Siwar Ben Louhichi
Riyadh,Tunisia
Summary
Experienced Recruitment Specialist with expertise in overseas recruitment for the Saudi market, adept at navigating country-specific processes, regulations, and timelines. Possesses strong networking skills for building and maintaining partner agency relationships, and analytical skills for monitoring recruitment pipelines and project KPIs. Holds a Master's degree in Strategic Management and consulting, combining strategic insight with practical recruitment experience.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
International Recruitment Specialist
Arco Human Resources Company
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
03.2025 - Current
- Managing end-to-end recruitment of domestic and service workers for multiple projects, achieving 90% of recruitment targets on time.
- Handling recruitment for VIP clients with very specific requirements.
- Coordinating with the sales team to understanding client needs, and deployment priorities.
- Liaising with partner agencies across Asia and Africa, adapting to country-specific processes and timelines.
- Maintaining strong agency relationships to ensure quality sourcing and reduced turnaround time.
- Verifying documents, conducting background checks, and ensuring full compliance with Saudi labor regulations.
- Handling visa processing, mobilization, and resolving manpower issues in coordination with the manpower department and agencies.
- Preparing weekly and monthly reports for KPIs and project tracking, supporting management decision-making.
- Using Saudi platforms (Musaned, Enjaz) and foreign platforms for job order creation and emigration clearance.
Recruitment specialist
OpenSourcing (recruitment agency)
Sousse, Tunisia
09.2023 - 02.2025
- Coordinated with hiring managers and de of needs
- Created job postings and sourced for all sorts of profiles using multiple channels
- Screened applications, conducted phone/online interviews and shortlisting candidates
- Achieved 80% placement of positions within the set timeframe
- Technical and non-technical roles for different clients in France: Retail, Real estate, Insurance, Banking, Catering and Hospitality, Industry, Back office, IT …
Recruitment Coordinator
Veo Worldwide Services
Sousse, Tunisia
08.2022 - 07.2023
- In a partnership with NOZ the European leader of clearance
- Performed the full life-cycle recruitment for two projects in the company's campus in France
- Headhunting, passive sourcing, screening, conducting cold calls, HR interviews and candidates' assessment
- Scheduled and coordinated the final interviews, wrote and sent the offers
- Coordinated the onboarding process and followed up with candidates
- Developed the weekly Recruitment dashboard using Excel and Power BI
- Partnered with the team in France to re-work the sourcing strategy, understand the market (salary benchmarking and sourcing insights), define the interviewing process and job descriptions, and used data to optimize the process
- 28 hires in a year (sales and marketing profiles)
Sales & Marketing Specialist
Houwaida Haute Couture
Sousse, Tunisia
07.2020 - 07.2022
- Managed social media for a Tunisian fashion brand
- Treated emails and phone inquiries
- Tracked sales and managed customer relationship
- Elaborated monthly commercial report on the different KPIs using Power BI to propose sales strategies
- In addition to managing social media and sales, administrative tasks were handled such as data entry, schedule management, document preparation, and office supplies management.
- Revitalized Instagram with a 30k followers surge in one month, increased Facebook followers from 200k to 450k in a trimester, and tripled sales as a result. Also, played a pivotal role in crafting and executing the launch strategy for a new product line and a showroom
Education
Bachelor's degree - Management, minor High Commercial Studies
Institute of High Commercial Studies of Sousse
Sousse, Tunisia 09.2017 - 06.2020
Master of Research - Strategic Management and Consulting
Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management of Sousse
Sousse, Tunisia 09.2021 - 12.2023
Skills
- Full cycle recruiting
- Interviewing
- Analytical skills
- Market Research
- KPI Reporting and Analysis
- Microsoft Office Suit
- Power BI
- Applicant tracking systems
- Overseas recruitment
- Visa processing and Enjaz
- Saudi Labor Law
Websites
Certification
- Neuro linguistic programming certification Level 1 (2020) The American Board Of Neuro Linguistic Programming (ABNLP)
- B-Tech (national competition) first award 2019 The Tunisian Association for the future of Science and Technology student section worked within the marketing team for a project of a platform linking the Tunisian farmers with the investors
LANGUAGES
Arabic
Native
English
Fluent
French
Fluent
VOLUNTARY WORK
- Aiesec in Egypt, French Teacher, Cairo, Egypt, 2021-09, 2021-10
- Leo Club Sousse Stars, International Volunteer, Sousse, Tunisia, 2018, 2021
Timeline
International Recruitment Specialist
Arco Human Resources Company
03.2025 - Current
Recruitment specialist
OpenSourcing (recruitment agency)
09.2023 - 02.2025
Recruitment Coordinator
Veo Worldwide Services
08.2022 - 07.2023
Master of Research - Strategic Management and Consulting
Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management of Sousse
09.2021 - 12.2023
Sales & Marketing Specialist
Houwaida Haute Couture
07.2020 - 07.2022
Bachelor's degree - Management, minor High Commercial Studies
Institute of High Commercial Studies of Sousse
09.2017 - 06.2020