Principal Recruiter, Technology

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Help us grow our Technology teams in Europe!

At Flexport, we believe global trade can move the human race forward. That’s why it’s our mission to make it easy and accessible for everyone. We’re shaping the future of a $8.6T industry with solutions powered by innovative technology and exceptional people. Today, companies of all sizes—from emerging brands to Fortune 500s—use Flexport technology to move more than $19B of merchandise across 112 countries a year.

The recent global supply chain crisis has put Flexport centre stage as we continue to play a pivotal role in how goods move around the world. At a valuation of $8 billion, we’re experiencing record growth and are proud to have the support of the best investors in the game who believe in our mission, solutions and people. Ready to tackle global challenges that impact business, society, and the environment? Come join us.

The opportunity:

Amsterdam is our European Technology Headquarters. In the last year we have doubled the size of our teams and this is just the start! Our Recruiters are killing it, but to support the business’ exciting growth plans for 2022 and beyond we are looking for a Principal Recruiter

What you’ll be doing:

  • You will run a full recruiting cycle for a variety of positions across our Technology division.Working side by side with Leaders both here in Amsterdam and across all our global hubs. 
  • You will be  responsible for sourcing and identifying passive candidates while tracking data to ensure you’re investing in sources with the highest ROI.
  • Write eye catching copy to ensure top conversion rates.
  • Partner closely with our Recruiting and Hiring Leaders to ensure we attract, assess and close the best of the best.
  • Regularly over-communicate information such as candidate pipelines, recruiting funnel metrics, and performance data to internal stakeholders.
  • Build trusted candidate relationships, drive offer approvals, extensions, and negotiations.
  • Work closely with marketing and stakeholders across Europe to drive brand efforts within region
  • Have a flexible "can do" approach, happy to work in an every changing environment and be part of an exciting journey!
  • Mentor and coach more junior members of the team

What you’ll need

  • A proven track record either within agency or fast paced startup environment
  • Extensive experience recruiting in the EMEA technology market
  • Relationship Management. Your fans include Candidates, Interviewers, and Hiring Leaders;
  • Drive for results. You bring the drive to see processes through end-to-end and ensure you deliver top talent every time; Data and metrics are a motivator
  • Hustle. The success of our company depends on our ability to find, assess, and sell the best of the best
  • Humility.  No task is too big or too small;
  • Positivity. We work awfully hard and we’re having a blast doing it; and
  • True excitement about building a Global Team
  • A passion for data and how to use it to influence your search strategy

What's in it for you?

We are a deeply passionate bunch of people all working towards a common goal and we want to empower each other to be the best!  Hence our motto #oneteam You will have the opportunity to work side by side with peers across the globe to learn and develop your skill set. We encourage personal development and indeed will give you an allowance for this!

This is a new role locally, but with support of a global team in the US there will be excellent learning opportunities. You will be set clear goals and empowered to overachieve these.  We encourage individuality. You are not just a cog in our recruitment machinery, you are key to our success and we want you to share ideas, learnings and experience to drive Sourcing innovation. We want to do things differently and dare you to try!

Oh, and did we mention our cool office- based in central Amsterdam with free breakfast and lunch, amazing roof terrace, fully packed snack cupboards and drinks fridge. We are a social lot and love to have fun. We have tons of ERG (social groups)  so whatever your passion there will be a group for you!

Up for the challenge? We want to hear from you…. We are looking to run interviews in the next few weeks so get your application in now!