Talent Acquisition Specialist

What we offer you
A position with a lot of responsibility and creative freedom in a driven team. On a regular basis, team days with knowledge sharing and team activities.
Furthermore, we have an open and informal company culture and offer a market-competitive salary, including a 13th month, 25 vacation days + 11.5 ADV days, a bonus, and a favorable pension scheme.

Want to know more? Please contact Ingeborg Burggraaf via ingeborg.burggraaf@essity.com

Are you a driven recruiter who loves building relationships and knows how to connect talent to the right opportunities? Then come and strengthen our Talent Acquisition team!

As our Talent Acquisition Specialist, you are responsible for attracting talent and positioning Essity as a Top Employer in the labor market. Essity is a leading hygiene & health company with well-known brands such as Tempo, Tena, and Tork, which are used by more than 500 million people every day. In the Netherlands, we are spread across 5 sites with various disciplines such as Sales, Marketing, Medical, and Manufacturing.

Our Talent Acquisition Team is fully in development. From your role within both the Dutch HR team and the Global Talent Acquisition CoE, you will combine local initiatives with international best practices. Together with the business, you will ensure that we attract the right talents, create opportunities for internal growth, and realize our growth objectives.

What you will do

On a daily basis, you will focus on finding talent primarily for our 2 Manufacturing sites in the South of the Netherlands - Gennep and Cuijk; however, you are flexible to take on roles across the entire country. To achieve this, you will have contact with business stakeholders and stay well-informed about the labor market.

• Responsible for your Talent Acquisition South regional plan;

• Building and maintaining strong relationships with business functions and HR by providing training and knowledge sharing in, among other things, Leadership meetings;

• Guiding the full recruitment and selection process, from intake to offer;

• Proactively sourcing and approaching talent via various channels;

• Building and maintaining talent pools for critical and hard-to-fill positions;

• Maintaining local partnerships, such as schools and networks;

• Analyzing recruitment data and labor market developments to optimize recruitment strategies;

• Contributing to projects aimed at improving and professionalizing recruitment processes;

• Supporting initiatives that contribute to the visibility of Essity as an employer within relevant target groups.

Someone with a passion for connecting talent to the right position! Additionally, building relationships suits you well and you are naturally strong in communication. Furthermore, you have:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, such as HR, Communication, or Business;

• Experience in recruitment, affinity with manufacturing is a plus!

• A proactive, result-oriented attitude with an eye for the candidate and the internal customer;

• Strong organizational skills, enabling you to work independently on multiple tasks and easily switch between shifting priorities;

• A creative mindset where you enjoy bringing ideas to execution;

• Experience with recruitment tools, ATS systems, and sourcing platforms such as LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, etc.;

• Fluent in Dutch and English;

• Flexibility to travel between sites.

Oct 08, 2026

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