Recruitment Consultant

Birmingham; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a motivated Recruitment Consultant in Birmingham. You'll drive sales while maintaining high standards of customer service. The role offers a base salary of £27,000 with an OTE of £35,000 in your first year, alongside benefits including a company car and a robust commission structure. Ideal candidates will excel in sales and possess strong communication skills.

Benefits

Company car after qualifying period

Pension scheme

24/7 support

Qualifications

• Ability to manage multiple workloads without sacrificing service quality.
• Confident in phone conversations and relationship building.
• Familiarity with recruitment processes and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Talk to decision makers and influence their choices.
• Sell service packages and promote the Pertemps brand.
• Manage key accounts and support business processes.
• Interview and select industrial or driving staff.

Skills

Sales aptitude

Excellent communication

Negotiation skills

IT literacy

Tools

Excel

Word

Outlook

Job description

Overview

Pertemps is an award-winning independent recruitment company seeking experienced consultants to join our Birmingham-based Industrial & Driving Division. This excellent package includes an attractive salary, OTE potential of up to £35k within your first year, plus an unrivalled commission structure which is to be reviewed annually thereafter. You will work with a broad range of industrial/engineering clients, which you would be responsible for servicing and developing, alongside broader sales responsibilities. Customer service would be a very important element of your role as you would need to uphold high standards to both our workers and our clients. Pertemps is one of the largest independent agencies in the UK with over 200 locations nationally and a turnover in excess of £800 million. Pertemps is committed to mentoring, training and development of every employee.

Responsibilities

• Talk to and influence decision makers at all levels.
• Sell service packages to them and rigorously drive the Pertemps brand.
• Assist with inbound queries at all levels from prospective and existing workers.
• Deal with Business-to-business onsite sales and telesales.
• Interview and independently select Industrial or Driving staff.
• Manage key accounts including rotational on-call requirement.
• Support tender processes and presentations.
• Positively profile the business within the local community.

Team and environment

The successful Recruitment Consultant will form part of a focused and well-established team of recruiters, which is hungry for success and committed to further increasing the local market share. This is a challenging position, but for those that succeed the rewards and career potential can be fantastic.

Compensation and benefits

Salary £27,000 with an OTE of up to £35,000 in the first year, with salary review at the end of year 1. Benefits include a company car (after qualifying period), car parking, 24/7 out-of-hours support, an unrivalled commission structure and pension scheme, plus eligibility into the company share scheme after qualifying period.

Ideal candidate

• Ability to absorb knowledge and learn a range of new IT systems and recruitment compliance processes.
• Confident speaking to new people on the phone.
• Acting as a recruiter for high-volume candidate onboarding drives.
• A good judge of character.
• A tenacious attitude towards sales.
• Ideally some experience in upselling to clients and working 'off-script'.
• Characteristics of somebody capable of winning new business and building relationships.
• Ability to manage multiple workloads without detracting from quality of service.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• IT literate with basic use of Excel, Word, Outlook (training will be provided to further develop these skills).
• Comfortable building rapport and creating new accounts with clients face-to-face.

About the Birmingham market

The Industrial market in the Birmingham area is huge and continues to grow, therefore opportunities are rife for motivated individuals with the ability to close sales, as well as provide a well-rounded service to their workers and clients alike.

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