Senior Talent Advisor - Sales MEA

Who You'll Work With

Cisco’s Global Talent Acquisition Organization is constantly evolving to drive innovation, efficiency and attract best-in-class talent. This is an outstanding opportunity to play a major role in the EMEA Talent Acquisition team and develop strategies to hire exceptionally talented individuals. This includes providing Hiring Managers and candidates with high-touch and compelling experiences during the recruitment and hiring process.

Our recruiters play an essential role in fueling Cisco’s growth with extraordinary talent. They drive both filling needs for talent as well as acting as talent consultants to our business leaders. We truly make an impact on Cisco’s success!

We are currently looking for a Senior Talent Advisor to help shape and execute our hiring strategy for the Sales in Middle East at Cisco.

Why You’ll Join Cisco:

We make the digital world work. Our vision is to empower people and machines to continuously advance business performance to benefit everyone.

Our Talent Acquisition (TA) team is leading the way to help us acquire the best people that will engineer next-generation products and solutions, and you could be pivotal in that role!

What You'll Do

You will work directly with the managers and leader in the Middle East Region on quota carrying sales roles that include Account Manager, Account Executives, Solution Engineers, and Regional Sales Director.

• Your main role will be sourcing passive candidates, evaluating, and closing them.
• You will provide a qualified and diverse candidate pool.
• You will ensure hiring manager and team preparedness during the interview process and that interviews are conducted efficiently and professionally.
• Drive offer process, including salary recommendations and negotiations, and closing of candidates.
• Provide an extraordinary candidate experience and act as a candidate advocate.
• Lead kick-off meetings with the hiring manager/team and develop a comprehensive and executable search strategy.
• Establish and manage a schedule of regular updates back to the hiring manager.

Who You Are

• Experience with sales recruitment, preferably working in the IT Industry and has proven knowledge in one of the following areas: Cloud/AI, Cybersecurity, Collaboration, Networking etc.
• Strong sourcing experience using social media and databases is a must.
• Proven ability to consistently and positively contribute in a high-paced, dynamic work environment as well as the ability to prioritize tasks and manage them efficiently.
• Experience must include full-life cycle recruitment (end-to-end), including ownership of offer creation, negotiation and closing.
• Confirmed capability to work effectively in a team-based organization, collaborate cross-functionally and globally.
• Ability to deliver results with little supervision, and to effectively manage multiple searches/projects and candidates.
• Use sound judgment to thoroughly assess candidates' qualifications against position specification.
• Proactive and self-motivated with the ability to create credibility and earn trust.
• Fluency in English and Arabic.

What do we offer?

• Great working environment with the HR team and with the Cisco managers.
• Cisco provides a global diverse workforce of 90,000+ employees with a culture that fosters team collaboration and transparent, open communication.
• A competitive salary and benefits.
• Flexibility regarding working from home.
• The most innovative company in the high-technology industry.