Finn Merlijn Thoolen

Co-Founder

Netherlands3 yrs 10 mos experience

Most Likely To Switch

Key Highlights

Expert in mid to senior marketing recruitment.
Streamlined hiring processes for startups.
Proven track record in sales and business development.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Recruitment Specialist with a focus on Marketing roles in Startups.

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Skills

Core Skills

SalesBusiness DevelopmentOperations

Other Skills

Operationele controleFinanciële analyseLeiderschapVerkoopmanagementB2B SalesB2C salesCoachingDealafsluitingTeamworkOnderhandelingVerkoopproces

About

Startups and scaleups. Medior to senior marketing hires. That’s my focus. In growing tech and ecommerce teams, marketing often feels like it should be further along. More traction. More pipeline. Just… more. But when it’s time to hire, the doubt kicks in. Do we need a generalist? A Head of Marketing? A performance specialist? Someone who can just take ownership and run? That decision matters more than most people realise. I see a lot of teams hiring broad because it feels safe. One person who can “do a bit of everything.” While the real progress usually comes from one sharp specialist. Someone who fully owns acquisition. Or retention. Or demand. I run Orion Hiring. We work with startups and scaleups to slow that decision down for a minute and get specific before we search. What needs to move in the next year? What would make this hire a clear win? Where could it go wrong? Once that’s clear, the search becomes a lot simpler. If you’re building in the Randstad and not fully sure whether you need “a marketer” or something much more defined, that’s usually a good starting point. finn@orionhiring.com

Experience

3 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 5 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 5 mos

Current Experience

Santander consumer finance benelux

3 roles

Senior Operations Officer

Promoted

Dec 2023 – Jul 2024 · 7 mos · Utrecht, Nederland

Operationele controleOperations

Direct business agent

Jan 2023 – Dec 2023 · 11 mos · Utrecht, Nederland

Providing loans for consumer purposes
Doing financial checks to establish if a loan is
financially responsible to accredit
Consolidating loans from other parties to
enlarge our turnover per client
Maintaining a relationship with customers and
building on my own portfolio.
Onboarding other agents into fully
independent sales agents

DealafsluitingFinanciële analyseSalesBusiness Development

Direct business agent

Dec 2021 – Sep 2022 · 9 mos · Utrecht, Nederland

DealafsluitingB2C salesSalesTeamwork

Orion hiring

Co-Founder

Dec 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 5 mos · Remote

I started Orion Hiring because I saw how unnecessarily complicated hiring kept becoming.
A startup is growing. Marketing needs to perform better. The team needs reinforcement. Sounds straightforward.
Until the role goes live.
Suddenly there are stacks of CVs. The process drags. Everyone is talking, but no one is fully aligned on what they’re actually looking for.
And a few months later, it turns out the hire wasn’t quite right.
We focus on mid to senior marketing hires for startups and scaleups in the Randstad. Not because it sounds niche, but because that’s where the biggest difference can be made.
The right marketer at the right moment can seriously accelerate a company. The wrong one can cost you a year.
We’ve supported 30+ growing teams with marketing hires so far. Most of the people we place are still there a year later. And in many cases, time to hire drops significantly, simply because we get clear on what’s really needed before the search starts.
We deliberately work with a small number of clients at a time. No layers. No handoffs. Just staying close to the process.
Before Orion, I worked in operations and commercial strategy. Which probably explains why I have little patience for hiring processes that look professional, but don’t actually help anyone move faster.
If you’re building in the Randstad and hiring at mid or senior marketing level, we’re likely thinking about the same things.

Operationele controleFinanciële analyseSalesLeiderschapVerkoopmanagementB2B Sales+7

Alpha fx group plc

Portfoliomanager

Sep 2022 – Dec 2022 · 3 mos · Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

We are Alpha FX – a foreign exchange specialist working internationally for corporate and institutions impacted by currency volatility.
Listed on the London Stock Exchange, we combine leading expertise with pioneering technology to help clients manage their currency exposures more effectively and efficiently.
Our unique approach has attracted investment from some of the UK’s most respected institutions, including M&G, Old Mutual and Soros Fund. If you would like more information about Alpha’s services or are interested in finding out what it’s like to work here, you can reach me at: merlijnthoolen@alphafx.nl

DealafsluitingSalesB2B SalesBusiness Development