This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, which manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist focusing on Commercial roles based in the Netherlands. In this role, you will spearhead high-impact recruitment initiatives across Commercial, Operations, and Support functions, emphasizing senior leadership, specialist, and business-critical appointments. You will oversee complex searches from initial strategy to successful placement, collaborating closely with senior stakeholders to achieve exceptional hiring outcomes. Alongside managing your recruitment portfolio, you will serve as a trusted adviser and coach, assisting colleagues in enhancing their sourcing strategies, assessment capabilities, and stakeholder management skills. This hands-on, player-coach role combines strategic influence with practical execution in a fast-paced, international environment. You will utilize market intelligence, recruitment analytics, and innovative sourcing techniques to enhance hiring quality, efficiency, and candidate experience. Your contributions will extend beyond individual placements, aiding in the development of stronger recruitment practices and greater capabilities within the broader Talent Acquisition team.

• Lead end-to-end recruitment for senior leadership, director-level, specialist, and business-critical positions across Commercial, Operations, and Support functions, including confidential and sensitive searches.
• Partner with senior leaders to translate business objectives into clear hiring strategies, advising on role scope, candidate profiles, seniority, location, compensation, and assessment criteria.
• Develop and execute targeted sourcing strategies using talent mapping, direct sourcing, market research, and personalized candidate engagement to reach high-caliber and hard-to-find talent.
• Facilitate recruitment kick-offs, calibration sessions, and hiring discussions to align stakeholders, constructively challenge assumptions, and support timely, evidence-based decisions.
• Assess leadership potential, relevant experience, and transferable skills while navigating evolving requirements, complex hiring scenarios, and competing priorities.
• Manage senior-level candidate relationships, offer negotiations, counter-offers, and sensitive conversations, ensuring trust, transparency, and momentum throughout the recruitment process.
• Coach and support Talent Acquisition colleagues through search reviews, candidate calibration, sourcing feedback, and practical guidance on assessment and stakeholder management.
• Help resolve stalled searches, improve recruitment strategies, and provide hands-on support for priority vacancies when additional expertise is needed.
• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition leadership to prioritize critical hiring needs, identify capacity constraints, and recommend practical solutions to improve team delivery.
• Use recruitment data, market intelligence, and candidate feedback to identify risks, evaluate trade-offs, and recommend improvements across priority searches.
• Maintain accurate recruitment records and reporting in Greenhouse, ensuring stakeholders have clear visibility of hiring progress, challenges, and next steps.
• Drive continuous improvement across sourcing, assessment, workflows, and recruitment technology, including automation where appropriate, to enhance hiring quality, speed, conversion rates, and candidate experience.
• Promote structured, inclusive, and candidate-centered recruitment practices, sharing effective approaches and developing reusable tools and guidance that strengthen the wider team.