pplwise made +55 hires up to Director level within the people team to grow from 30 to 90 within 6 months.
At a cost per hire below EUR 3.000,-
The Challenge
TIER went through a series C and D funding and grew its headcount from 950 to +2.000 across +22 countries within a year.
At this time the company was only 3 years on the market and shifted from being a mobility company to a (software) product-lead organization.
To accomplish the organizational objectives pplwise was hired to build up a state of the art people & TA function with high excellence.
Our mission
Ramp up the TA team from 5 up to 25 within 6 months
Ramp up the people team from 30 to 80 people in 6 months
Build a hiring philosophy to ensure a high quality at scale
Build a reporting with high accuracy & the ability to forecast hiring performance
Establish capacity planning procedure
After contract renewal
Double recruitings teams performance
Double recruiting performance rapidly
TIER was transforming to a product-lead company with focus on developing an outstanding application that makes e-mobility easily accessible to everyone. On a high scale.
To accomplish the product & commercial goals, the mission of the TA team was to double its performance from 30 to +60 hires per month, asap.
Our mission was to restructure the team, build processes and a plan to deliver the expected outcomes.
The challenge
Our Mission
Action steps
- Team restructuring
- Introduction of KPIs
- Establish sourcing
- Eliminate interview capacity bottlenecks
- Using most effective channels identified by data insights
Results
Scale the people team
TIER grew from 950 to +2.000 people across +22 countries at a rapid pace.
To accomplish its vision to change mobility for good, the people team had to triple within 6 months.
Our mission was to hire the people & talent acquisition team to deliver the expected outcomes.
The challenge
Our Mission
Action steps
- Team restructuring
- Introduction of KPIs
- Establish sourcing
- Eliminate interview capacity bottlenecks
- Using most effective channels identified by data insights
Results
Additional results
Within 6 months of collaboration we managed to have a significant impact on
- Organizational ability to increase the top line by filling critical roles
- Enable the people team to facilitate the organizational needs
- Hiring performance
- Hiring quality
- Hiring velocity
- Data Accuracy & insights into recruitment performance
Additional projects
- Hiring Strategy
- Team restructuring
- Introduction of specific Tech Sourcing
- Creation of interviewer pools
- Hiring Manager Training
- Talent Acquisition Training
- Interviewer Training
- Cleanup of ATS & Headcount plan

“Having the pplwise team embedded has allowed us to grow quickly with the right quality of candidates that we wanted to hire.
We also could benefit from their strategic input to make our recruitment more effective and efficient while hitting our growth goals.
I would recommend working with pplwise for any company facing recruiting bottlenecks and striving for operational excellence.”
