Marie FAGAN
Ireland
Summary
Accomplished recruitment professional with extensive expertise in technical recruiting, executive search, and headhunting. Proficient in utilising Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and recruitment analytics to enhance performance metrics evaluation and workforce planning. Demonstrates strong skills in confidentiality and discretion practice, diversity and inclusion principles, and GDPR regulations familiarity. Adept at leveraging tools such as LinkedIn, Bullhorn, and Hirevue for effective recruitment marketing strategies. Committed to fostering corporate culture comprehension while ensuring compliance with employment law. Career goals include advancing recruitment strategies to drive organisational success through innovative talent acquisition solutions.
Specialising in recruitment and talent acquisition with focus on identifying and attracting top talent. Capable of developing and executing innovative recruitment strategies to enhance organisational talent pool. Skills include talent sourcing, employer branding, and maintaining candidate relationships for future opportunities.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
2023
2023
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Recruitment Manager
Force Recruitment
10.2024 - 02.2025
- Company Overview: www.forcerecruitment.com
- Lead and mentor a team of 6 recruiters, providing coaching, training, and performance feedback.
- Develop and execute recruitment strategies to meet client needs and efficiently fill roles.
- Manage client relationships, ensuring high satisfaction and alignment with hiring goals.
- Track recruitment metrics, ensuring targets are met and continuously improving processes.
- Www.forcerecruitment.com
EMEA Lead Recruiter
Takeda Pharmaceuticals (via Korn Ferry & IBM)
Dublin & Zurich, Ireland & Switzerland
01.2016 - 10.2024
- Company Overview: www.takeda.com
- Collaborated with HR leads and hiring managers to align recruitment strategies with hiring needs.
- Successfully hired 1200 permanent staff for Takeda, Zurich and Dublin.
- Led talent identification and candidate engagement across multiple departments and positions.
- Drove recruitment strategy meetings, assessed candidates, and supported decision-making processes.
- Built partnerships to ensure smooth recruiting and selection processes, providing in-depth understanding of job specifications, qualifications, and competencies.
- Acted as a subject matter expert in sourcing techniques, ensuring effective identification of prospective talent for current and future hiring needs.
- Proactively built and maintained talent pools of pre-screened candidates, reducing sourcing times for future roles.
- Delivered exceptional candidate and hiring manager experiences across all stages of the recruitment cycle.
- Led continuous improvement initiatives for critical recruitment metrics, ensuring optimal performance.
- Managed recruitment operations using Workday, websites, and social media platforms.
- Supported recruitment campaigns across the EMEA region, ensuring effective implementation of regional and global recruiting strategies.
- Maintained databases, generated complex reports (daily/weekly/monthly), and tracked trends in client and candidate markets.
- Contributed to the development of recruitment best practices, account management, and consultancy services.
- Www.takeda.com
Education
Korn Ferry Life Sciences Foundation -
Korn Ferry Inhouse
IBM Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner - undefined
IBM Human Resources in a Cognitive Era - Essentials - undefined
Life Sciences Foundation - IBM - undefined
International Business Studies with French and German - Merit Certificate
Skills
- HiredScore
- Workday
- Enborder
- Horsefly
- DataPeople
- Avature
- Korn Ferry Recruit
- Hirevue
- Webex
- Infographic's
- Market mapping
- Social media slides
- Confidentiality and discretion practice
- Performance metrics evaluation
- Relocation assistance knowledge
- Headhunting expertise
- Workforce planning capabilities
- GDPR regulations familiarity
- Corporate culture comprehension
- Technical recruiting
- Executive search
- Background checking
- Contract negotiation
- Recruitment strategies
- Interviewing skills
- Applicant Tracking System (ATS) proficient
- Recruitment analytics
Accomplishments
- Mosaic Emerging Talent Program - Selected for Korn Ferry 2024 (100 selected out of 5000 employees), 01/01/24
- Selected as SME for Korn Ferry Assessment Rollout - Global, 2024, 01/01/24
- Ranked Top European Recruiter - Europe, 2024 (out of 120 team), 01/01/24
- Fully proficient in work permits, relocation, and taxation for non-EU candidates in Zurich
- Exceeded performance expectations (2022/23/24 - 4/5 rating), 01/01/24
- Appointed Lead Recruiter for Takeda's Global Pharmaceutical operations, recruiting 1,200 permanent staff across Dublin and Zurich roles
- Successfully led Greenfield recruitment for a state of the art Biologic's manufacturing facility, with 270 permanent staff hired over a 12 month timeframe.
- Consistently received IBM/Korn Ferry Recognition Rewards (2016-2024), 01/01/24
- Mentored recruitment teams approx 50 across Dublin, London, Dubai, Poland, and Zurich
- Played key role in the implementation of a new background checking vendor for Takeda
Custom
- Passionate about sports, particularly long-distance running.
- Completed 10 Triathlons (Sprint level) and multiple charity cycles (50 km/90 km memorial rides).
- Active participant in charity runs, including the Mullingar Half Marathon (2015-2024) in aid of ChildLine.
Affiliations
- Running half marathon level
- Swimming
- Cycling
Timeline
Recruitment Manager
Force Recruitment
10.2024 - 02.2025
EMEA Lead Recruiter
Takeda Pharmaceuticals (via Korn Ferry & IBM)
01.2016 - 10.2024
IBM Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner - undefined
IBM Human Resources in a Cognitive Era - Essentials - undefined
Life Sciences Foundation - IBM - undefined
International Business Studies with French and German - Merit Certificate
Korn Ferry Life Sciences Foundation -
Korn Ferry Inhouse
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