Wendy Defever

Founder DoubleYou.Careers | Dedicated Talent Search | Engineering, Quality & Leadership | Industrial Manufacturing

Brasschaat, Flemish Region, Belgium

About

At ๐——๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚.๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, we are a specialist executive search partner for the ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ. We help organizations attract and secure exceptional ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ-๐˜๐—ผ-๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ across production, engineering, maintenance, quality, operations and industrial performance functions. By connecting the right people with the right environments, we enable manufacturing companies to strengthen ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด-๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต. We focus on building ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด-๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ, ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต-๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ with both clients and professionals. Our approach is based on a deep understanding of industrial environments, company culture and the technical realities of modern manufacturing. This allows us to deliver more than recruitment โ€” we provide ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต, ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ that supports critical hiring decisions. With ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, DoubleYou.Careers has become a trusted partner for companies seeking to build strong industrial teams and for professionals ready to take the next step in their careers. Whether you are hiring for a key position or exploring your next move, we ensure ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜. ๐——๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚.๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ โ€“ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜.

Experience

  • Founder at DoubleYou.Careers
    Sep 2023 - Present ยท 2 yrs 11 mos

    At ๐——๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚.๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, we are a specialist executive search partner for the ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ. We help organizations attract and secure exceptional ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ-๐˜๐—ผ-๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ across production, engineering, maintenance, quality, operations and industrial performance functions. By connecting the right people with the right environments, we enable manufacturing companies to strengthen ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด-๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต. We focus on building ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด-๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ, ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต-๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ with both clients and professionals. Our approach is based on a deep understanding of industrial environments, company culture and the technical realities of modern manufacturing. This allows us to deliver more than recruitment โ€” we provide ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต, ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ that supports critical hiring decisions. With ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, DoubleYou.Careers has become a trusted partner for companies seeking to build strong industrial teams and for professionals ready to take the next step in their careers. Whether you are hiring for a key position or exploring your next move, we ensure ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜. ๐——๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚.๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ โ€“ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜.

  • Company Owner at Double You Consulting & Coaching
    Feb 2022 - Present ยท 4 yrs 6 mos

  • European Talent Acquisition Specialist at Etex
    Feb 2022 - Oct 2023 ยท 1 yr 9 mos

    As a consultant for Etex, I supported three distinct talent acquisition projects across Europe, focusing on Engineering and Leadership profiles within complex industrial environments. Operating in a multinational and performance-driven organization, I was responsible for identifying and attracting both specialized technical experts and leadership talent across multiple countries. The assignments required a strong understanding of niche skill sets, stakeholder management across different regions, and a targeted, research-driven search approach in competitive talent markets.

  • Senior International Talent Acquisition Specialist at Agidens
    May 2018 - Feb 2022 ยท 3 yrs 10 mos

    At Agidens, I was responsible for Search & Selection of Engineering and Life Sciences talent across Europe. I partnered with highly regulated pharmaceutical and industrial environments, supporting the identification and attraction of specialists and leadership profiles for complex technical projects, including assignments for Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer.

  • Owner & Certified Coach at Mind Body Balance
    Aug 2012 - May 2018 ยท 5 yrs 10 mos

    Coaching & Training