Who is Volkswagen Financial Services?

It's been more than 70 years since Volkswagen Financial Services AG financed the first Volkswagen vehicles in Germany in 1949. A lot has changed since then, but our core goal hasn't; ensuring we meet the mobility needs of the people.

Volkswagen Financial Services today operates in 48 markets through its various subsidiaries, shareholdings, and joint ventures. Volkswagen Financial Services is the largest provider of automotive financial services worldwide.

At VWFS Porto, we are proud to foster a gender-equal workplace, where diversity is celebrated, and every individual is provided with equal opportunities to thrive and succeed.

Objectives:

As an HR & Talent Specialist, you will be responsible for cooperating with different stakeholders to meet team goals by applying creativity and innovation to uncover the best Tech talent in the market. This includes all activities related to our recruitment process, hiring managers and applicants both on an operative and strategic level.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Manage the end-to-end recruiting processes and local recruiting strategies for our fast-growing business;
• Job Advertisement management and development of recruitment-related LinkedIn posts;
• Interview process management and responsible for first interviews;
• Define sourcing strategies for the best talents, proactively or depending on the business needs;
• Create and maintain a good pipeline of suitable candidates for recruitment processes;
• Having a consultancy mindset – Act as Relationship manager for candidates, hiring managers & 3rd party providers if applicable;
• Prepare recruitment, onboarding, and HR data to present to management;
• Attend and/or organize networking and employer branding events/conferences in key recruitment regions when relevant;
• If necessary, Support HR activities – Recruitment, Onboarding, Benefits & Compensation, Learning & Development, DEI, Employer Branding, among others;
• Provide strategic support for operational HR functions, including onboarding procedures, with a focus on optimizing processes for efficiency and effectiveness;
• Contribute to a continuous improvement of culture by fostering an environment where feedback is valued and acted upon.

Short Description

We believe that the right profile for this job should have / be:

• Bachelor's or master's degree (or comparable higher education) in social sciences, HR, management or other related courses (preferable);
• +2 years of experience in similar roles (in IT consultancy companies preferable);
• Good sourcing skills and previous experience with LinkedIn Recruiter and other networks;
• Client orientation and high expectations of service delivery, and a strong focus on candidate quality;
• Previous proven stakeholder management skills, being able to advise the management team;
• You have demonstrable candidate market knowledge in Portugal;
• Good communication skills, a high level of self-responsibility, self-initiative, and the ability to interact efficiently;
• Good negotiation skills and assertiveness, especially under pressure;
• Good analytical skills;
• Results-oriented and team-player attitude;
• Experience with MS Office, especially MS Word, MS Excel & MS PowerPoint;
• Speaks & writes English fluently;
• Experience with SAP Success Factors, Jira and Confluence is a plus.

What we Offer:

• Long-term contract;
• Competitive packages include private health insurance, life insurance and meal allowance (pay by meal card);
• Bonus depends on performance;
• Schooling allowance and pension scheme;
• Employee wellbeing program & other benefits;
• Incredible and unique annual company events;
• Opportunity to work on an international project and be part of a multicultural and multidisciplinary team;
• Solid performance evaluation and career management methodologies;
• Continuous training – technical and behavioral development.