Recruitment Consultant - Industrial

Interaction Recruitment
Recruitment Consultant – Industrial
Location: Kettering
Employment Type: Full-time
Salary: Competitive base salary + uncapped commission

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At Interaction Recruitment, we don’t just fill vacancies. We build long-term partnerships with the people and businesses that keep the UK’s industrial sector moving.

Our Industrial division works across the sector, connecting skilled and semi-skilled operatives with manufacturers, warehousing and logistics operators, and production businesses across a range of roles and contracts.

Due to continued growth, we’re looking for an ambitious and commercially driven Industrial Recruitment Consultant to join our Kettering team.

This is an opportunity for someone who understands the industrial market, thrives on building relationships and wants to take ownership of a successful recruitment desk.

As an Industrial Recruitment Consultant, you’ll manage and develop your own client and candidate portfolio, specialising in the recruitment of industrial staff across temporary, contract and permanent positions.

You’ll be responsible for developing new business, strengthening existing client relationships and building a reliable network of high-quality industrial candidates.

From speaking with Site Managers and Operations Managers to sourcing warehouse operatives, forklift drivers, production staff and skilled industrial professionals, you’ll become a trusted point of contact for clients who need the right people, at the right time.

You’ll have the freedom to develop your market, backed by the infrastructure, reputation and support of an established recruitment business.

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with manufacturers, warehouses, logistics operators and industrial clients.
• Identify new business opportunities and actively grow your client portfolio.
• Source, interview and qualify industrial candidates across your specialist market.
• Manage the recruitment process from initial vacancy through to successful placement.
• Build and maintain a strong network of reliable, skilled industrial candidates.
• Respond quickly to urgent and high-volume industrial requirements.
• Understand client operations, shift patterns, workforce requirements, skills shortages and market conditions.
• Negotiate rates and terms with both clients and candidates.
• Maintain regular contact with placed candidates and clients to ensure strong ongoing relationships.
• Ensure all candidates meet the relevant compliance and right-to-work requirements.
• Work towards and exceed weekly and monthly activity and billing targets.
• Develop your knowledge of the industrial market and become recognised as a specialist within your sector.

We’re looking for someone who knows that successful recruitment is built on relationships, reputation and results.

Ideally, you’ll have:

• Proven recruitment experience, preferably within industrial, warehousing, manufacturing, logistics or a related sector.
• A strong understanding of the industrial recruitment market.
• Experience with in temporary, contract or permanent recruitment.
• The confidence to speak with candidates and decision-makers at all levels.
• Strong business development and relationship-building skills.
• Excellent communication, organisation and negotiation abilities.
• A commercially focused and target-driven mindset.
• The resilience and determination to succeed in a fast-paced environment.
• A proactive approach to developing new clients and opportunities.
• A full UK driving licence is preferred.

Whether you already have an established industrial desk or you’re an experienced recruiter looking to specialise in industrial recruitment, we want to hear from you.