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Specialist Recruitment Consultant - FMCG

Employer
Michael Page Sales
Location
England, Leicestershire, Leicester
Salary
£23000 - £35000 per annum
Closing date
3 Jul 2019

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Business Sector
Non Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Sales

Job Details

  • Based in one of busy regional offices in Leicester you will inherit a healthy portfolio of consumer and FMCG clients across the Midlands
  • This role is a combination of key account management and new business sales - the desk has been established for over 11 years


Client Details

PageGroup Changes Lives for People through Creating Opportunity to Reach Potential.

We are specialist recruiters. All our consultants are experts in their industry and only recruit into their specific market, which gives our customers the best insight and widest reach during their recruitment process.

The role of a PageGroup recruitment consultant combines business development and commercial customer service, generating revenue by successfully engaging with clients, candidates and colleagues.

As an award winning agency some of our recent accolades include:

- 'World's Most Socially Engaged Staffing Agency' on LinkedIn, having retained the title for the second consecutive year and for the third time in four years

- Named one of the 'Best Places to work in 2018' via the Glassdoor Employees' Choice Awards

- First recruitment company to be ranked in the Stonewall Top 100 Employer list

- PageGroup named one of The Times 'Top 50 Employers for Women 2018'

Description

The key responsibilities of a recruitment consultant include:

Identifying and developing client/business relationships in a competitive environment
Advising on and selling the most appropriate solution for attracting candidates and maintaining a candidate database
Assessing and responding to the needs of each particular client or assignment
Sourcing suitable candidates and briefing them on the opportunities offered by the client
Managing the process through interview to offer stage and beyond
Offering CV, interview and general career advice
Networking to build business information that can be converted into commercial opportunities



The role in Leicester will involve supporting the Business Director who has built and managed the FMCG & Consumer channel over the last 10 years; it is a busy desk with lots of key account activity plus the opportunity to support the local SME community from food & drink businesses to sports brands, cosmetic companies and much more!!

Profile

The great thing about working for Michael Page is that people come from all walks of life and experience! Business to business sales experience is important but other than that we look for people who love working in a busy, fun office environment. The Leicester office is situated outside of the City Centre by Fosse Park, a driving license is preferred as we have daily and weekly meetings out with clients and candidates.

Job Offer

Competitive basic salary depending on experience

Car packages at Management level & above

1/4 bonus

1/4 incentives based on performance including Michelin Star Restaurant Trips

Bi-Annual High Flier trips, recent locations have been all expensed trips to Ibiza, Barcelona & Tenerife!

Dynamic working, allowing flexi-time/home working as and when required

Pension, Healthcare, Cycle to work schemes etc

Company

Michael Page Sales UK is a leading professional recruitment consultancy covering permanent, interim and contract recruitment. We have UK wide coverage with ten offices located in London, Weybridge, Reading, Birmingham, Bristol, Leicester, St Albans, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow. The core markets we serve are Consumer, Business Services, Media, IT/Telco, Financial Services, Healthcare and Technical Sales, with a dedicated person or team in each location specialising in each of these sectors. The clients we work with are as diverse as the candidates we represent; from Blue Chips to SMEs, and Sales Execs to Sales Directors. Our Consultants are typically from relevant sales backgrounds giving first hand experience of the roles we recruit for. We pride ourselves on delivering unrivalled service levels to our candidates and our clients, our track record of success over the past 20 years means we stand out.

Within our Consumer Sales Division we have consultants within each of the 10 offices who dedicate themselves to this sector and no other. Our specialist capability is demonstrated further as we focus on sub sectors such as food, drink, household, foodservice, consumer electronics, apparel, health & beauty, consumer healthcare, pet and sports. Some of our key clients include Colgate, Beiersdorf, Dr Oetker, Johnson & Johnson, Matthew Clark, PZ Cussons, Kellogg’s, 2 Sisters, Samsung, Seven Seas, Twinings, Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser, SC Johnson, Warburtons, InBev, Kettle Chips, Hallmark, Luxottica, McCain, Britvic, General Mills, and Molson Coors to name but a few!

Michael Page Sales UK is part of Michael Page International with operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. As well as looking for high quality candidates for our clients, we are also always looking for top talent to work for us

Join in the discussion in our LinkedIn group Michael Page Sales - UK

 

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