Recruitment Area Manager

Parkes Personnel Ltd; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Bonus scheme

Hybrid working options

Private GP and healthcare cover

Pension scheme

Ongoing training and development

Regular social events

25 days holiday, rising to 30 with 1–3

Job summary

Parkes Personnel Ltd is seeking an experienced Recruitment Area Manager to drive the Industrial and Engineering blue‑collar division across the Midlands. This hands-on leadership role blends new business development with team coaching and branch oversight.

You will grow revenue, manage three branches, shape regional growth plans, and aspire toward a Directorship as the business expands. Hybrid working, competitive package, and clear progression are on offer.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as Recruitment Manager/Branch Manager/Area Manager.
• Strong commercial acumen with ability to grow revenue.
• Proven leadership and coaching of recruitment consultants.
• Experience in temporary recruitment, ideally Industrial/Engineering/Blue collar.
• Ability to build client relationships at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Grow the Industrial and Engineering blue‑collar temporary recruitment division across the Midlands.
• Win new business and develop existing client relationships.
• Lead, coach and develop recruitment consultants across three branches.
• Attend client meetings and site visits.
• Develop and implement regional growth plans.
• Monitor team performance and KPIs.
• Recruit and develop additional consultants as the business grows.
• Maintain high service standards and compliance.
• Play an increasing role in the wider direction and future growth.

Job description

Up to £45k + Car Allowance | Bonus | Hybrid Working | Future Directorship Opportunity

Are you an experienced Recruitment Manager looking for more than just your next management role? With a salary of up to £45k, car allowance, bonus and the potential to progress into a Directorship and eventually run the business, this is an opportunity worth exploring.

You’ll be joining an established recruitment business looking for someone with the ambition, commercial ability and leadership skills to help drive its next stage of growth.

Why Join?

• Salary up to £45k
• Car allowance
• Bonus scheme
• Genuine potential to progress into a Directorship and eventually take responsibility for running the business
• Hybrid working options
• Regional responsibility across three established branches
• Opportunity to shape and grow the Industrial and Engineering temporary recruitment division
• 25 days holiday, rising to 30 with service, plus bank holidays
• Regular salary reviews
• Private GP and healthcare cover
• Pension scheme
• Ongoing training and development
• Regular social events

The Role

As Recruitment Area Manager, you'll initially take responsibility for growing the Industrial and Engineering blue‑collar temporary recruitment division across the Midlands. This is a hands-on commercial leadership role, so you'll need to be just as comfortable winning new business and meeting clients as you are managing and developing your team.

• Driving growth within the temporary Industrial and Engineering recruitment market
• Winning new business and developing existing client relationships
• Leading, coaching and developing recruitment consultants across three branches
• Attending client meetings and site visits
• Identifying opportunities to increase revenue and profitabilityDeveloping and implementing regional growth plans
• Monitoring team performance and KPIs
• Recruiting and developing additional consultants as the business grows
• Maintaining high standards of service and compliance
• Playing an increasingly important part in the wider direction and future growth of the business

The longer-term plan is to develop the Recruitment Area Manager into someone who has the potential to step into a Directorship and ultimately take over the day-to-day running of the business in the next few years.

About You

To be successful as a Recruitment Area Manager, you'll ideally be an experienced Recruitment Manager, Branch Manager or Area Manager. You'll need to posess strong commercial and leadership experience.

• A strong background in temporary recruitment, ideally Industrial, Engineering, Manufacturing or Blue Collar
• A proven track record of winning and developing business
• Experience managing, coaching or developing recruitment consultants
• Strong commercial awareness and an understanding of what makes a recruitment business profitable
• The confidence to build relationships with clients at all levels
• A hands‑on approach and the ability to lead by example
• The ambition and ability to take on greater responsibility as the business grows.

Most importantly, you'll be someone who thinks beyond their own desk or branch. You'll enjoy building a business, developing people and making commercial decisions, with the ambition to eventually lead the whole operation.

Interested?

If you're an experienced recruitment professional who feels ready for a bigger challenge, this could be the career move you've been waiting for. It's not just about managing branches. It's about joining a business where you could have a real say in its future and potentially be running it yourself in a few years' time.