RPO partnership helps global logistics company hire at scale and speed

Challenge

This global logistics company faced significant challenges with new site openings and increased customer demand across warehouse locations in the Netherlands and Belgium. As a third-party logistics provider, fluctuating recruitment volumes and unpredictable hiring spikes made a consistent recruitment process increasingly difficult to maintain. To remain competitive, it needed flexibility to hire qualified talent at speed during high-volume periods – with scalability built directly into the partnership to dial up and down when needed.

Solution

Wilson began its integrated talent solutions partnership in 2020 with a thorough intake process to understand the core problems and recruitment challenges faced by the organization. Assembling a dedicated team of recruiters, sourcers, and talent acquisition coordinators (TACs), Wilson then created a flexible, scalable solution that adjusted with the peaks and valleys of its hiring cycles. Implementing real-time scaling based on current need ensured the company had the much-needed agility to manage varying recruitment volumes, boost efficiency, and prioritize strategic decision-making.

The team worked closely with the organization to deploy a unique solution that directly addressed its unpredictable hiring needs. This included a strategic, integrated approach consisting of:

• Flexible team structure: The team was designed to scale up during peak hiring periods and scale down when volumes decreased.
• Dedicated support: Dedicated support to the internal recruitment team ensured seamless integration and collaboration, all while ensuring the internal TA team had more time to spend on strategic initiatives
• Proactive sourcing: Dedicated sourcers proactively identified and engaged potential candidates through platforms including (but not limited to) LinkedIn Recruiter, HireEZ, and more, to build a diverse talent pipeline to both meet future hiring needs and decrease time-to-hire.
• Detailed labor market intelligence: The team used data points for talent and skills availability on a role-specific basis to ensure the right people were reached out to at the right time.