Recruitment Consultant - Business Support Roles (Export-Led Manufacturing Clients)

About Us: Next Generation Recruitment is a leading recruitment agency in Dublin, specialising in the life sciences and food industry sectors. We pride ourselves on our professional, approachable, and forward-thinking approach to recruitment. We are looking for a dynamic Recruitment Consultant to join our team, specialising in business support roles for our export-led manufacturing clients.

Role Overview: As a Recruitment Consultant, you will specialise in placing business support roles within our export-led manufacturing clients. This is a 360-degree recruitment role on a warm desk, with a healthy mix of both candidate delivery and business development.

Key Responsibilities:

Candidate Delivery (70%):

• Source, screen, and interview candidates for business support roles such as IT admin, HR, admin, marketing, and other support positions.
• Build and maintain a strong pipeline of qualified candidates.
• Manage the end-to-end recruitment process, including job posting, candidate sourcing, interviewing, and offer management.
• Develop and maintain relationships with candidates, providing an exceptional candidate experience.
• Ensure all candidate interactions reflect the company's professional and approachable brand voice.

Business Development (30%):

• Engage with existing clients to understand their recruitment needs and provide tailored solutions.
• Develop new business opportunities within the export-led manufacturing sector.
• Conduct market research to identify potential clients and build a strategic approach to win new business.
• Attend industry events and networking opportunities to build brand awareness and establish connections.
• Collaborate with the marketing team to develop and implement business development strategies.

Requirements:

• Proven experience as a Recruitment Consultant, ideally within the business support sector.
• Strong understanding of the export-led manufacturing industry.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Proactive and results-oriented with a strong business acumen.
• Experience in a 360-degree recruitment role, with a balance of candidate delivery and business development.
• Familiarity with recruitment software and tools.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary and commission structure.
• 22 days holidays + 1 day for each year of service (max 25 days) and an extra day off for your birthday
• We offer flexible start and finish times (8:30-9.30am/5-6.30pm)
• Hybrid and remote options (dependent on role which we will discuss up front per role)
• EAP service
• Contribution to health or gym plan
• Supportive and collaborative team environment.
• Continuous professional development and career progression opportunities.

The Next Step for you:

Should this position be of interest to you please forward your CV to Maura O'Hea from Next Generation Recruitment.

Next Generation are specialists in Supply Chain, Procurement, Engineering, Quality, Technical and Operation (permanent, contract and temporary) positions.

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