Recruitment Consultant

PPM Recruitment; Manchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment firm in Sale, Manchester is seeking a motivated Recruitment Consultant to manage recruitment in the Trades and Labour and M&E sectors. The role entails developing client relationships, sourcing suitable candidates, and achieving sales targets. Candidates should ideally possess strong recruitment experience and excellent sales skills. Offering a competitive salary, bonus scheme, and benefits.

Benefits

Competitive basic salary

Competitive bonus scheme

Parking

Pension scheme

Competitive holiday allowance

Good OTE

Qualifications

• Strong recruitment experience, preferably in Trades and Labour and M&E.
• Ability to achieve revenue targets consistently.
• Accurate admin and activity recording.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute recruitment sales and resourcing activities.
• Manage and nurture client relationships.
• Source suitable applicants and assess their skills.

Skills

B2B customer sales skills

Relationship building

Resilience

Self-motivation

Commercial awareness

Job description

Overview

JOB TITLE: Recruitment Consultant - (Trades and Labour and M&E industry)

REPORTS TO: Operations Director

Established in 1999, PPM Recruitment offers a unique blend of Nationwide ability, Local knowledge, and Business sector expertise with an honest and friendly approach. With a focus on building long-term, close relationships based on mutual trust and respect, we cater to all employment needs from Permanent to Temporary, Part-Time to Full-Time, Contract, or Freelance.

We are looking for an organised, tenacious, hard working, money driven and enthusiastic individual to join our energetic team based at our Sale, Manchester office. Working within a friendly office environment, your main task will be to fill a vast number of jobs that we have from our clients, as a key part of Recruitment team. Hours - 8.30am - 5pm, Monday to Friday.

Main purpose of job

To develop and carry out all aspects of Recruitment Sales and Resourcing and the associated administration. You will predominantly be working on temporary recruitment in the Trades and Labour and M&E industry. For this role applicants will need to have many years strong recruitment experience and ideally experience of recruiting in the Trades and Labour and M&E industry (we will consider candidates that have had success in other recruitment sectors).

Main duties

• New business gained through a structured and consultative business development approach
• Manage, nurture and build relationships
• Develop a good understanding of client business, specific vacancy requirements and future work and assignments
• Source the most suitable applicants, assessing their knowledge and skill base and building relationships
• Obtaining candidate RTW documentation, certificates, and licences
• Managing and updating the database with all customer and candidate records, documents, quotations and paperwork
• Cross selling between temporary, permanent and the divisions and regions within our business
• Work and liaise with colleagues in other parts of the business
• Achieve agreed activity and revenue targets
• Develop an excellent industry/sector/subject matter expertise

Candidate profile / Preferred background

• Ideally you won't be a job hopper
• Excellent B2B customer sales skills and relationship builder
• Ability to achieve revenue targets consistently
• Self motivated/resilient
• Persistent and a resilient personality with the ability to rebound quickly after disappointment to ensure consistency
• Accurate admin and recording of your activity on our database software
• Commercially aware with a good head for figures and negotiations

On offer

• Competitive basic salary
• Competitive bonus scheme
• Parking
• Pension scheme
• Competitive holiday allowance
• Good OTE

Please call or send a CV to apply

Job Info

• Job Title: Recruitment Consultant
• Company: PPM Recruitment
• Location: Sale, Manchester
• Posted: Sep 12th 2025
• Closes: Oct 13th 2025
• Sector: Personnel & Recruitment
• Contract: Permanent
• Hours: Full Time

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