Recruitment Consultant – Perms Desk

• Role: Recruitment Consultant – Permanent Desk
• Specialism – Procurement & Supply Chain
• Location: Northampton NN4 7RG (with blended home working and office working)
• Salary: £25,000 to £30,000 per annum (dependent on experience + bonus scheme)
• Hours: Mon-Fri, 37.5 per week
• Contract: Full Time Permanent   

This is an opportunity to join the largest family-owned recruitment business globally. Reed has grown significantly over the past 60 years, and we have very ambitious growth plans to expand our teams. We believe in a high trust, high-performance, and high reward culture. We ask questions, we innovate, and we react with speed.

Based out of our flagship N900 office, you’ll recruit for varying roles from Supply Chain Co-ordinators and Procurement Assistants and Analysts to managers and up to director level covering the geographical area of Northampton, Milton Keynes and Peterborough.

Day-to-day responsibilities:

• Strategic business development – B2B sales calls
• Contacting and introducing yourself to Reed’s established client base of senior decision makers 
• Using LinkedIn Recruiter to map clients and candidates
• Matching candidates to your existing & new client base and vice versa, as well as arranging interviews/meetings between the two
• Networking with clients and candidates

Required skills and attributes:

• Outstanding communication skills, both verbal and written, resilience, and dedication to succeed
• Act as an ambassador for Reed – the candidates you place will become future clients
• Professional yet personable
• Ability to judge & prioritise multiple demands whilst delivering fast-paced service excellence
• Financially motivated & career hungry
• Competitive with a strong work ethic

Why Reed

Achievement is celebrated through…

• Unlimited earning potential – our transparent and uncapped bonus schemes are paid every 4 weeks
• Clear and transparent career development frameworks which deliver regular promotions and salary increases
• Annual high achiever awards held at prestigious venues
• Thrive at Reed – annual bespoke, personalised holidays, for our high achievers – make memories with the people you care most about
• R1 Formula Reed – our high achievers club, giving you access to exclusive benefits including private healthcare
• Luxury cars, holidays and more available through our periodic high achievers scheme 

Your work matters and you’re supported with…

• A personalised learning and development experience, hosted on our bespoke digital learning platform, supported by our experienced in-house team
• Your personal Microsoft device enabling you to work dynamically wherever you work best
• The ability to buy more holiday and gain paid sabbaticals linked to your length of service on top of the 25 days we give
• Our dedicated health and wellbeing centre and calendar – everything from financial wellbeing to mindfulness
• Reward Hub delivering you retail savings of £100s a year
• Professional and personal development schemes and your choice of three different mentoring schemes
• Access to life assurance which covers you to the value of 4 times your salary
• We have inclusion and belonging ambassadors and senior board sponsors, who act as catalysts for change
• Our cycle to work scheme, supports the environment and your health

Trailblazers in our field…

• You have an annual opportunity to join our shadow board and contribute to the company strategy
• Be part of our social impact strategy – 18% of Reed owned by the Reed Foundation – meaning you work one day a week for charity. We give globally and have invested over £36m to help alleviate poverty and support Women’s rights worldwide
• We are all about the environment being the first recruitment company to be certified as Carbon Neutral 

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Proud winners of:

• #1 Recruitment Agency – Glassdoor Best Places To Work 2020
• The JobCrowd Top Companies for Graduates to Work For 2021
• The JobCrowd Top Companies for Apprentices to Work For 2021

Feel what it’s like to truly belong…

All job offers are subject to satisfactory references and compliance with vetting requirements applicable to the job role. Reed is an equal opportunities employer.  We aim to ensure that no candidate or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity. We are a Mindful Employer, proud signatories of the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter and the Armed Forces Covenant. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants and ex-services personnel, reservists and cadets, who meet the minimum criteria.