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

Matthieu Dufour
Sales Director - JOHN COCKERILL

“

Benjamin recruited me for my current position at John Cockerill. I really appreciated the process led by Benjamin and in particular the systematic feedback after each interview, which clearly creates a climate of trust between recruiters and recruits… perfect!

”
Katrien Wakana - Global Cultural Transformation Manager
Anne-Julie André-Duchateau - HR Manager - Knauf Insulation

“A warm, close-at-hand professionalism, a willingness to stand by customers' side, leading to a partnership relationship. ”
Julien Lumaye
Deputy General Manager - Teledyne ICM

“Above and beyond the very comprehensive approach used and the network of candidates that Profile Group offers, the willingness to get to know the client is the key to the success of our partnership with Profile Group. ”
Jonathan De Neef
HR Business Partner - Touring

“Talentfinder by Profile Group has enables us to manage our recruitment in a smoother way while reducing our time spent and our costs. ”
Delphine
Kicker in Chief (or Managing Director) - KickCancer

“HR is probably THE most complicated thing for small teams - the wrong hires will mar the whole work atmosphere. The Profile Group really helped us to make our team grow with the right people with the kind of mindset we were looking for. We really owe them part of our current success.”
Frédéric Olvoet
Head of Recruitment - Ixelles – Elsene

“A vital tool when it comes to managing and monitoring the applications we receive.”