Talent Manager

Asset Protection Group; Warrington; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Job summary

Asset Protection Group is building its first in-house Talent function in Warrington. This Talent Manager will lead recruitment across Engineers, Project Managers, Sales, Operations and Support, shaping strategy and building strong relationships with hiring managers and senior leadership.

Ideal candidates bring proven recruitment experience, strong sourcing skills, and a commercially minded, results-focused approach.

Qualifications

• Proven recruitment experience, agency or in-house.
• Strong direct sourcing and candidate engagement skills.
• Experience managing multiple vacancies across disciplines.
• Ability to build relationships with candidates, hiring managers and external partners.
• Experience using LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards and recruitment systems.
• Proactive, commercially minded and results-focused approach.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Own full recruitment lifecycle from vacancy briefing to offer and onboarding.
• Direct sourcing of candidates through LinkedIn, networking, referrals and headhunting.
• Build and maintain talent pipelines for current and future vacancies.
• Manage relationships with recruitment agencies and preferred suppliers.
• Negotiate terms and ensure value and quality from agencies.
• Oversee job board activity, advertising campaigns and candidate attraction strategies.
• Write engaging job adverts to improve response rates.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand recruitment needs and provide market insight.
• Develop recruitment processes and establish a best-in-class talent function.
• Monitor recruitment metrics and sourcing effectiveness.

Skills

Recruitment

Direct sourcing

Candidate engagement

Stakeholder management

LinkedIn Recruiter

Job boards

Recruitment systems

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

Applicant tracking systems

Job description

The Asset Protection Group (“APG”) comprises of Fire Life Safety and Security businesses with shared ownership and one common goal. These companies operate in niche markets and focus on supplying Fire Safety services and products and Security Solutions throughout the UK. Each of the companies have their own unique proposition, supported by the Asset Protection Group to deliver its services to the commercial sector.

Are you in agency recruitment looking for an in-house role or looking to take your in-house experience to set up a new function where you can really make your mark?

We're a growing group of companies in the Fire Life Safety& Security sector with ambitious plans for expansion, and we're looking for our first Talent Manager to lead recruitment across the organisation.

This is a newly created position offering the opportunity to build and shape our talent acquisition strategy, working closely with hiring managers and senior leadership to attract the very best people into the business.

If you're an experienced recruiter who enjoys sourcing talent, building relationships and delivering successful hires, this could be the perfect next step in your career.

What You'll Be Doing

As our Talent Manager, you'll take ownership of recruitment across all areas of the business, from Engineers and Project Managers through to Sales, Operations and Support functions.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Managing the full recruitment lifecycle from vacancy briefing through to offer and onboarding.
• Direct sourcing candidates through LinkedIn, networking, referrals and proactive headhunting.
• Building and maintaining talent pipelines for current and future vacancies.
• Managing relationships with recruitment agencies and preferred suppliers.
• Negotiating terms and ensuring agencies deliver value and quality candidates.
• Managing job board activity, advertising campaigns and candidate attraction strategies.
• Writing engaging job adverts and improving candidate response rates.
• Partnering with hiring managers to understand recruitment needs and provide market insight.
• Developing recruitment processes and helping establish a best-in-class talent function.
• Monitoring recruitment metrics, agency spend and sourcing effectiveness.

What We're Looking For

We're open to recruiters from both agency and internal recruitment backgrounds, although this role would particularly suit an ambitious agency recruiter looking to move into an in-house Talent Acquisition position.

You'll ideally have:

• Proven recruitment experience, either agency or in-house.
• Strong direct sourcing and candidate engagement skills.
• Experience managing multiple vacancies across different disciplines.
• The ability to build strong relationships with candidates, hiring managers and external partners.
• Experience using LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards and recruitment systems.
• A proactive, commercially minded and results-focused approach.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.

Experience recruiting within technical, engineering, construction, facilities management or Fire & Security sectors would be advantageous but is not essential.

Why Join Us?

• Opportunity to build and shape a brand-new Talent function.
• High-profile role with genuine influence on business growth.
• Autonomy to develop recruitment strategies and processes.
• Growing, successful Fire & Security business with ambitious plans.
• Supportive leadership team and collaborative culture.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Excellent long-term career development opportunities