SODA Contract
With over 50 million customers worldwide, Bupa is a leading multinational healthcare company that provides a range of health and care services, including insurance, hospitals, and clinics.
Our relationship with Bupa began through a personal recommendation – having supported an engineering manager earlier in his career journey, we were his first port of call when he moved to Bupa Dental and needed to build out his team. Having built a foundation of trust over the course of several years, Trust in SODA were retained on an exclusive basis. Working across London and Bristol, we successfully delivered five key placements critical to Bupa’s technology function:
- QA Engineer
- Lead User Researcher
- Full Stack Developer
- Data Engineer
- .Net Developer
Dominika and the Team are fantastic, and will always be my first port of call when we begin hiring!
‘Trust in Soda were one of the key suppliers in relation to both quality and volume of candidates successfully placed.
Communication was key to this success, and our working relationship only strengthened as the year progressed, with mutual respect and honesty being the theme of conversations.’
ComAve was experiencing serious growth and had no talent or HR function. Trust in SODA (part of Trinnovo Group) started with recruiting the HR team and then became the talent function. Setting the strategy for all five of their businesses, we provided a linked ecosystem for talent attraction and management.
We successfully recruited in 38 roles across Sales, Technology, Engineering, Operations and Marketing, from Junior to C Suite including the COO, across Europe, covering Eastern Europe, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and France, as well as the UK.
One of the most important requirements to our client was speed of delivery, and the SODA team have delivered every time. Our EHS solution streamlines the recruitment process to secure business-critical hires faster.
Lauren made it a great experience!! She understood from minute 1 what I needed and was super quick finding the perfect person. She was always available, answered all my questions and made me and the candidate feel super attended all the time."
As Delivery Hero was going through a period of growth due to the internationalisation of their product offering, they onboarded SODA as an embedded partner to assist with reducing time to hire and accessing international talent pools. Working closely with internal stakeholders, we worked across multiple business units and were successful in making 46 hires across React, Mobile, Engineering Management, Go, Flutter, Product, Scala, Data Science, Data Engineers, and MLOps.
Having placed 34 contract roles, Trust in SODA emerged as one of Dyson’s Top suppliers across Technology & Creative roles.
Fidelis is a specialist insurer and reinsurer with long-standing industry relationships and more than 30 years of underwriting, risk management, claims, and actuarial knowledge.
Our relationship with Fidelis began through our sister brand, Broadgate, who were retained to support on transformation, legal, and compliance-focused roles.
What began as a Broadgate relationship soon evolved into a cross-brand collaboration, with Trust in SODA stepping in to cover Onda’s growing technology needs.
Since then, we’ve made more than 30 successful placements across Tech Architecture, Software Engineering, SQL, PowerApps, QA, Actuarial, Underwriting, Risk, Compliance, FP&A, and Credit Control.
One of the toughest challenges was the requirement for all roles to be based onsite in Dublin, five days a week. By working closely with Onda’s onsite MSP, we streamlined the process, built trust with candidates, and ensured the right skills were secured despite the market constraints.
‘Trust in SODA has been a valued addition to our program. The contacts are very professional, the timing and communication are flawless, and the “above and beyond” approach to the client is consistent, even with changes in the POCs.’
The Trust in Soda team played a pivotal role in efficiently filling key positions within our organization, all within a tight timeframe. Their approach was not only professional but also highly attuned to our specific needs, allowing them to present only the most fitting candidates. This precision significantly streamlined our hiring process and reduced our overall workload. Looking forward, we are eager to continue our successful partnership with Trust in SODA, confident in the value they add.'
‘Adam, Viki, Gabs and the wider team at Soda have been highly instrumental in enabling our scaling plans over the last few years. They have delivered some high calibre and strategic resources to our business quickly and are always ready to support our needs when required. As a client, I always feel that I have their complete focus and attention. I would highly recommend their services’.’
Trust in SODA delivered on every single requirement we had. To reiterate, this is not an easy task. Trust in Soda has developed an excellent reputation within Groupon. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the team for their support, without whom, we may not have completed our migration effort.
Trinnovo Group is a valued and trusted partner in our never-ending quest to find talent.
“Without working with SODA, I wouldn’t have been able to achieve the 50/50 gender split within my team, as they have the connections through the Women in DevOps community. I actually didn’t expect such diversity of candidacy. We had worked with other agencies before SODA, however, the speed of delivery has been so much quicker. On a personal level, it is very easy to communicate with the team when working together and I trust their opinion when hiring.”
Trinnovo Group jumpstarted my hiring program and was able to help me build the foundation of my organization at LaunchDarkly. The team brought great candidates to the table, particularly in the areas of DevOps, infrastructure, and data and were invaluable in helping me quickly fill those initial critical senior-level foundational hires. A pleasure to work with and an expert in the close, I don't recall losing a single candidate at the offer stage. Highest recommendation, work with Trinnovo Group, you won't regret it!
I would like to thank Trust in SODA on behalf of the Lonza Contingent Workforce Program for your perseverance and support. This program has a steep learning curve that tests the adaptability and skill of our partners, Trust in SODA quickly overcame that curve which led to the successful placement of your first candidate! We genuinely appreciate SODA’s professionalism and skill, which translates to excellent candidate support throughout the entire recruitment process. Again, congratulations on finding the perfect fit for Lonza and we look forward to many more!
Trust in SODA was able to fill a range of roles in quick succession, typically filling vacancies within two weeks of being open.
Trust in SODA identified and attracted technically proficient culture-add candidates for each open role.
NatWest Boxed and Trust in Soda have built a successful partnership focused on specialist engineering recruitment, ensuring access to top-tier talent. Together, they have prioritized diverse hiring, helping NatWest Boxed strengthen its engineering teams with a more inclusive and high-performing workforce.
‘SODA has been phenomenal in this whole recruiting process and is able to understand the candidate requirements and deliver on them every time!’
Founded in 2022, Onda is committed to providing customers with simpler and more effective cyber insurance coverage in the face of increasingly sophisticated threats.
Having previously worked with Trust in SODA’s consultants at a previous organisation, Onda’s hiring manager was confident in the value we could bring and chose to engage us for a new mandate.
Onda set an exceptionally high bar for candidate quality and needed a partner who could deliver critical hires in a tight timeframe, all while competing with other projects in the market.
We partnered with Onda on an exclusive basis, enabling us to carry out a thorough search across our community networks and the broader market.
With regular catchups alongside the TA team, we quickly aligned on the role requirements, including candidate profiles and culture fit.
By leaning on a deep understanding of Onda’s business imperatives, we successfully secured the two critical hires under demanding market conditions.
Trust in SODA has provided great candidates for our company as we start up here in Ireland. It’s been our single source of recruitment and we wouldn’t be where we are today without the hard work put in by the team.’ - VP of Engineering, Onda
‘Trust in Soda has really been part of a huge growth set in our organisation’.
QuantSpark are a strategic analytics and AI consultancy that supercharges its clients’ operating models with advanced technology and bespoke, data-driven products.
After being recommended to QuantSpark by a previous customer, Trust in SODA was engaged alongside competing agencies to deliver a critical leadership role; however, due to SODA’s fast provision of high-quality profiles, the team was soon retained exclusively.
QuantSpark were looking for a blend of deep technical expertise and management experience, and they were operating inside strict budget parameters.
SODA conducted cultural interviews, competitor analysis, market mapping, and technical testing to ensure the right fit for the role, ultimately filling the position on time and in budget.
SODA provided constant communication and flexibility. Our business has a number of nuances that make recruitment challenging, and the SODA team constantly worked with us to ensure they were providing the best possible service. Not only from a client POV but based on candidate feedback, it was clear that SODA provides a thoughtful candidate experience. The team was flexible on fees and is looking for a long-term relationship. Our business does not typically work with agencies, and I'd be keen to partner with them again on an as-needed basis.
We’re really happy with the candidate quality right from the start of the process. The role was not an easy one to fill – location and budget constraints made it a tough sell, and we appreciated being kept in the loop with regular follow-ups from the SODA team. From the market insights to the high-quality candidates and brand representation, we’re very happy with the quality of service from Trust in SODA.’
Virtasant are a global, diverse team of cloud experts building the next generation of cloud solutions. They believe that the public cloud is the future of computing, and that if leveraged to its full potential, can help organizations unleash tremendous possibilities.
Virtasant reached out to us after running a Google search for boutique / niche recruitment agencies. They were looking to hire a Director of Client Services in the EU and didn't have the brand or presence in the EU and needed a high quality candidate, quickly. After successful completion of this assignment, we were then asked to recruit for their Director of Client Services in the USA, and have since supported them with a Head of Talent role and Tech Sales roles.
We provided them a detailed market map of equivalent consultancies that were scaling, providing a huge amount of competitor analysis that they did not have the local knowledge of.
Oliver did an amazing job on our introduction call - to be honest I'm generally unimpressed with recruiting firms but Oliver quickly understood our priorities and was highly responsive."
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