​We’re looking for an energetic, collaborative recruitment professional with a passion for new business development to build consultative relationships with strategy directors and senior leaders of global businesses. You’ll have a top academic profile, at least 2 years of relevant industry experience and an exceptional track record of success in winning and developing new clients.

About Freshminds

We’re a lively, intelligent team of ambitious professionals. Since 2001, we have been working on demanding permanent and interim engagements across the strategic landscape. We take a truly consultative approach to sales, fostering long-term relationships with clients through strategic partnerships.

The role

• Focussing purely on clients – there’s no candidate sourcing – you’ll enjoy a high level of autonomy and significant opportunities for growth and it will be up to you to strike a winning balance between new business development activities, client relationship management and strategic account development.

• Day-to-day you’ll be: introducing the business to new clients; project managing multiple sales processes; working in partnership with our Candidate Managers to deliver on briefs; and advising clients on assessment and methods, project design and hiring strategies – areas in which you’ll seek to continually build knowledge and expertise. 

• Helping to shape and grow the business you’ll be involved with process improvement, product development and training and mentoring and you’ll be expected to constantly grow your network and promote the Freshminds brand: attending events; arranging speaking opportunities; and contributing thought leadership content and ideas for our industry blog and wider marketing activities.

Requirements

•  Top academic profile: 2.1 (or above) from a leading university; ABB at A Level

•  Relevant experience: 2 years+ experience in recruitment, account management, sales or business development

• Drive tenacity, passion: you’ll care deeply about providing a great service; you’ll have a proven track record of exceeding targets by delivering on existing relationships and proactively opening up new ones; you’ll demonstrate originality and enthusiasm in your approach to challenges

•  Professional credibility: well-informed and on top of market and industry trends, you’ll possess both the understanding of business issues and the confidence, gravitas and exceptional verbal and written communications skills required to establish consultative, trust-based relationships with high calibre clients

• A strong commercial mindset: you’ll have excellent negotiation skills and a nose for new opportunities​

• An excellent self-manager: with turnaround times of 3-5 days and little pipeline visibility the pace is fast: you’ll need to be able to deliver quality while juggling multiple projects

• A natural collaborator: you’ll approach every aspect of your role with integrity and you’ll thrive in a team environment with a high level of partnership working​​​​​​

Development & progression

We have clear career paths and a transparent promotion process and we look for people who are keen to take ownership of their role and responsibility for their progression. We will support you to do this with:

• Extensive training delivered via targeted sessions and on-the-job monitoring

• Weekly line management meeting

• Bi-annual appraisals