Recruitment Consultant FMCG & Food Manufacturing Location: Edinburgh / Hybrid
About Us: We are a specialist recruitment business focused on the FMCG, food manufacturing and engineering sectors across the UK and Ireland. We partner with a wide range of businesses, from growing manufacturers to major industry names, supporting them with permanent and interim recruitment across Operations, Technical, Engineering, NPD, Commercial and Supply Chain functions.
Due to continued growth, we are looking to add an ambitious Recruitment Consultant to the team.
The Role This is a full 360 recruitment role managing both client relationships and candidate delivery across the FMCG and manufacturing sectors. The position would suit someone with previous recruitment experience or somebody from industry looking to move into recruitment.
You will be responsible for building relationships with clients and candidates, managing recruitment processes and helping grow key accounts across the business.
Key Responsibilities Managing the full recruitment lifecycle from vacancy qualification through to placement
Building and developing relationships with new and existing clients
Sourcing and engaging candidates through LinkedIn, job boards, referrals and networking
Conducting candidate interviews and qualification calls
Writing and advertising job descriptions
Managing interview processes, feedback and offer negotiations
Building talent pipelines within FMCG and food manufacturing sectors
Supporting business development activity and identifying new opportunities
Maintaining accurate CRM and candidate records
What Were Looking For Previous recruitment experience preferred, ideally within FMCG, manufacturing, engineering or technical recruitment
Strong communication and relationship-building skills
Commercially driven with a proactive approach
Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
Strong organisation and time management skills
Confident speaking with both candidates and senior hiring managers
Experience using LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards or CRM systems would be beneficial
What We Offer Competitive base salary
Uncapped commission structure
Hybrid working flexibility
Clear progression opportunities
Supportive and growing team environment
Exposure to major FMCG and manufacturing clients across the UK & Ireland
Opportunity to build your own market and client base
Interested? If you are interested in hearing more, apply directly or get in touch for a confidential conversation.
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