Talent Acquisition Specialist

At ABAX, we see our recruitment and talent efforts as having strategic business value. It is through finding and recruiting the right potential and setting people up to succeed that our company succeeds.

We are now looking for a highly motivated and experienced Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our People department, aiming to provide the best people experience throughout the candidate- and employee journey. Our team is spread across Norway and Sweden, and as our TA Specialist you will be working with hiring managers from all ABAX offices across 9 countries. You will provide professional support in recruitment processes across organizational levels and be responsible for delivering a great ABAX experience every time.

Some of the things you will be working on 

• Lead and advise in recruitment processes A-Z; including design, channel strategy, selection methods, and tools for your active recruitment processes
• Conduct initial screenings, personality- and ability assessments, and interviews with applicants
• Coordinate (-with) external agencies for processes that are run externally
• Build talent pipeline(s) across ABAX’ main growth markets: strategically map, and potentially source, candidates with relevant expertise
• Be a main contributor to our continuous development within recruitment and talent acquisition; including mentoring and upskilling colleagues
• Contribute to our Employer Branding strategy in order to positively impact our talent pipeline
• Contribute to our overall competence development and succession planning processes
• Further develop and continuously track relevant recruitment/talent KPIs, and contribute to reaching set goals
• Contribute to ABAX’ pre- & onboarding processes, as the talent journey is not over once the signature is secured

What's in it for you?

At ABAX, we offer a growing and dynamic workspace with engaged and dedicated colleagues from all over the world. At ABAX, no two days are alike, and we offer a varied role with a lot of responsibility. With the right mindset, this role will challenge and allow you to keep developing your skills. We take pride in that ABAX workplaces are pleasant and designed for personal advancement and fulfillment.

Other benefits include for example:

• Beautiful office in Larvik
• Private healthcare insurance
• Awesome people to learn from and grow with

We believe you bring:

• A relevant BSc or MSc within Psychology, HR, Business, Management, Marketing, Technology, or other
• Relevant experience within recruitment or talent acquisition, from an advisory role. Ideally with some experience recruiting for tech and/or sales roles, and recruiting internationally
• Broad experience with inhouse recruitment- and talent acquisition processes, with a track record of filling senior level positions
• Certification and experience from using personality- and ability assessment tools. We are looking for someone with a deep psychological understanding of the purpose of these tools, their benefits, and their drawbacks. At ABAX, we currently use Master as our test platform
• An interest in, and experience with, TA solutions to secure GDPR-compliancy, a smooth candidate experience, and effective (digital) work processes
• As we work across borders, we use English as our working language. The right candidate for us is therefore required to speak English fluently.

If this doesn’t really describe you, but you still believe you could make an impact through this role, please do not hesitate to tell us how! ?

Personal attributes

As trust is of utmost importance in finding the right people to grow our organization, we’re looking for someone with a genuine interest in people and a knack for building relationships with candidates, colleagues, and partners. Our match will improve if you also work and act according to our values: 

• Inspirational, enthusiastic, and have a positive mindset to ensure colleagues succeed by setting a positive example
• Always look for an innovative, smarter and new method to approach a challenge
• Always think about sustainable solutions, and consider the bigger picture prior to making decisions
• Take ownership of the employee journey, look for continuous improvement and ensure clean handovers through the value chain

Other information

• Start date: As soon as possible
• Work extent: Full time
• Location: This role will belong to our HQ in Larvik, Norway, but function globally. Some traveling must be expected. 

Our hiring process

1. We do look at your resume when some kind of experience is required but – early in our process we aim to do an objective screening with recruitment tests from our supplier Master

2. Short interview on the phone or Teams to find out a little bit more about who you are and why you are interested in this position.

3. In-depth interview with one of our recruitment specialists and the hiring manager – focusing even more on who you are and also – what you know.

4. Second interview with hiring manager and one other stake holder, could be a team member for example – to get to know each other even better. At this stage, we might also have a case exercise – focusing on how you would to the work.

5. Digital reference check through our supplier RefApp

6. Offer and celebration!

About ABAX

By translating the customers' needs into advanced technology solutions, ABAX unlocks company data potential.

ABAX is one of the largest telematics companies in Europe with solutions for mileage claim, tool tracking, and equipment control with over 500 000 tracked units all over the world. In 2020 ABAX started a journey expanding into developing mobility data solutions entering new verticals like insurance and leasing being the preferred mobility data provider for the B2B industry on a wider scale. ABAX solutions help our customers run their businesses smarter and more sustainable, making it easy to improve efficiency, comply with legislation, and increase profitability.

We know happy employees equal happy customers, and we do our utmost to facilitate employee satisfaction, both in and out of work. We have around 300 employees spread across offices in nine countries. Our Headquarters and Tech Centre are situated in Larvik, on the southeast coast of Norway. Our values: Enthusiastic, Customer-centric, Innovative and Sustainable form the foundation of our daily work, every hour of every day.