Ramón Lith

Oversee the enterprise’s employment, recruiting, and retention functions and accountable for their operational excellence:
- Establish and implement policies and procedures for recruitment, selection and placement, and standards for interviewing and sourcing candidates.
- Oversee the development of recruitment materials and communications.
- Build a professional staffing and diversity department for The Netherlands that works collaboratively and shares expertise with all worldwide offices.
- Provide the professional development of the Recruitment Consultants.

My goal is to meet and exceed revenue targets by ensuring that new business is continually developed and maintained by carrying out the following: Identify, pursue, and generate new business opportunities for Cátenon, the Netherlands; define target companies in cooperation with the marketing team; analyse and design business plans together with the Board; coordinate with the operational teams in the Netherlands and our international offices; manage and follow-up existing accounts; develop commercial proposals for executive searches in the Netherlands as well as internationally; negotiate terms and conditions of contracts with clients.

Worldwide executive-search activities for a wide variety of clients in different sectors (banking, financial, IT, telecommunications, construction, Public Administration, food & beverage, automotive, logistics, etc); reporting and working closely with clients and board.

My main activities are being responsible for the total execution of the recruitment process, from search strategy to final selection for multinational clients; Defining initial search strategy from advertisement sources to direct search; Performing telephone interviews, group dynamics, personal interviews and assessment centres to evaluate candidates; Presentations of final candidates to client and involvement until incorporation; Active participation in multiple recruitment projects from their initial planning, strategy and execution.

I Created the Recruitment department and developed all HR processes, including practices and policies; recruited for contract, temp-hire, full-time hires, and solution based projects.

I supported offices in the Netherlands with more than 1,500 employees; advised and supported Management and employees regarding HR related issues; analysed and developed long-term business plans for the HR department; executed HR policies and procedures; developed a sickness absence plan which resulted in an overall decrease of sickness-related absences by 1%; cooperated in the creation of the HR intranet site for DHL Netherlands; developed and helped execute an outsourcing plan to merge the Finance and the Purchase departments.

I coordinated local sales and recruiting efforts for an international staffing agency; managed relationships with human resources and other contacts in the Key and Retail Account units Advising, accompany support of Management and employees when it comes to HR concerns; presented and sold staffing services to local market accounts, as well as to large multi-national accounts; recruited, interviewed & hired candidates; managed payroll process for talent staffed by the branch office.