Ana Barreira Schulz

• Reduced time-to-fill for open positions by implementing efficient recruitment strategies and effective collaboration with hiring managers.
• Established strong relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and alignment on talent acquisition goals and objectives.
• Cultivated positive candidate experience that reinforced company's reputation as employer of choice, from initial contact through to offer stage.

• 06/23 - 11/23: Freelance TA Specialist at Sanden International Europe: hiring engineers for roles based in Germany (EU HQ) and Poland; business partner to hiring managers and to the business (close collaboration with HQ Japan HR and TA Hisense); selection of a new Applicant Tracking System; advising on TA strategies and employer branding topics.
• 02/23 - 05/23: Freelance Recruiter at Capco: active sourcing for AML and Wealth & Asset Management consultant roles.
• 04/23 - 07/23: Freelance Recruiter at CYCLE: sourcing and first interviews for HR, Operations and BD roles
• 10/22 - 02/23: Freelance Recruiter EMEA at Western Union: E2E recruitment for roles in Germany, Austria, Turkey, Ireland and South Africa; managing recruitment agencies (kickoff calls; weekly meetings).
• 01/22 - 07/22: TA Manager (Contractor) at CYCLE (Berlin-based startup - e-bike industry): E2E recruitment of white and blue collar roles based in Berlin, France and Italy; HR tasks: co-design of a Diversity workshop to all employees; creation of an internal diversity survey to present information to investors; creation of a recruitment report for senior leadership to support data-driven recruitment decisions.
• 07/21 - 12/21: Recruiter (Contractor) at JustEat Takeaway.com, 6-month project: hiring for Sales roles to scale JET's Portugal team (SDR´s, Account Managers, Sales Team Lead); close collaboration with Portugal´s Managing Director to streamline local recruitment, attraction strategies and candidate experience.

• Recruitment Partner at Xerox UK via Resource Solutions;
• Leading role in the operational roll-out of the new centralised EMEA recruitment service and ATS with a focus on the DACH region;
• Recruitment of technical roles across EMEA;
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with local HR country leaders, hiring managers and recruitment agencies.

• Recruitment of engineering roles based in African countries for leading oil & gas and energy companies;
• Sourcing and building a talent pool of potential candidates through headhunting, internet search, universities and social networks;
• Participation in recruitment career events organized by the company.

• E2E recruitment of finance and engineering roles;
• Weekly report of recruitment activities to the HQ (USA).

• Part of Monster´s consultancy services team - direct search for hard-to-fill roles based in Germany.

• Organization of internal trainings and workshops for the ECB and National Central Banks.
• Provided ongoing support to employees and ECB trainers regarding L&D-related inquiries.
• Contributed to the assessment of training proposals for managers.

Internship in Learning & Development at PricewaterhouseCoopers and as HR Generalist at Conforama Portugal.