Pierre Dosogne
Group Talent Acquisition Manager - John Cockerill

“Profile group, a trusted partner to fulfill our needs. In the last 4 years, the in-house Profile Group team has been able to fully understand our needs, help us face our daily challenges and exceed our ambitions in terms of talent recruitment, management and retention. ”

John Cockerill

A new recruitment strategy

  • Ensure the recruitment of the best talent that is available on the market in order to enable John Cockerill to develop complex and high added value technological solutions in the area of sustainable development and renewables.
  • Manage the recruitment process at group level.
  • Organise the management of the contingent workforce (consultants working for the group) via an MSP service.
  • Increase the mobility between and within each company sector
  • Improve our Employer Branding

RPO, Recruitment Process Outsourcing

Profile Group supports us by providing a team of 4 senior recruiters who are on-site at John Cockerill. These recruiters are highly skilled in the area of candidate sourcing and able to deal with the very specialised profiles we need. They are here to attract new talents but also to constantly manage our own candidate database. They are in charge of improving our recruitment process and advising us specially during the delicate selection process. 

In this role, they are true ‘sparring partners’ for our managers as they help in the definition of the roles, bring their knowledge of the candidate market and support at each step including the negociation for the final offer that they create in collaboration with our HR team.

Today...

  • A team of 4 active recruiters who are fully integrated in the 5 business units within our group (Industry, Defense, Energy, Environment, Services) and who manage all the national and international recruitments. Whatever the market (Belgium, France or the US), they fully manage all the recruitment missions for the group. In 2021, 27% of the recruitments managed by Profile Group were for the talent sourcing for our entities in France and the US.
  • The qualitative recruitment of no less than 380 talents since the beginning of our collaboration. 70% of these recruitments were due to the development of projects related to the energy and environmental transition. We have been able to attract talent coming from large international groups which enabled us to position outside our traditional markets. 

What our clients say

Benoit Vidal
HR - Recruitment & Integration Service - Jette

“As well as centralising our job vacancies and applications, Talentfinder lets us generate statistics so we get an overview of how applications and job vacancies are being managed.”
Nico Grootaert
General Manager - FORDSTORE AB AUTOMOTIVE

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There are a lot of recruiters on the market, but with Nathalie it’s different. She doesn’t act as a recruiter, but as a partner who offers the right solutions at the right time. She’s more a member of the company than an outside partner. What’s more, she’s precise, proactive, positive and very professional. Well done Nathalie!

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Kathleen Eylenbosch
Directeur OPS & HR - Demetris

“The collaboration with Profile Group is pleasant, sustainable and efficient.”
Hans Lepelaars
International Sales - ASC INSTRUMENT

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Hans has a good grip on what is required to make a successful fit between a Company and a candidate, not only from a skills/competencies point of view, but also from the fit-in-the-team and Company culture side. Good listener, good and open communication and long term success oriented.’

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Patrick Boisseau
Director General Strategic Initiatives - MEDTECH EUROPE

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What were the recruitment challenges you had for the EXEC SEARCH mission you asked PROFILE GROUP to assist with? I was looking for a candidate for a position as director for digital health. The challenges were numerous: high level of skills, experience in both industry and EU institutions environments, salary expectations compatible with our offer, and scarcity of candidates in that sector due to the fast development of digital health in Europe. How has PROFILE GROUP answered these challenges? Profile Group did understand very well our needs and our constraints. They screened potential candidates first with quite an impressive level of accuracy. Their short list of candidates was of high relevance and very well aligned with our expectations. The candidates were very well prepared for the interviews both remotely and in person. What appeals to you in PROFILE GROUP’s service? Profile Group adopted a very flexible approach to fulfill my needs. They took the time to well understand my needs and expectations. It saved time later on during the selection of candidates. They repeatedly align with us along the selection process to always propose the best candidates.

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Luuk Zonneveld
Chair of the Board of Directors - EDFI

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Why do you like to work with us? I highly appreciate the personal commitment of the Profile Group (PG) expert, Hans, I worked with. He pro-actively contacted me regularly to ensure the efficient and successful recruitment procedure, he kept in contact with the long- and short-listed candidates and was helpful in discussing candidates’ suitability for the function in question. What were the recruitment challenges you, as head of the recruitment committee, had for the search for the new General Manager for EDFI? The job profile for the function was very specific, it was not like recruiting for a generalized function like teacher or bookkeeper, making it challenging to recruit and assess applicants. How has PROFILE GROUP answered these challenges? PG/Hans submitted a diverse initial long list to us. Because of our feedback PG/Hans gained better insight in the exact candidate profile we were looking for, which helped PG in its recruiting and initial assessment. What was it like to work with Hans in the search for the General Manager? Relaxed and informal in the best sense of these words. I could call him whenever I wanted, and he was almost always available. The informal character of the cooperation made it easy to quickly get to the point, talk frankly and progress well. What appeals to you in PROFILE GROUP’s service? It’s no-nonsense approach, efficiency, and quality. Why would you recommend Profile Group/Hans as Executive Search partner? Because such searches are always more complex in terms of profile sought and delicacy of process, and Hans is an excellent partner with the necessary capacity to listen to me as a client, patience, discretion, and tact.

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