Regional Lead Recruiting Operations EMEA (f/m/d)

About GEA

GEA is a global leader in technology solutions for the food, beverage, and industrial sectors. To strengthen our global recruiting team, we are looking for a Regional Lead Recruiting Operations EMEA (f/m/d) to drive recruiting operations and lead regional recruiting teams as part of our global recruiting organization.

Reporting to the Global Lead Recruiting Operations, this role plays a key part in ensuring high-quality, efficient, and standardized recruiting delivery while staying close to regional business needs.

Key Responsibilities

Regional Recruiting Operations & Leadership

• Lead and develop a regional team of recruiters, ensuring reliable service delivery, clear accountability, and strong team engagement.

Recruitment Execution

• Own the regional execution of GEA’s recruiting, ensuring standardized processes, role clarity, and continuous improvement in line with global guidelines.

Performance & Service Management

• Monitor and manage recruiting KPIs, SLAs, and service quality, proactively identifying improvement opportunities to increase speed and effectiveness.

Process & Change Management

• Drive regional implementation of new recruiting processes, systems, and tools, actively supporting change initiatives and engaging teams throughout transformation phases.

Stakeholder & Business Partnership

• Partner closely with hiring managers and People colleagues to understand workforce needs and deliver pragmatic, business-focused recruiting solutions.

Market & Vendor Collaboration

• Collaborate with regional recruiting vendors and contribute to local labor market insights, sourcing ideas, and best practices to the global Recruiting organization.

Your Profile and Qualifications

• Several years of experience in end-to-end recruiting, ideally in an industrial, technology, or international environment
• Proven experience leading or coordinating recruiters
• Strong operational mindset with experience in standardized or high-volume recruiting setups
• Experience in driving process improvements and change initiatives within recruiting organizations
• Solid knowledge of recruiting systems and data-driven performance management
• Strong communication skills, team orientation, and confidence in working with senior stakeholders
• Fluent in English; additional languages are an advantage

For reasons of readability, no gender-specific differentiation is made in the job advertisement. However, the job advertisement is explicitly aimed at all persons, regardless of gender or lack thereof.

About GEA

GEA is one of the largest system providers for the food and beverage industry and for a wide range of other process industries. Around 18,000 employees in more than 60 countries contribute significantly to the company's success – become a part of it! We offer you interesting and challenging tasks, a pleasant working atmosphere in international teams, and attractive development and career opportunities in an internationally active company.

GEA is an employer that values equal opportunities. Applications are therefore considered regardless of age, gender, race, color, religion, worldview, national origin, genetic characteristics, disability, gender identity, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic. People with disabilities are welcome and will be given special consideration in case of equal suitability and qualification.