Transport Recruitment Consultant

JAM Recruitment Ltd; Park Central; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Pertemps Birmingham Commercial recruits for its Birmingham-based transport division, seeking a Transport Recruitment Consultant to manage and grow their own desk. You will build relationships with clients and drivers across the transport sector, using strong communication and business development skills to match candidates with haulage and logistics roles.

The role is permanent, full-time, based in Birmingham, with an uncapped commission structure and OTE potential of up to £35,000 in the first

Qualifications

• Experience in transport recruitment or sales.
• Strong understanding of the transport sector is desirable.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and develop strong relationships with transport clients.
• Develop new business opportunities through telesales, networking and meetings.
• Source, interview and independently select suitable candidates for transport vacancies.
• Manage a high-volume pool of drivers and transport professionals.
• Coordinate candidate onboarding, compliance and availability.

Skills

Communication skills

Sales / business development

Client relationships

Telephone selling

Organisation

Tools

Excel

Word

Outlook

Job description

This permanent, full-time Transport Recruitment Consultant position sits within Pertemps Birmingham Commercial's established transport division. Based in Birmingham, the successful candidate will manage and grow their own desk, building relationships with clients and drivers across the sector.

Commercially driven professionals with recruitment or sales experience will thrive here, using strong communication and business development skills to match candidates with haulage and logistics roles.

The salary starts at £27,000 annually, supplemented by an uncapped commission structure offering realistic first-year earnings of up to £35,000. This suits someone passionate about both sales and the transport industry, keen to develop their career while contributing to a busy, award-winning team.

Transport Recruitment Consultant Birmingham | Full-Time, Permanent | Competitive Salary DOE + Uncapped Commission Are you looking to develop your career within transport recruitment ?

Pertemps is an award-winning independent recruitment company seeking an experienced and commercially driven Transport Recruitment Consultant to join our hugely successful and busy Birmingham-based Transport Division. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is passionate about recruitment, sales and the transport industry, with the opportunity to build strong relationships with both clients and candidates while growing your own desk.

The package includes an attractive salary, OTE potential of up to £35k within your first year, plus an unrivalled commission structure which is reviewed annually thereafter.

You will work with a broad range of transport clients, taking responsibility for servicing existing accounts, developing new business and supplying high-quality candidates across the driving and transport sector. Customer service will be a key part of the role, ensuring consistently high standards for both our clients and workers.

As a Transport Recruitment Consultant, you will:

• Build and develop strong relationships with new and existing transport clients.
• Talk to and influence decision makers at all levels.
• Develop new business opportunities through telesales, networking and face‑to‑face meetings.
• Sell recruitment solutions and service packages to transport and logistics businesses.
• Source, interview and independently select suitable candidates for transport vacancies.
• Manage a high-volume pool of drivers and transport professionals.
• Handle inbound queries from prospective and existing workers.
• Manage key transport accounts and provide a consistently high level of customer service.
• Coordinate candidate onboarding, compliance and availability.
• Work closely with clients to understand their staffing requirements and provide effective recruitment solutions.
• Support tender processes and client presentations where required.
• Manage rotational out‑of‑hours/on‑call responsibilities.
• Positively promote the Pertemps brand within the local transport and business community.

The successful Transport Recruitment Consultant will become part of a focused and well-established team of recruiters who are hungry for success and committed to increasing Pertemps' market share across the Birmingham transport sector.

Benefits

• Company car after the qualifying period
• Free car parking
• 24/7 out‑of‑hours support
• Unrivalled commission structure
• Pension scheme
• Eligibility for the company share scheme after the qualifying period

Ideal Candidate

• Previous experience within transport recruitment, recruitment or a sales environment.
• A strong understanding of the transport sector is desirable.
• Confidence speaking to clients and candidates over the telephone.
• A commercially driven and target-focused approach.
• Experience developing new business and building long-term client relationships.
• A tenacious attitude towards sales and business development.
• Ideally, experience upselling services and working confidently 'off-script'.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and relationship‑building skills.
• The ability to identify opportunities and convert them into new business.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple workloads.
• The ability to work effectively in a fast‑paced, high-volume environment.
• A good judge of character with strong candidate assessment skills.
• IT literate, with basic knowledge of Excel, Word and Outlook.
• Comfortable building rapport and creating new client accounts both over the phone and face‑to‑face.