EMEA Recruitment is proud to be launching Women in Leadership initiatives for Procurement & Supply Chain functions in Switzerland.

Q4 2021 saw us host our first Roundtable within Procurement & Supply Chain, focusing on Women in Leadership. We explored the gender gap in Switzerland in the context of Procurement & Supply Chain leadership specifically.

Women represent only 30% of leadership roles in Switzerland, and under 5% of roles at VP level and above. We looked at statistics that demonstrated which industries and roles were more greatly affected, and discussed the main challenges to creating a diverse workforce and supporting women into leadership roles. We also explored the steps that can be taken to provide women with opportunities that will allow them to move into senior leadership positions.

Interesting topics ranged from:

• Country and company cultures
• Top-down vs. bottom-up approaches
• Leadership traits and responsibilities
• Imposter syndrome
• Visibility of female leaders
• Sponsorship vs. mentorship
• Un-conscious bias

We had some incredible feedback from the participants, and we would like to extend a thank you to all of those who joined us and a special thanks to our co-hosts, Alejandra Garcia (VP Procurement at DSM), and Pauline King and Varsha Asarpota (CIPS Switzerland).

In this initial session, there was an interest to further explore the topic of inclusive language and techniques to attract and retain women. We will therefore be rolling out some coaching sessions on this subject.

Diversity & Inclusion is high on our agenda at EMEA Recruitment; we would love for you to engage with us further in this area.

Please contact Charlotte Cruise, Senior Consultant, directly if you would like a full breakdown of the initial Roundtable, or to be included on the invites for the linguistics training or future events centred around Diversity & Inclusion and women’s careers: [email protected]

EMEA Recruitment is delighted to welcome Katie Insley to our Netherlands team. Katie joins us as an Associate Director to manage our Human Resources division for the Dutch market.

We are delighted to expand our HR offering in the Netherlands with Katie at the helm.

She joins our other specialist divisions in the Netherlands: Finance & Accountancy, Procurement & Supply Chain and Operations.

Michelle Ewing continues to lead our Netherlands department, as Country Director.**

Katie has worked within recruitment for 16 years, specialising in HR for the past 14 years. She has an in-depth understanding of the sector and how it has evolved as a critical function within businesses.

She has partnered with large international organisations, as well as SMEs, working with them to secure talent in a range of generalist and specialist HR roles.

Katie is proud to place the candidate journey and experience at the heart of her role, which enables her to build long-term, trusting relationships, supporting individuals to achieve their career goals.

She will be working with our clients on sourcing candidates for the following positions:

• Group HR Director
• HR Director
• Head/VP of HR
• HR Business Partner
• HR Manager
• HRIS Implementation Expert
• HR Executive
• Organisational Development
• ED&I Specialist
• Talent Management
• Compensation & Benefits
• Payroll
• HR Analysts
• HR Generalists

EMEA Recruitment is proud to proactively source top candidates for HR vacancies within multiple industries across the Dutch market.

If you are interested in moving forward in your HR career in the Netherlands, or if your business is searching for the best candidates available for any of these roles, contact Katie at: [email protected]

We wish Katie the best of luck as she enters her new role at EMEA Recruitment and look forward to her success in the HR sector.

Commendations of Katie's work can now be viewed on our candidate testimonials and client testimonials pages.

** Michelle's role has since changed. Please contact, Richard Bailey for any enquires in regards to recruitment in the Netherlands.

Last week was a busy and productive week for EMEA Recruitment in Switzerland, with two big events taking place.

On Weds 16th May, we held a HR networking event in Zurich. It was well attended and proved to be a relaxed and informative evening. This was a wonderful opportunity for HR professionals to discuss common issues, such as market and recruitment trends. Our HR specialist consultants, as well as senior management of EMEA Recruitment, enjoyed the opportunity to catch up in person with those in our network, chatting until late into the evening.

If you would like to join us for future HR events in Switzerland, please reach out to Keely Straw.

Despite the late finish, the following evening some of the consultants from our HR team joined forces with consultants from our Finance division, to complete a 6k run in Zug with B2Run. Starting at the Bossard Arena, EMEA Recruitment ran alongside 900 other contenders from other international businesses such as Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eastman Chemical, Glencore, Medela and Shire.

At EMEA Recruitment we actively encourage exercise as a complement to our working life, with each employee receiving weekly personal training and yoga sessions as part of their employee benefits. The B2Run was a fantastic way to put their training to practice, with everyone successfully completing the run in good time.

If you are intrested in joining the team or finding out more about working at EMEA, please contact Laura Henderson.