BD, Cielo win long-term partnership TIARA Talent Solutions award

Cielo, the world’s leading Talent Acquisition Partner, has won the ICIMS Long-Term Partnership award for its work with global medical technology company BD.

This highly successful seven-year Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) partnership is rooted in collaboration, teamwork, shared expertise, and innovation. With the relationship growing to span 40 countries across EMEA and North America, Cielo provides end-to-end talent acquisition support that understands the complexity and local nuances in every country.

“Working together with Cielo does not feel like working with an RPO, the team are by nature of what they do but more importantly how they deliver, simply part of the HR team,” Maddy Luedemann, Director, Talent Acquisition & Talent Management EMEA at BD says. “When I connect with our TA partners, they are proud to say they support BD, it is not 'just an account' to them. I truly believe the partnership is unique; we are transparent with each other, hold each other accountable at all times and focus together on the BD purpose of advancing the world of health.”

BD and Cielo have delivered impressive talent acquisition results over the years. Together, they overcame the challenging labor market while at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19 – boosting hiring to meet the substantial increase in critical global supply chain demand to support vaccination efforts around the world. Other results include:

• Improving time-to-hire by 19% across all roles
• Advancing gender diversity goals with a 50/50 split
• Increasing hiring manager satisfaction to 91%
• Maintaining 90% or higher satisfaction for candidate experience

The TIARA judges shed some light on the partnership: “Cielo were praised by the judges for showing impressive growth across the account, which has innovation at its core and also delivers well on the operational basics. It was a great example of partnership and collaboration.”

With a shared focus on people, process and technology, BD and Cielo are building an agile and innovative talent acquisition strategy. One that’s built to last, no matter what the TA landscape looks like.