Recruitment Consultant (Food Manufacturing/FMCG)

Belfast City Centre

Due to an unprecedented level of demand, Vickerstock Specialist Recruitment are looking to add x2 Recruitment Consultants to our thriving Food Manufacturing/FMCG Division.

Vickerstock are at the start of an ambitious period of growth which will see the transformation of the business over the next 5-years. Our ambition is to provide an unrivalled, best-in-class level service offering to our candidates and clients. This is an opportunity to join in the early stages of this growth and fast-track your recruitment career.

Our core purpose at Vickerstock is, "Helping people achieve their aspirations through work", a mantra that is at the core of everything we do, but what does it really mean? Well, to us it means…

• Helping our clients find the talent they need to complete their projects
• Helping our candidates take one move ahead in their careers
• Helping our colleagues achieve their own individual career aspirations

There are 3 values/behaviours which we promote within our company, and that we use in helping people achieve their aspirations through work: Integrity, Knowledge and Hard Work. When you choose a career at Vickerstock you are choosing to align yourself with our values, and become a highly skilled and specialist recruitment professional.

Some of the perks you can expect when you join Vickerstock include:

• A highly competitive salary + generous commission structure (a Senior Consultant should expect an OTE £60k+)
• 32 days annual leave + your birthday off
• Flexible/hybrid working options
• Access to an industry leading suite of training programmes to support you at every phase of your career
• Casual Fridays with a 4.30pm finish
• Social events throughout the year

A typical day as a Specialist Recruiter with Vickerstock:

While no day in recruitment can be described as "typical" some of your core responsibilities on a day-to-day basis are:

• Developing business with new and existing clients
• Proactively engaging with both active and passive candidates using a variety of methods;
• Shortlisting roles, booking interviews, managing the offer and acceptance process
• Networking to build your market knowledge
• Share industry specific commentary to your network via social media
• Work with our dedicated marketing manager to build your personal brand

We are looking for people who are/have:

• Driven and energetic; ambitious and motivated - we will give you the rest of the tools, the systems, the training, the knowledge, a really targeted database, the connections and all the support you need to succeed in this role
• Goal orientated mindset - enjoy achieving set targets
• High levels of professionalism, commercial awareness and excellent interpersonal skills
• Desire to become the "go-to" consultant within your specialism
• Committed to continuous professional development
• Strong IT/computer skills
• Availability of own transport for occasional client facing meetings.

If any of the above sounds like you we would love to hear from you to discuss a potential career with Vickerstock. For an initial, confidential discussion please get in touch with Paul Muir to find out more.