talent acquisition specialist for international hiring

Goliath is an international toy and games company headquartered in the Netherlands and active in more than 100 countries. Its portfolio includes brands such as Sequence, Triominos, Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty, Wahu and Clickeez.

• Work directly with GMs and leadership teams to regularly review their organisations, including key talent, succession gaps, performance and future hiring needs;
• Challenge leaders when their team needs strengthening or a hiring decision is not good enough;
• Personally lead recruitment for priority roles, from defining the brief and sourcing candidates through interviews, selection and offer;
• Take an active role in US recruitment, where a significant share of hiring takes place;
• Decide when a search should be run directly and when an external recruiter adds value;
• Identify and manage agencies where and when they are used;
• Own recruitment spend for the searches led or overseen and maximise value from recruitment partners;
• Support offer negotiations using relevant market and compensation data;
• Stay involved after new hires have onboarded, check their progress against established milestones and support action planning when needed;
• Give leadership a clear view of recruitment progress, talent gaps and people risks across markets.

• Experienced recruiter and talent leader comfortable operating at senior level while remaining hands-on;
• Essential hands-on recruitment experience in the US market;
• 10+ Years of recruitment and/or talent experience, including significant hands-on recruitment;
• Strong track record of finding and closing high-quality candidates, including senior hires;
• Credibility to work directly with executive teams and confidence to challenge them when needed;
• Ability to quickly understand different businesses, markets and personalities;
• Sound judgment and discretion when handling sensitive performance, succession and people matters;
• Experience working internationally across different cultures and markets;
• Direct, pragmatic and relationship-driven working style;
• Ability to operate independently without a large corporate HR infrastructure;
• Nice to have: experience in consumer products, entertainment or another fast-moving international business.

• Goliath is family-owned, international, entrepreneurial and growing;
• The role works with teams across the US, Europe and Asia.