & Africa (MEMA)
      Mar 2014 - Oct 2015 · 1 yr 8 mos

      Leads and manages a staffing team (8 direct reports), including hiring, setting and monitoring of annual performance plans, coaching, and development. Accountable for talent acquisition strategic planning, resourcing and budgeting Partners closely with business leaders to link the organizational business and hiring strategies to improve organization effectiveness in hiring best talent Drives organizational transformation from transactional staffing to strategic talent acquisition and leads change management Manages third party vendors. Holds regular reviews and creates action plans to resolve performance issues.

    • Recruitment Specialist - Greece & Africa
      Dec 2007 - Feb 2014 · 6 yrs 3 mos

      Design and implement key regional staffing initiatives initially for Greece & the Africa cluster Build and maintain a dynamic and value-adding partnership with external vendors and internal HP teams (for example GBS, Executive Staffing, Talent Management and Strategic Sourcing) and influencing their activity in order to ensure the success of Global Staffing Drive strategic global recruitment programs which enable HP to align staffing activity with workforce plans Coordinate a team of 3 Staffing advisors