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Life Technologies - Talent Acquistion Manager, Norway

Employment Type: Permanent
Location: Oslo - Oslo/Akershus, Norway
Salary: ŁNegotiable package
Languages: English, Norwegian
Required Languages: 2

Advertiser Details

  • Name:
    Life Technologies
  • Posted:
    02-02-2012
  • Code:
    RW/NB
Talent Acquisition Manager – Nordics (EMEA Region)
Life Technologies is a global biotechnology tools company dedicated to improving the human condition. Our systems, consumables and services enable researchers to accelerate scientific exploration, driving to discoveries and developments that make life even better. The company has historical sales of approximately $3.6 billion, employs 9,500 people, has a presence in more than 110 countries, and possesses a rapidly growing intellectual property estate of over 3,600 patents and exclusive licenses.

Position Objective:

To provide professional level support and service in the selection and hiring of highly qualified personnel across the Nordics region, and further across the EMEA region as business requirements may dictate.

Essential Functions:

In conjunction with hiring managers, recruit, interview, screen and evaluate candidates. Coordinate direct sourcing, advertising (paper, internet), schedule interviews, test and evaluate applicants, verify employment and references, and prepare offer and rejection letters. Coordinate resources such as temporary employees and relocation services.
Develop and maintain recruitment postings, logs and regulatory reporting as assigned.
Deliver a value add talent acquisition experience for all our customers including market information, talent pipeline, organisational design and thought leadership.
Develop and implement detailed recruitment strategies and planning for all openings and more broadly to support workforce planning. Assist HR site personnel in developing similar strategies and implementing related issues.
Work with our global university relations team to ensure that we focus on the right sources of emerging talent in your region.
Assist departments and HR personnel in developing affirmative action goals and consult with hiring managers regarding those goals during the selection process.
Participate in the recruitment planning process for Life Technologies globally. Contribute to the development of the recruitment toolkit.
Represent Life Technologies at job fairs, industry groups, university recruitment etc.
Participate in the retention planning process for Invitrogen globally. Provide input regarding positions that are difficult to hire or retain and assist in implementing resolution strategies.
Plan event schedule for your region, and data to support decision making on employer brand spend.
May perform other related duties as required and/or assigned.

Nature and Scope:

This position interacts with varying levels of personnel requiring the ability to clearly communicate verbally and in writing Life Technologies HR and Recruiting policies and programs and the interpretation of them.
Effectiveness in this role requires a functional knowledge of corporate operations, product line and recruitment markets.
The incumbent determines own practices and procedures and contributes to the development of new concepts. Decisions are made within policy constraints.
Performs routine duties independently with instructions given on new projects or assignments.
Job encounters recurring work situations with occasional variations from the norm, involving a diverse scope and moderate to high degree of complexity. Accuracy is required in performing all functions of this position; mistakes in work could cause substantial data errors and financial loss.
The incumbent must possess self-motivation, enthusiasm, and a positive demeanor toward the job, the company and their work team.

Education:

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, or other related discipline, or the equivalent knowledge and experience is required.

Experience:

Requires relevant professional level human resources talent acquisition experience gained over a minimum of 7+ years.
Demonstrated organisational and creative problem solving skills, and excellent verbal and written communication skills required.
User level working knowledge of HR information systems preferred.
Working knowledge of common HR concepts, practices and procedures is strongly preferred.
Nordics recruitment and language capability
Direct sourcing of talent in different regions and languages.


Reporting:

Reports to Head of Talent Acquisition EMEA
Role has no direct reports

Travel:

May require travel up to 20%

Due to the nature of this position, the recruiter has requested to restrict applications by location. Only candidates in Europe (EEA) may apply.

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