Katalin Feher
Stockholm
Summary
Accomplished Talent Acquisition professional with a proven track record of delivering exceptional results in recruitment delivery and team leadership. Extensive experience in talent acquisition, coupled with strong leadership, excellent communication skills, delegation capabilities, and adaptability. Driving organizational success and foster a high-performance culture. Committed to delivering top-tier talent while continuously refining processes for optimal efficiency.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Global Head of Talent Acquisition and Employer Branding
Stora Enso
08.2021 - Current
- During this journey, I have built and been managing an international global team of 20 Talent Acquisition Partners and Employer Branding Specialists
- Set up best practices, policies, and detailed global recruitment delivery process.
- With my team, I implemented data-driven talent acquisition processes and procedures and have been continuously pushing for further developments to challenge status quo
- I facilitated transition to our new tool, Workday, by building global recruitment process and working on global guidelines.
- I am partnering with our Divisions and People & Culture leaders to align the TA strategy with the business needs
- Fully managing TA budget and cost-effective contract negotiations with our partners.
- Enhanced team workflows and employee job satisfaction by coordinating communication between managers and employees.
- Worked with managers to achieve compliance with organizational policies, providing clarifying information and recommending necessary changes.
Senior Talent Acquisition Manager and Regional Account Director (RPO Pontoon Solutions)
Ericsson Sweden Team
03.2016 - 08.2021
- As Recruitment Account Director (Dec 2019 - Aug 2021) with Ericsson Sweden – responsible for delivering on circa 2700 recruitment per year based on well-defined KPIs/SLAs structure
- Optimized sourcing networks and used proactive methods to direct source candidates.
- Created and drove talent acquisition and job placement strategies to attract diverse candidates.
- Analyzed recruiting metrics to share reports and recommendations with stakeholders.
- Created effective talent acquisition training materials that supported culture and performance objectives.
- 56 people in my delivery team on several multinational locations
- I have reported to my company's (Pontoon Solutions) leadership team as well as our client, Ericsson Sweden
- I have continuously worked on developing our processes to ensure, better quality, less time to hire and diversity.
Senior Talent Acquisition Manager
Ericsson Sweden
03.2016 - 11.2019
- As Senior Talent Acquisition Manager (Mar 2016 - Nov 2019) I managed global projects recruitment projects – Ericsson Research global ramp with over 100 headcounts, IoT leadership reorg, Regional L3 and L4 leadership reorg project as examples
- Line manager for a team of Senior Talent Acquisition Partners
- Defining strategies and retuning the TA processes working together with Ericsson TA/ TR/ TM Team
- Working in closely with Ericsson Sweden's strategic People & Culture team as well as respective business leadership
- Hands-on recruitment lead for C level roles, active search, interviewing and salary negotiation discussions on this level
- Designing candidate souring project strategies and defining the collaboration work on business-critical projects together with the recruiter team
- Working in close strategic collaboration with the Ericsson Sweden Recruiter Manager.
Recruitment Consultant Manager
Hays Specialist Recruitment
01.2012 - 06.2013
- I set up and run my own desk within the ICT division
- Working according to the 360 model (the full life cycle of recruitment)
- Approaching and building relationship with new clients and maintaining existing relations
- Approaching and building relationships with candidates and working closely with them as an expert advisor
- Building up an extensive network within the Swedish technical job market
- Headhunting
- Designing advertising campaigns and creating job ads
- Deciding on candidate sourcing strategies and being flexible enough to change these strategies if needed
- Account management.
Senior Product Manager
Energyforum International Stockholm
01.2010 - 05.2010
- Full responsibility of organising conferences for the ICT and Energy Sector on an international level using my multilingual skills
- End to end event management ranging from identifying conference speakers to venue booking and administration of participants.
Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant
Ericsson Ireland
08.2007 - 06.2009
- I was part of the Ericsson site recruitment team managing internal and external recruitment processes of all Ericsson Ireland business units (RND, BUGS and the Irish Market Unit) circa 1700 employees on two locations
- High volume of recruitment assignments ranging from deeply technical to highly business critical roles
- Working according to Ericsson company culture and well-defined processes
- Interfacing senior level stakeholders and working closely with them on VP level assignments
- Taking and clarifying requirements from hiring leads, agreeing sourcing strategies and timelines, managing expectations, and delivering according to SLAs
- Drawing up contingency plans and being aware of future needs of departments
- Delivering star candidates through direct sourcing
- Working closely with the Ericsson HR team to satisfy business needs
- Managing all recruitment processes including phone and personal interviews, feedbacks, offer and contract processes.
Education
Master's Degree in English History And Literature -
Eötvös Lorand University
Budapest01.1999
Skills
- In-Depth Experience in Talent Acquisition
- Strong Leadership Skills
- Excellent Communication Skills
- Effective Delegation
- Adaptability and Flexibility
- Strategic Planning
- Employer Branding
- Data-Driven Decision-Making
- Recruitment Process Optimization
- Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives
Hobbies and Interests
- Running, cycling, yoga and personal well-being
- Playing the piano and singing
- Spending time with my family
- Fighting climate change and sustainability
Timeline
Global Head of Talent Acquisition and Employer Branding
Stora Enso
08.2021 - Current
Senior Talent Acquisition Manager and Regional Account Director (RPO Pontoon Solutions)
Ericsson Sweden Team
03.2016 - 08.2021
Senior Talent Acquisition Manager
Ericsson Sweden
03.2016 - 11.2019
Recruitment Consultant Manager
Hays Specialist Recruitment
01.2012 - 06.2013
Senior Product Manager
Energyforum International Stockholm
01.2010 - 05.2010
Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant
Ericsson Ireland
08.2007 - 06.2009
Master's Degree in English History And Literature -
Eötvös Lorand University
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