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Andreas Kallay

@andreaskallay

Senior recruiter and TA leader specializing in fast, diverse hiring across EMEA for sales, corporate, and technical roles.

Germany
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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead complex EMEA hiring that balances speed and diversity—partnering with senior leaders on requirements, running structured interviews, and building proactive pipelines with clear KPI-driven reporting.

I’m a Senior Recruiter / TA Leader with 20+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience across EMEA, with a strong track record in Sales, Corporate Functions, Technical, and Engineering hiring—from individual contributor roles through VP and executive-level searches.

I own complex, multi-stakeholder hiring processes from kick-off to offer across 40+ countries, building proactive talent pipelines and using structured interviewing to improve offer acceptance rates, quality-of-hire, and recruiting speed.

I partner directly with SVPs, VPs, and hiring managers to calibrate assessments, align timelines with headcount forecasts, and run KPI dashboards (time-to-fill, time-to-hire, pipeline health, offer acceptance). I also lead diversity and inclusion hiring practices, and I’ve guided a team of 10 recruiters on sourcing strategy, stakeholder management, and candidate engagement—while managing Germany works council / co-determination requirements with zero compliance incidents.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Cisco Systems logoCS
Current

Senior Recruiter / TA Leader - EMEA Sales

Jan 2022 - Present (4 years 6 months)

Owned end-to-end recruiting across EMEA for Sales and Corporate Functions roles, managing complex requisitions from kick-off through offer. Built proactive talent pipelines, led structured interviewing, and ran diversity hiring initiatives while partnering with senior stakeholders and managing a team of 10 recruiters.

Cisco Systems logoCS

Senior Recruiter / TA Leader - EMEAR

Sep 2019 - Dec 2021 (2 years 3 months)

Delivered full-cycle recruiting for Sales Specialist and Global Virtual Sales roles across EMEAR, including Boolean-intensive sourcing for hard-to-fill technical sales profiles. Helped shift to a remote-first hiring model while improving candidate-to-offer conversion through calibration and screening frameworks.

Cisco Systems logoCS

Talent Acquisition - EMEA Sales & Eng

Jun 2007 - Oct 2012 (5 years 4 months)

Covered Sales, Customer Experience, Corporate Functions, and Engineering hiring across the EMEA region in a broad generalist talent acquisition role. Managed recruiting processes for a wide range of functional areas.

BG

Recruiting Specialist

Bee-line Accessoires Vertriebs GmbH

Mar 2007 - May 2007 (2 months)

Worked as a recruiting specialist for Bee-line Accessoires Vertriebs GmbH for a short contract period. Supported recruiting activities for the company.

VG

Project & Account Manager - Recruiting

Vom Bruck & Borgart Research GbR

Oct 2003 - Feb 2007 (3 years 4 months)

Managed client accounts and end-to-end recruiting projects across multiple sectors as part of a research and executive search firm. Supported recruiting engagements from project execution through client-facing delivery.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of Bonn logoUB

University of Bonn

Diplom-Volkswirt (Master's Equivalent), Economics

Completed a Diplom-Volkswirt (Master's equivalent) degree in Economics at the University of Bonn, focusing on controlling, marketing, economic theory, and policy. Completed prior to 2003.

Tech stack

Software and tools used professionally

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