Nicola Cronje

Recruiter

Knysna, Western Cape, South Africa14 yrs experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Expert in driving impactful hiring strategies across multiple regions.
Proven track record in building diverse, high-performing teams.
Recognized for innovative recruitment solutions in dynamic environments.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Specialist with expertise in global recruitment strategies.

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Skills

Core Skills

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Other Skills

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About

As a Global Talent Acquisition Architect, I specialize in building strong relationships and driving impactful hiring strategies across Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. With deep empathy, analytical precision, and a solutions-focused mindset. Agile and adaptable, I thrive in dynamic environments, navigating complex hiring landscapes with strategic foresight and innovation. A dedicated remote professional, I bring integrity, resilience, and a relentless work ethic to every challenge. Passionate about fostering diverse, high-performing teams, I leverage communication, strategy, and market insights to transform recruitment into a powerful driver of business success."

Experience

Join talent

2 roles

Senior Global Talent Partner

Nov 2025 – Present · 4 mos · South Africa · Remote

Join Talent is a ‘talent acquisition as a service’ (TAaaS) business - dedicated to driving business scale up growth performance. As leaders in the Talent Acquisition space we provide strategic consultancy and delivery support to founders & business leaders on designing & implementing highly effective recruitment models for your company, as well as on how to build a unique & compelling employer brand to attract top talent.
Our business is a 100% founder-owned British start-up/scale-up that has successfully supported 250+ clients in their growth plans, earning us recognition as one of EMEA's stand-out scale-up success stories of the last 3 years in our own right. Today Join Talent employs over 250 professionals across 21 countries and has an enviable roster of clients from start-ups to Unicorns and through to FTSE 30 household names.
As the 13th fastest growing company in Europe in Financial Times 1,000 2023 ‘Fastest Growing Companies in Europe’ list, we are no stranger to scale up success first hand. Join Talent have also been winners of the Scotland & NI region of Great British Entrepreneur Awards for Start-up (2021) and Scale-Up (2022), as well as 2nd place in the Top 100 UK SMEs 2023. We were included in the Times & LDC Top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders 2022 list and individual winners of their Disruptor of the Year award for 2022.
We are also a registered diversity vendor as a female majority owned and run business. Proudly registered as an ISO accredited organisation.

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Senior Global Talent Partner

Mar 2024 – May 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos · Western Cape, South Africa · Remote

Employed by Join Talent to lead with global hiring for Microsoft, EMEA region. My portfolio consisted of roles within the MCAPS (Client & Partnerships Solutions) and Engineering Organizations.

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Microsoft

2 roles

Senior Global Talent Partner @ Microsoft via Join Talent

Nov 2025 – Present · 4 mos · Western Cape, South Africa · Remote

Full-cycle recruitment across EMEA, supporting within the Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions (MCAPS) division. MCAPS is a Microsoft business unit that serves as the company's global unified commercial organisation with responsibility for global strategy and sales execution.

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Senior Global Talent Partner via Join Talent

Mar 2024 – May 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos · South Africa · Remote

Global hiring of talent for the MCAPS and Engineering organisations, EMEA region. Countries such as the UK, Ireland, Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Norway, Portugal, Netherlands, Switzerland, Romania and Abu Dhabi.

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Mtn

2 roles

Talent Acquisition Consultant @ MTN Group

Aug 2022 – Jun 2023 · 10 mos · Hybrid

Successfully Lead the Recruitment for MTN Group for locations South Africa and Nigeria. The Business units consisted of Enterprise business, Digital & Tech, Consumer and Chenosis (API market place startup).

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Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist (SME)

Jan 2018 – Aug 2022 · 4 yrs 7 mos · Hybrid

Agile Talent Aquisition Lead and SME for both technical & commercial Projects for South Africa. As well as policies, process, reporting, training and the LinkedIn champion.

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Ericsson

3 roles

Talent Acquisition Team Lead Region EMEA

Aug 2016 – Dec 2017 · 1 yr 4 mos · Johannesburg Area, South Africa · On-site

Responsible for the successful delivery of Recruitment across Africa and the Middle East.
Gained experience in creating and managing a team of recruiters and sourcers.

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Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist Region Sub Saharan Africa

Sep 2014 – Aug 2016 · 1 yr 11 mos · Johannesburg Area, South Africa · On-site

Provided full Recruitment support within the Africa region for a variety of roles for Managed Services and the Commercials BUs. Promoted into the Team Lead role.

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Talent Acquisition Specialist Region Sub Saharan Africa

Jun 2012 – May 2013 · 11 mos · Johannesburg, South Africa · On-site

Provided successful end to end Recruitment within the Africa region for Managed Services.

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Mtn

Recruitment Business Partner Technology

May 2013 – Apr 2014 · 11 mos · Johannesburg Area, South Africa · On-site

Successful delivery of recruitment for the Technology BU for South Africa.

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Rand merchant bank

Project Administrator & Resourcing Cordinator Africa Human Capital

Sep 2011 – Jun 2012 · 9 mos · Johannesburg Area, South Africa · On-site

Project and Recruitment support for RMB’s Africa expansion strategy. Hiring of Senior level roles for the set-up of the Investment bank in Nigeria.

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Alexander mann solutions

Resourcing Co-ordinator

Oct 2008 – Sep 2011 · 2 yrs 11 mos · BAE Systems, Submarine Solutions, Barrow-in-Furness · On-site

Supported the client BAE Systems and the Recruitment team on site with a variety of tasks to deliver
the end-to-end recruitment service in line with agreed service levels and KPIs.

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