Recruiter EMEA - 7 months contract

Brooks Sports Inc; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Brooks is seeking a Recruiter to lead our full-cycle recruitment, partnering with clients and cross-functional teams to hire top talent. You’ll apply creative sourcing, advanced candidate search techniques, and a data-driven approach to improve hiring outcomes while upholding Brooks values and a strong candidate experience.

The role emphasizes collaboration, diversity, and continuous process improvement across the recruiting function, with opportunities to influence hiring practices globally.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business management, HR, or related field.
• 3+ years’ full cycle recruiting experience.
• Ability to partner with HR Business Partners, HR Operations, Finance and hiring teams.
• Deep knowledge of recruiting via social media (LinkedIn, etc.).
• Strong collaboration, adaptability, and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced ATS skills including search, assessments and reporting.
• Proficiency with MS Office and HRIS systems.
• Passion for running and active lifestyle.
• Track record of aligning hiring with business goals.

Responsibilities

• Full lifecycle recruiting across multiple disciplines with focus on diversity.
• Refine and execute strategies to attract top quality talent.
• Deliver exceptional candidate experiences that reflect Brooks values.
• Promote diversity and inclusion across teams and roles.
• Build networks; conduct in-depth interviews with potential candidates.
• Maintain recruiting metrics and analyse trends for improvements.
• Ensure fair compensation discussions and pay equity.
• Collaborate with HQ HR Ops and global compensation teams.
• Educate hiring managers with market data to identify top talent.
• Identify issues and gather feedback to improve searches.
• Partner on job descriptions and benchmarking; stay updated on trends.
• Other responsibilities as required.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Talent sourcing

Stakeholder management

Diversity hiring

ATS proficiency

Analytical mindset

Communication

Relationship building

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business management, Human Resources, or related field

Tools

ATS systems

MS Office

HRIS

Job description

Who We Are:

At Brooks, we believe movement is the key to feeling more alive. That’s why we’re driven to create gear and experiences that take people to the place that makes them feel more alive — whether it’s a headspace, a feeling, or a finish line.

Everyone who works at Brooks is propelled by a company culture that sparks excitement, fuels collaboration, inspires creativity, and ignites innovation.

Our brand values help bond us together and drive our success:

• Runner First
  • We act in the best interest of the runner
• Word is Bond
  • We do what we say we’ll do
• Champion Heart
  • We give our all in everything we do
• There is no “I” in Run
  • We stay generous with our humanity
• Keep Moving
  • We find ways to move every day, because joy is kinetic!

We welcome everyone from every walk of life looking to inspire others through the power of movement - because we’re all moving towards something. Let’s run there.

Your Job

As a Brooks Recruiter, you are responsible for our highly collaborative full-cycle recruitment. Recruiting at Brooks requires an absolute passion for hiring the best in the industry. In this role, deep partnerships with your clients and an understanding of their business is at the core of our talent acquisition beliefs. You bring a wide range of creativity to your recruiting approach; including in-depth knowledge of advanced candidate search techniques using social media, recruiting standard methodologies, and a dedication to advancing diversity. In this role, you will: act as a trusted advisor to candidates and internal business partners, identify and engage with top talent, drive recruiting best practices, diversity hiring strategies, and deliver an unparalleled candidate experience. You have a history of using data to influence change, map effective selection processes and recruitment plans, and executing consistently. You actively seek out additional venues for advertising and brand exposure. You have experience and interest sharing knowledge and experiences with peers and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Full Lifecycle Recruiting - Effectively recruit qualified candidates using new and creative recruiting methods, sources, advertising and events.
• Refine and execute recruiting strategies across multiple corporate disciplines and levels to attract and hire top quality talent with a dedication to diverse hiring practices.
• Deliver exceptional candidate experiences that represent our values and culture. You understand that every decision impacts our candidates. From ATS selection to best practices, interview scheduling to tough conversations on comp, your daily check-in asks “is this delivering a brand experience?”
• Diversity: Establish and promote diversity and inclusion in multiple aspects including:
  • Identification of high-performing and diverse talent;
  • Creating and maintaining an environment of objectivity, open communication, and respect;
  • Supporting strategies and initiatives that build high-performing, diverse and inclusive teams, and support formal diversity goal requirements.
• Build and maintain a network of potential candidates through pro‑active market research and ongoing relationship management; conduct in‑depth interviews of potential candidates, demonstrating ability to anticipate hiring manager preferences.
• Maintain metrics that measure our recruiting programs and practices. Identify trends and provide recommendations to the HR Manager, EMEA and Recruiting Manager.
• Ensure a thorough pay equity analysis is performed to come to a fair compensation offer for new hires.
• Partner with HQ HR Operations Team on actions, as appropriate, to address competitive pay gaps.
• Use talent market expertise, data, and business acumen to educate and influence hiring managers on how to identify and acquire the best talent.
• Using a consultative approach, proactively identify and resolve issues, and solicit feedback from the hiring manager to ensure that each search is on target and results in the best hire for the role.
• Partner with both hiring managers and our global compensation team on creation of job descriptions and related benchmarking.
• Keep up to date on recruiting trends, technologies and development of workflow improvements to continuously evolve the recruiting experience.
• Other responsibilities as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business management, Human Resources, or related field.
• 3+ years’ full cycle recruiting experience
• Demonstrated ability to partner internally with HR Business Partners, HR Operations, Finance and hiring teams.
• Demonstrated ability to develop highly positive relationships with individuals and teams that are made up of diverse disciplines and cultural backgrounds resulting in effective working relationships across the company.
  • Demonstrated ability to partner internally with HR Business Partners, HR Operations, Finance and hiring teams.
• In-depth knowledge of recruiting techniques using social media (LinkedIn, Twitter, job boards, etc.) to ensure we’re reaching potential candidates in unique and creative ways.
• Ultimate team player; willing and excited to roll up your sleeves and contribute to all parts of the recruiting process with a positive attitude.
• You show adaptability and resilience when faced with change or ambiguous problems.
• Advanced experience in ATS systems usage including candidate search, assessments and reporting.
• Excellent social skills including negotiating, influencing, problem solving and facilitation skills with experience establishing credibility and strong working relationships at all levels throughout the organization.
• Attention to detail and collaboration skills.
• Ability to prioritize competing deadlines and tasks to manage deadlines and time effectively is critical.
• Analytical skills and reporting strongly desired.
• Computer proficiency with MS Office programs, HRIS systems including ATS systems.
• A passion for the running enthusiast and active lifestyle.
• Proven success partnering with internal clients to identify the right talent, skills and attributes and to counsel Managers when making hiring decisions.
• Embraces and lives the Brooks values!