Senior MSP Consultant

Senior MSP Consultant

Location: Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands

Salary: €3000 - €4500

Hours: 32 - 40 per week

Industry: Recruitment

Make a difference in the energy transition as a Senior MSP Consultant at HeadFirst Group

Would you like to work at the intersection of talent, technology, and social impact? You thrive in a role where you manage complex stakeholder environments, optimize processes, and help organizations maintain control over external hiring.

As a Senior MSP Consultant at HeadFirst Group, you’ll play a key role within one of our largest client environments in the energy sector: Alliander. You’ll directly contribute to the energy transition in the Netherlands by ensuring that critical projects have access to the right external specialists.

You serve as a strategic partner to hiring managers, vendors, and internal stakeholders, ensuring that the entire hiring process is organized in an efficient, transparent, and future-proof manner. Drawing on your experience, you bring structure to complex hiring challenges and drive continuous improvements in processes, collaboration, and results.

Your impact at HeadFirst Group

As a Senior MSP Consultant, you are responsible for ensuring that the external staffing process runs smoothly within a complex client environment. You are not only responsible for the process, but also serve as an advisor and coordinator for the entire ecosystem surrounding external professionals.

You operate in an environment with many stakeholders and competing interests, where you make a difference both tactically and strategically. Thanks to your experience with MSP services and supplier management, you know how to balance quality, speed, and market dynamics.

In addition, you will play a key role in further professionalizing the collaboration between the client, suppliers, and the MSP team. You will identify opportunities for process optimization, initiate improvements, and actively contribute to the development of the MSP model within the client organization.

Within the team, you will serve as an experienced mentor for your colleagues and help further develop knowledge, structure, and best practices.

What will you do?

• Manage the entire process of hiring external professionals within a complex client environment;
• Advising hiring managers and stakeholders on the use of external talent, market trends, and hiring strategies;
• Managing applications through the MSP platform and overseeing the selection, evaluation, and placement of professionals;
• Negotiating rates, contract terms, and cooperation agreements with suppliers and independent contractors;
• Actively managing supplier relationships and ensuring a healthy and competitive supplier landscape;
• Monitoring progress, quality, and compliance in ongoing recruitment processes;
• Identifying opportunities for process improvement and initiating optimizations within the MSP process;
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders such as Legal, Procurement, IT, and Operations to further professionalize processes;
• Serve as a senior mentor within the MSP team and contribute to knowledge sharing and the professional development of colleagues.

About HeadFirst Group

HeadFirst Group is the largest managed service provider in the Netherlands and a leading international service provider in the field of temporary staffing and workforce solutions. Every day, we connect thousands of professionals with organizations such as Alliander, the Dutch government, and other public and private clients. Using smart technology, data-driven insights, and specialized teams, we help organizations stay on top of an increasingly complex job market. Within the energy sector, we work closely with organizations that are at the forefront of the energy transition. In this dynamic environment, we ensure that critical projects have access to the right talent at the right time. Working at HeadFirst Group means working in an entrepreneurial organization where ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement are central to our culture. You’ll have plenty of opportunity to apply your expertise, improve processes, and make a difference for our clients and for society.

Are you ready to make an impact as a Senior MSP Consultant in one of today’s most significant societal transitions, while helping to build the largest MSP in the Netherlands? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

Here\'s what we offer you

• Salary that matches your experience — You will receive a salary range that matches your knowledge and experience. We reward you fairly for your commitment and development. Vacation pay and days off — You will receive 8.33% vacation pay and are entitled to 27 vacation days per year (based on full-time employment). This gives you plenty of time to recharge your batteries.
• Hybrid working — We support hybrid working and apply a 60/40 split, whereby full-time employees spend three days at the office and two days working from home.
• Premium-free pension — We pay your entire pension premium. This means you accrue pension without having to contribute to it yourself. As a result, you are left with a higher net salary.
• Performance bonus — Depending on your performance and that of HeadFirst Group, you may receive an annual bonus of one or two months\' salary.
• Monthly extras — You will receive a monthly allowance for internet, a vitality budget, a contribution towards lunch, and support in setting up your home office.

What we expect from you

You are an experienced professional in the field of external staffing and MSP services, and you thrive in an environment with many stakeholders, competing interests, and constant change. You combine analytical insight with strong communication skills and are able to organize complex processes in a clear and effective manner.

In addition, you will bring the following:

• HBO working and thinking level;
• At least 4 to 6 years of experience in MSP services, external staffing, or supplier management;
• Experience as an MSP Consultant, Staffing Consultant, In-House Recruiter, Recruitment Consultant, or Broker Consultant;
• Experience with complex stakeholder environments, preferably within corporate organizations, utility companies, or (semi)governmental entities;
• Strong stakeholder management at tactical and strategic levels;
• Experience with supplier management and negotiations with suppliers and independent contractors;
• An affinity for IT roles or technical talent pools is a plus;
• Excellent command of Dutch and a good command of English. In addition, you must reside in the Netherlands (relocation is not an option).

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Your benefits at HeadFirst Group

• 27 vacation days — AND the possibility of adding or selling days. We work hard, but don\'t forget to relax.
• Moments of celebration — With more than 450 colleagues, we always have something to celebrate. As one team, we celebrate birthdays, anniversaries and othersuccesses!
• OpenUp & HeadFirst Group Academy — Work on your mental health with access to the platform OpenUp. We learn every day, which is why we offer you free trainings and courses to keep developing yourself.
• Bonus — Achieve your goals and see this reflected in the form of a bonus? That\'s possible with us! Hard work is rewarded.
• Hybrid working — Work at one of our 4 locations, at home, or anywhere you feel comfortable. Of course you will receive a mobility and home working allowance from us.
• Our headquarters — Take advantage of the free sports facilities, fine workstations and enjoy a delicious lunch buffet. A formidable competitor of home!

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