Sam is a results orientated Talent Acquisition Leader with a speciality in building, enabling and motivating large in-house recruitment teams to deliver step change performance. He has built and embedded effective SLA/KPI metrics across the spectrum of in-house, RPO, agency and search environments.
Sam is experienced across Banking, Financial Services, Energy and FMCG sectors and global markets (Europe, MENA, APAC). He is passionate about empowering and motivating his team to create a Resourcing Centre-of-Excellence. Ownership of the end-to-end recruitment cycle including annual resource planning, internal mobility and succession planning through to onboarding and induction. With a prime focus on enhancing the hiring manager and candidate experience, Sam has extensive experience of creating and aligning the Employee Value Proposition (EVP) with resourcing strategy to position organisations as an Employer of Choice.
What’s a professional achievement of yours from 2024 that you are proud of?
Completed recruitment transformation at Masdar, including org re-design, launch and adoption of new ATS (Smart Recruiters). Delivered record hiring number (60% YoY increase) and improved all key hiring metrics
How has the RL Community/helped you this year?
Peer connections and sharing best practice / innovation
What is your prediction for the TA industry for 2025?
A challenging year with many companies driving cost efficiencies. Middle East in particular is seen as an attractive destination, with competition increasing for the strongest talent