oscar hopkinson

head of global resourcing

About

MBA qualified and multilingual senior resourcing professional. Strong relationship builder at all levels, results and team focused with track record of aligning resourcing functions to meet strategic and operational objectives. Global experience, including upstream oil and gas, professional services and technology sectors. Certified Green Belt Lean Six Sigma. Develop and lead resourcing functions (15 - 30 strong) as integral elements of wider HR and talent management strategy. Experience gained from corporate, agency and advertising environments. Experience of engaging and negotiating at senior executive level. Accredited coach. Multilingual; high level of fluency in Dutch, French, German, Spanish and Italian.

Country

united kingdom

City

united kingdom

Industry

oil & energy

Skill

international recruitment, recruiting, executive search, global talent acquisition, talent acquisition, technical recruiting, team leadership, employer branding, vendor management, coaching, budget management, contract negotiation, stakeholder management, succession planning, international business, diversity recruitment, oil and gas, translation, professional services, job coaching, global mobility, graduate recruitment, recruitment advertising, procurement, account management, standards compliance

Experience

executive recruitment manager

bg group

2011-3 - 2014-7 · 3 yrs 5 mos

* Responsible for resourcing team delivery * team leadership and development. * International executive search and selection * vendor management * executive candidate assessment and offer negotiation * senior stakeholder engagement. * Talent management * senior succession planning. * Saville psychometrics accredited.

head of recruitment

bae systems applied intelligence

2006-4 - 2011-3 · 5 yrs

* Accountable for the delivery of all UK and international permanent and contract recruitment. * Lead a flexible team of 14 (graduate, experienced hire, contractors). * Personally manage senior hire process. * Typical annual volumes: ~400 permanent (incl. 120+ graduates) and <150 contractor hires. * HR Leadership team member

senior account manager

tmp worldwide uk

2003-5 - 2006-4 · 3 yrs

* Responsible for the sales and delivery of integrated recruitment communication solutions to clients in financial services, technology and engineering sectors. * Strong focus on graduate campaigns with digital solutions. * Increased revenues from client base by over 100% year on year

recruitment consultant

elan it

1997-10 - 1999-10 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Blue-chip client base business development and account management in Swiss and German markets (financial services, telecommunications sectors).

acting head of resourcing

bg group

2013-1 - 2014-7 · 1 yr 7 mos

* Global functional leader. Lead reorganisation of global resourcing function. Gained buy-in for a more globally integrated hub based model, providing greater flexibility to meet changing business demand. * Drive proactive external senior succession resourcing as integral element of group talent management strategy. * Managed project to create a strategic workforce planning model to determine medium term supply and demand scenarios. * Partner with procurement to realign global recruitment suppliers (executive search; contingent permanent and contract). * Lead resourcing diversity work-stream with focus on gender diversity * Member of HR leadership team. * Successfully completed accredited coaching qualification; act as an internal coach to a number of BG Group employees, (UK and internationally)

senior recruiter - benelux, germany and central europe regions

nortel

2000-9 - 2003-3 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Delivered a direct recruitment model, substantially reducing agency dependency and costs by over 70%.

head of global resourcing

eni

2014-1 - Present · 12 yrs 9 mos

Responsible for resourcing strategy and operations for ENI International Resources Limited. Lead resourcing function of 14 providing both international expatriate and local resourcing services to ENI subsidiaries globally. - Management team member, reporting to MD ENI International Resources Limited.