Wendy Van Der Maas
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Compass Real Estate- November 2018 to April 2020- part of large company layoff and hiring freeze
Real Estate technology
Recruiting Lead
● Recruiting leadership role that led a team of senior recruiters for NY, Colorado, Seattle, Boston, Philadelphia, Florida, Nashville, Atlanta and Chicago business regions.
● Recruited for roles that supported corporate functions and the real estate agents such as marketing, finance and operations.
● Business partner to Regional Presidents and built strong trust and partnership.
● Sourced and identified local talent in each market
● Responsible for detailed metrix and reporting weekly to leadership
● Managed full life cycle recruitment including driving recruitment effort in partnership with managers, led interviews, provided interview coaching, oversaw offer preparation, negotiations and onboarding.
Senior Recruiter
● Started as Senior recruiter but was quickly given responsibility of leading a team for Compass expansion markets.
● Recruited for entire new teams for new markets while developing process and interview structure for both new regions and new Compass employees Nuxeo - April 2017 to May 2018
Startup software company specializing in Enterprise Content Management and Digital Asset Management software
Director of Talent Acquisition
● Led talent acquisition for French based enterprise software start up with US operations based in Brooklyn, NY.
● Recruit for all functions: sales, professional services, engineering and marketing.
● Create recruiting strategy and processes for the US operations.
● Hire and manage recruitment vendor selection and contracts including background check companies and executive recruitment partners.
● Worked remotely in Denver and traveled to the NY office monthly. Molson Coors Brewing Company - February 2011 to April 2017 World’s top two Brewer of Beer
Talent Acquisition Lead for Molson Coors International - November 2016 to April 2017:
● Talent Acquisition Integration workstream lead for Miller International integration with Molson Coors International in 2016. This was an intensive undertaking of recruitment hiring in new markets within 15 countries requiring work to meet strict deadlines to get beer production online as soon as possible after close.
● Successfully hired 25 people in LATAM new markets in one calendar quarter. Worked closely with inside legal, outside legal counsel and finance on ensuring legal entities were in place for first time employment in Colombia, Paraguay, Chile, Panama, Trinidad, Argentina, Australia, South Africa and Asia.
● Managed ongoing recruitment and hiring of executive level, commercial, supply chain, finance, and marketing roles within various geographic regions and cross functionally.
● Ensured buildout of excellent candidate recruitment procedures to streamline process, and establish positive, ongoing relationships.
● Drove employment contract engagement from translations, foreign employment laws, negotiation with candidates and overall management of hiring process from start of recruitment to onboarding.
● Had full responsibility for making employment and contract offers, including negotiations of salary. Led high profile offer process through compensation negotiations and approval process through to acceptance.
● Hired and managed recruitment vendor selection and contracts including background check companies and executive recruitment partners. Global Talent Acquisition Manager - February 2011 to November 2016
● Led all Talent Acquisition efforts for Molson Coors corporate executive recruitment and for Molson Coors International.
● Recruited in emerging markets such as Spain, Ukraine, Japan, China, Trinidad, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Paraguay, Czech Republic, UK and many other countries.
● Built trust and working relationships with executive level hiring managers around the globe.
● Created Talent Acquisition strategy, process and roadmap for MCBC Corporate recruitment.
● Participated in the HR global team for HR process improvement and efficiency.
● Partnered with staffing agencies, negotiated fees, and ensured positive candidate experience when utilizing agencies.
● Responsible for ATS management and recruitment reporting.
● Managed full life cycle recruitment including driving recruitment effort in partnership with managers, led interviews, provided interview coaching, oversaw offer preparation, negotiations and onboarding.
● Involved with all external and internal talent moves and hires working with HR Directors for the international and corporate function
● Worked directly with all C-Level executives on VP, Directors, Marketing, IT, HR, Finance and other functional talent acquisition hiring.
IQNavigator, September 2010 to February 2011
Client Account Manager:
● Responsible for The Gap account, one of IQN’s first and largest accounts.
● Facilitated the fulfillment of temporary creative/freelancing requisitions through our client’s systems.
● Facilitated and managed the job requisition process with the hiring managers and approvers through supplier distribution and response to candidate selection.
● Reviewed resumes for contract positions. Forwarded resumes to the applicable hiring Manager for review. Interacted with supply firm and hiring Manager to schedule interviews and decide on best possible candidate for the position.
● Acted as liaison between hiring managers and suppliers as it relates to the evaluation of the candidate and negotiation of rates through to the on-boarding of the candidate.
● Managed the relationship/interactions between the hiring manager and the suppliers. Mincom Software, January 2008 to April 2010
Director of Recruiting
Swank Boutique, December 2003 to March 2009
Owner and sole operator
● Responsible for all business operations including: budgeting, buying, customer relationship building, marketing, accounting and public relations.
● Completed business plan, secured financing, purchased real estate for location and completed construction and build out of space.
● Winner of Best of Citysearch 2007- Women’s clothing
● Winner of Best of Citysearch 2006- Women’s clothing
● 5280 Top of the Town winner 2007- Most of Affordable clothing
● Winner of Westword 2006- Best Fancy Pants Boutique Careers LTD, June 1995 to June 1997
Sales Recruiter:
Education
Bachelors of Arts- Western Michigan University
Interests and Activities
United Way campaign member at Molson Coors
Volunteer at Project Homeless Connect
Active in yoga, fitness, and general well being