Job Details
We are The rpc Group of Companies, an independently owned award winning group of niche recruitment brands based in Southampton.
Established in 1985 as Resource Planning Consultants, rpc search and selection is one of the UK’s oldest established executive search and selection consultancies specializing in filling key UK based management roles for leading organisations operating within the Logistics and Supply Chain and related sectors, however we are now handling an increasing number of FM, Construction, and Engineering roles
rpc foodservice recruitment is a leading recruitment specialist in the foodservice sector. Operating throughout the UK and Internationally in the areas of Delivered Foodservice - All temperature spans, Contract Distribution, Food Ingredients, Catering Disposables, Catering Equipment, Foodservice Manufacturing, Fresh Produce, Seafood and Cash and Carry
rpc catering recruitment is a leading catering recruiter operating in catering and hospitality sector in the UK and overseas in the catering and life support services sector
rpc commercial recruitment is a leading commercial recruitment specialist for Sales, Marketing, Business Support, HR, IT and Finance positions across the whole of the UK.
rpc international recruitment is an international technical recruitment consultancy and in addition to its core strength of managing logistics and supply chain assignments worldwide, now focuses on the additional sectors of facilities management, catering and life support services, military and defence support services, aviation, security, IT and telecoms, retail and wholesale, fuel supply and distribution, cruise lines, mining, engineering and construction including oil and gas.
rpc interim specialises in the growing market of supplying Interim Managers and Consultants in the UK and Worldwide.
The Role:
As part of our expansion plans, we are currently looking to further expand our recruitment team and are seeking an experienced Senior / Recruitment Consultant to promote the rpc brands.
Whilst we are open minded as to your sector background, recruitment professionals who have a background in Logistics and Supply Chain, Construction, Engineering, Catering or Commercial Recruitment are of particular interest as is anyone who has experience of International Recruitment.
In order to be successful in this business you will need an array of personal strengths – business development skills in a business to business environment, people assessment skills, business and commercial awareness combined with a strong work ethic, a network of contacts, high drive and energy, capable of working under own initiative, as well as having a desire to run your own recruitment desk, gravitas, presence and excellent communication skills.
If you empathise with these, have a high understanding of quality client service, we would like to hear from you.
The role itself involves managing all aspects of the recruitment process from gaining clients and winning assignments through to advertising, headhunting, screening candidates to organizing interviews through to facilitating job offers leading to placements. This is commonly known nowadays as 360 Degree Recruiting.
Knowledge and Skills:
The successful candidate will be an accomplished Recruitment Consultant, highly motivated, ambitious with excellent inter-personal skills and commercial awareness with the ability to maintain and develop long -term relationships with demanding blue – chip clients.
Recruitment professionals who have a background in Logistics and Supply Chain, Construction, Engineering, Catering or Commercial Recruitment are of particular interest as is anyone who has experience of International Recruitment.
You should also be an enthusiastic self-starter with a can do attitude, highly focused and resilient.
Basic salary is genuinely negotiable and dependent upon your experience and skill set.
The rewards can be outstanding for those who thrive in an independently owned environment, where people are measured on what they deliver rather than words.
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