doeke geertsma

co-founder and chief executive officer

About

We provide in-house recruitment teams to start-ups, scale-ups and large enterprises. We're just as passionate about finding tech & digital talent as we are about designing hiring plans and world-class recruitment strategies. To make sure our recruiters are the best out there - we provide them with advanced training courses via WeAreKeen's Academy. Our courses are designed by world-class recruitment experts who have helped scale the biggest and boldest brands on the planet. We are currently working with world-class brands: TAKEAWAY.COM, ADYEN, RABOBANK, QWIC, DELOITTE, GLOVO, SHELL, BACKBASE, UBER, COGNIZANT and N26.. Wanna have a chat? # +31 (0)6 147 33 217 # doeke@wearekeen.nl

Country

netherlands

City

amsterdam

Industry

staffing and recruiting

Skill

new business development, sales management, sales, entrepreneurship, leadership, recruiting, key account management, dutch, hr consulting, e recruitment, employer branding, marketing, business strategy, coaching, english, business development, human resources, staffing services, strategic partnerships, hospitality, communication, team management, team building, staffing models, contract negotiation, proposition development, international business, tourism, banking, business modeling, management, account management, negotiation, international sales, relationship building, business to business, temporary staffing, temporary placement

Experience

traveller

wandering around the world

2000-1 - 2003-1 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Europe, Americas, Oceania, Asia & Africa.

co-founder and chief executive officer

wearekeen tech talent partners

2018-1 - Present · 8 yrs 9 mos

WeAreKeen is a strategic Tech Talent Partner for scale-ups and large enterprises. We support global recruitment teams by delivering tech recruiter apprentices and senior tech recruiters in a flexible and embedded model. Our recruiters work alongside in-house recruitment teams to design recruitment strategies, hiring plans and source top talent from around the globe. We are currently working with some of the boldest and most amazing brands out there; Takeaway.com, Rabobank, QWIC, Deloitte, Glovo, Shell TapUp, Backbase, Zalando an N26 in Amsterdam, Barcelona and Berlin. Want to learn more? Feel free to reach out!

businessline manager studentjob international

youngcapital

2014-1 - 2015-8 · 1 yr 8 mos

* In 2014 I was given the opportunity to fulfill one of my most desired wishes to work international. I joined our international department and set-up a new sales organization with 5 international sales teams on top off introducing new services. * StudentJob is Europe largest specialized job board for students & graduates (+ 5 million users). European footprint in the Netherlands, U.K., Belgium, France, Spain, Austria, Sweden and Germany. Main revenue drivers: Advertising and Cross-border Recruitment. * Main responsibilities; * P&L * Built Sales Teams * General Management * European Business Development. * Main accomplishments; * Integration of a SME company * Turnaround from loss to profit making (EBIT >340%) * Introduced new services: Cost-per-Applicant (CPA) & Cross-Border Recruitment * Set-up Sales KPI's & Metrics: Dashboard, Pipeline, Performance Management and CRM.

account director

youngcapital

2011-1 - 2013-12 · 3 yrs

* Head of two verticals * Finance & Hospitality * with a dedicated team of National Account Managers. * Main responsibilities; * Sales Management * Corporate Business Development * Main accomplishments; * Led the verticals into the next growth phase * Contributing upwards 25% of the group revenue with the verticals * Finance & Hospitality * Closed preferred supplierships with Rabobank Group N.V., NN Group N.V., Albron B.V., ASR N.V. (Since 10/2008 state owned insurance company).

business development manager

students for students

2006-8 - 2009-1 · 2 yrs 6 mos

* Set-up 5 branches in the Netherlands. General management, recruitment, sales & new business development, recruiting operational sales teams and setting-up general modus operandi. * Amsterdam * Utrecht * Rotterdam (2x) * Groningen

commercial director deutschland

youngcapital

2015-9 - 2017-12 · 2 yrs 4 mos

* Part of the German management team and responsible for all our partners, commercial activities and building a sales organization. * In 2015 YoungCapital launched their staffing business on the German market after being active on this market since 2009 with their job board StudentJob. We are currently scaling our organization with 2 teams: operations & sales. * Main responsibilities; * Set-up a sales team and sales organization * Position YoungCapital on the German staffing market * Develop PMC's for students, graduates and young professionals * Build a sustainable business unit in Germany to expand the portfolio of the YoungCapital Group.