Ted Meulenkamp

Current

Executive Recruiter at VistaPrint
Freelance Recruitment Manager Europe at Orange Recruitment Services

Past

Staffing Manager Europe / Global Recruitment Leader for Infrastructure Group at Agilent Technologies
Recruitment Manager Europe at Affiliated Computer Services (ACS Inc)
Recruitment Consultant at Mercuri Urval

Recruitment Consultant at Michael Page
Recruitment Manager at Lost Boys
Corporate Recruiter at Compuware
Recruitment Consultant at Proficiency
internship at Unilever

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Education

Universiteit Utrecht

Recommended

26 people have recommended Ted

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Printing

Websites

Ted Meulenkamp’s Summary

Currently RECRUITING for VISTAPRINT in BARCELONA

Senior Product Marketing Specialist
General Manager The Netherlands
Director of Content Strategy
Director of User Experience and Web Optimization

ABOUT ME
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I'm a promiscuous networker (some call it Open Networker :-)) and will accept your invites.

So what is the benefit of connecting with me? With close to 11.000 direct connections recruiters can get in touch with more candidates. I will forward all your request within 24 hours unless you are reaching out to my companies employees.

Normal hard working souls can on the other hand be reached by recruiters who have that dream job you have been waiting for. You won't get spammed by me directly unless you have the profile I'm searching for. If however you have not selected "job opportunities" as one of the reasons to contact you I will respect that!

Don't ask me for recommendations if you haven't worked with me!

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Ted Meulenkamp’s Specialties:

I'm an experienced recruitment manager with strong experience in building a team and process from the ground. Managing a pan-european team and drive them through stormy weather in difficult markets. Recruited everything from base level to VP's

Responsible for recruitment in Europe
Recruitment in High Tech Environment
Recruitment in BPO
Recruitment Process Optimization
Campus recruitment strategies
Recruitment Metrics

Ted Meulenkamp’s Experience

Executive Recruiter

VistaPrint

(Public Company; VPRT; Internet industry)

May 2009 — Present (3 months)

VistaPrint (www.VistaPrint.com – NASDAQ: VPRT) is the leading online supplier of high-quality graphic design services and customized printed products to small businesses and consumers worldwide with over 17,000,000 customers in more than 120 countries. The company offers a broad spectrum of products ranging from business cards and brochures to invitations and holiday cards. It seeks to offer compelling value to its customers through an innovative use of technology, a broad selection of customized printed products, low pricing and personalized customer service.

EXECUTIVE RECRUITER
- full cycle recruiter for senior positions across Europe
- provide sourcing support to recruitment team
- responsible for establishing "graduate program"
- act as consultant to bring an already excellent recruitment team to the next level.

Keywords: sourcing, recruitment, staffing, e-commerce, email marketing, SEO, SEM, web site optimization, google analytics, CPM, CPO, customer segmentation, CRM, direct marketing
Freelance Recruitment Manager Europe

Orange Recruitment Services

(Human Resources industry)

March 2009 — Present (5 months)

With 12 years of recruitment experience on both agency and corporate side I can offer strong recruitment services on a freelance basis. The services are flexible and can be:

Full Cycle recruitment services: ideal if you are short of hands in your department or simply want to have a flexible quality workforce

Sourcing: shortlisting of candidates for any requisition that you may have.

Locations: my location is Barcelona, Spain but there is no limit to the countries where I can help you. Recruitment is a phone and internet game and out of my home office I can support you in any European country. If you require on-site recruitment we can discuss this as I'm flexible in travel and on-site stay.

Languages: Dutch, English and Spanish are spoken as native. I do service German speaking markets but do not hold interviews in that language.

Fees: depends on the location, duration and type of assignment. Anything can be discussed as long as its a win-win situation for everybody.
Staffing Manager Europe / Global Recruitment Leader for Infrastructure Group

Agilent Technologies

(Public Company; A; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

April 2006 — May 2009 (3 years 2 months)

STAFFING MANAGER EUROPE
(Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Nordics, The Netherlands, Belgium, UK, Scotland, Ireland, France, Italy, Spain, Russia & Israel)

- Manage 3 recruiters and RPO
- Global Lead Lean process project (2008)
- Global Lead Recruiter Development Program (2007)
- Global Lead Quality of Candidates (2009)
- Develop Competency Model (2009)
- Regional Lead for ATS optimization (2008 ongoing)
- Responsible for European campus recruitment program
- Leading international Executive Searches in-house and external
- Develop Preferred Vendor Management program
- Building internal sourcing capabilities (project “may the source be with you”)

per May 08 - GLOBAL RECRUITMENT LEADER for Infrastructure Group
- together with regional lead develop staffing plans
- relationship management with C level executives
- align staffing activities with headcount plans
- global escalation point

Great company with a great history (founded by Hewlett and Packard) and I was working with some awesome recruiters and senior recruitment leaders. I've learned a lot about working on a global level in a high-tech environment with demanding internal customers. I think my greatest achievement (IMHO) was turning around a reactive post and pray recruitment organization to a trusted, streamlined, proactive sourcing machine. As a result our TAT's and agency usage went down while hiring manager satisfaction went up from 5.8 to 7.8 in 2 years time. Unfortunately I was made redundant due to the financial crisis.
Recruitment Manager Europe

Affiliated Computer Services (ACS Inc)

(Public Company; ACS; Information Technology and Services industry)

May 2004 — April 2006 (2 years)

Responsible for European Recruitment for ACS. One of the largest outsourcing companies for ITO, HRO and F&A.

- shared service center in Barcelona, Spain - 465 annually
- shared service center in Krakow, Poland - involved in labor pool assessment and ramp up of the site.
- personally hired 125 senior managers in 2 years for projects and corporate
- design and implementation of EMEA recruitment process
- development recruitment bonus based on quality hires
- development and implementation of recruitment metrics
- managing a team of 4 recruiters

What a wild ride has this been! ACS must be the most chaotic company in the world - growing too fast due to acquisitions (through outsourcing projects), continuously changing management and focus - great people in Europe (well, I recruited most of them myself ;-) and the steepest learning curve you can imagine. Huge workload and huge fun factor - it was hard to leave my great team behind but Agilent offered more international exposure and more global projects.
Recruitment Consultant

Mercuri Urval

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

April 2002 — May 2004 (2 years 2 months)

Consultant recruitment for medium sized companies. Working the desk, cold calling and selling recruitment services. Great methodology to get to understand a client's business models. Not so great in their sourcing strategy but we got the job done. Focussed on internal companies without HR department.

Moved to ACS for a dream job as Recruitment Manager Europe
Recruitment Consultant

Michael Page

(Public Company; MPI.L; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

February 2001 — November 2001 (10 months)

Very agressive sales methods and 12-hour working days. Focussing on IT recruitment and later moved into Finance due to the internet bubble.
Recruitment Manager

Lost Boys

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

January 2001 — February 2001 (2 months)

Typical Internet bubble experience.First job after moving to Spain and hired with the promise that they would have to recruit 85 people in the coming year and it turned out that I was actually their last hire!!! They had to fire 25 more with me. Loved the company though!
Corporate Recruiter

Compuware

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

November 1999 — November 2000 (1 year 1 month)

international recruiter for professional services
Recruitment Consultant

Proficiency

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Human Resources industry)

November 1996 — November 1999 (3 years 1 month)

Specialized recruitment for banking industry.
internship

Unilever

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Food & Beverages industry)

September 1995 — February 1996 (6 months)

internship of 6 months in Venezuela. Life changing experience!

Additional Information

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Ted Meulenkamp’s Interests:

anything related to recruitment (really anything). Trying to pick up windsurfing and can get hooked on stupid action video games.

Ted Meulenkamp’s Groups:

member of Recruiter Roundtable, UK Recruiter Group, EMEA Recruiters, LION, Recruiting Trends, Six Degrees from Dave, Obama for President

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