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Oct 2015 – June 2016 – Recruitment Manager (Overall)

  • Managing 14 FTE (Incl. IT recruitment)
  • Responsible for building out Coolblue’s non-IT recruitment team (Hiring 7 FTE incl. an online recruitment marketeer)
  • Re-structured the recruitment department and set-up Coolblue’s initial recruitment plan for 2016
  • Implementation of a new personality/test tools, Cost-per-hire benchmark, bulk video recruitment pilot to increase recruitment conversion and quality
  • Transitioned a passive recruitment department into a pro-active, data driven and added value department.

 

Sep 2014 – Oct 2015 – IT Recruitment Manager

  • Built up the team to 7 FTE and transitioned the team into a cycle, pro-active recruitment team reaching target
  • Increased the Offer closing ratio by > 10% by restructuring the relocation package and the team on expectation management and deal closing.
  • Increased the funnel conversion from #cv’s per hire
  • Lowered the Cost per Hire (CPH)
  • Introduced and implemented a new company wide Referral policy (>20%)
  • Set-up a recruitment strategy based on the OGSM model
  • Named attractive IT employer 2015 and 2016 by Intermediair
About the Project

Oct 2015 – June 2016 – Recruitment Manager (Overall)

  • Managing 14 FTE (Incl. IT recruitment)
  • Responsible for building out Coolblue’s non-IT recruitment team (Hiring 7 FTE incl. an online recruitment marketeer)
  • Re-structured the recruitment department and set-up Coolblue’s initial recruitment plan for 2016
  • Implementation of a new personality/test tools, Cost-per-hire benchmark, bulk video recruitment pilot to increase recruitment conversion and quality
  • Transitioned a passive recruitment department into a pro-active, data driven and added value department.

 

Sep 2014 – Oct 2015 – IT Recruitment Manager

  • Built up the team to 7 FTE and transitioned the team into a cycle, pro-active recruitment team reaching target
  • Increased the Offer closing ratio by > 10% by restructuring the relocation package and the team on expectation management and deal closing.
  • Increased the funnel conversion from #cv’s per hire
  • Lowered the Cost per Hire (CPH)
  • Introduced and implemented a new company wide Referral policy (>20%)
  • Set-up a recruitment strategy based on the OGSM model
  • Named attractive IT employer 2015 and 2016 by Intermediair
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Focus areas:

Leadership / Management role
100%
Strategy & Budget
85%
Process optimization
85%
Employer Branding
65%

About Coolblue

Coolblue. It once started as a student company. Now, we’re the most customer-centric company in The Netherlands and Belgium, with our own stores, customer service, delivery service, installation service, and repair service. Since our founding in 1999, we’ve had only one goal: to make customers happy. We give advice and we have an obsessive focus on customer satisfaction. With over 4,500 Coolbluers, we work hard to amaze our customers.

Period

September 2014 – June 2016