Recruitment Consultant (Sales-Focused / Business Development)
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We are seeking a highly driven, sales-focused Recruitment Consultant to join our growing team, with a strong emphasis on new business development. This role is built for a natural salesperson, someone who thrives on winning new clients, building a pipeline, and converting opportunities into long-term accounts. Candidate delivery is part of the role, but your primary focus will be growing revenue through proactive sales activity.
The ideal candidate will have a strong sales or business development background, ideally within recruitment, and an interest in developing expertise within the engineering or finance markets.
Key Responsibilities
New Business Development
Proactively identify, target, and win new client accounts within engineering and finance sectors
Build a strong, sustainable pipeline of prospective clients
Negotiate terms of business and commercial agreements with new clients
Track and report on sales activity, pipeline progress, and conversion rates against targets
Account Growth & Client Relationships
Convert new client wins into long-term, repeat-business accounts
Identify opportunities to cross-sell and upsell additional recruitment services
Build trusted relationships with key decision-makers and hiring managers
Provide market insights, salary benchmarking, and hiring advice to win client confidence
Recruitment Delivery
Manage the recruitment process for your own clients from brief to placement
Source and engage candidates to fulfil client requirements
Coordinate interviews and lead offer negotiations to successful close
Work closely with resourcers/support staff to ensure roles are filled efficiently
Required Skills & Experience
Essential
Proven track record in a sales, business development, or new client acquisition role
Demonstrable success meeting or exceeding sales targets and KPIs
Excellent negotiation, influencing, and closing skills
Confident, persuasive communicator, comfortable with high-volume outbound activity
Resilient, with the ability to handle rejection and stay motivated
Desirable
Experience in a 360 recruitment consultant role, ideally in engineering or finance
Existing network of client contacts within target sectors
Experience using CRM systems to manage pipeline and sales activity
Personal Attributes
Highly competitive and target-driven
Confident, persistent, and comfortable picking up the phone
Commercially sharp with a hunter mentality for new business
Self-motivated with strong personal accountability for results
What We Offer
Competitive base salary with an uncapped, sales-weighted commission structure
Accelerated career progression for top sales performers
Ongoing sales and negotiation training
Fast-paced, high-performing, target-driven team culture
Flexible working options (if applicable)
How to Apply
Please submit your CV and a brief cover letter outlining your sales track record and interest in joining Verelogic Recruitment
We are seeking a highly driven, sales-focused Recruitment Consultant to join our growing team, with a strong emphasis on new business development. This role is built for a natural salesperson, someone who thrives on winning new clients, building a pipeline, and converting opportunities into long-term accounts. Candidate delivery is part of the role, but your primary focus will be growing revenue through proactive sales activity.
The ideal candidate will have a strong sales or business development background, ideally within recruitment, and an interest in developing expertise within the engineering or finance markets.
Key Responsibilities
New Business Development
Proactively identify, target, and win new client accounts within engineering and finance sectors
Build a strong, sustainable pipeline of prospective clients
Negotiate terms of business and commercial agreements with new clients
Track and report on sales activity, pipeline progress, and conversion rates against targets
Account Growth & Client Relationships
Convert new client wins into long-term, repeat-business accounts
Identify opportunities to cross-sell and upsell additional recruitment services
Build trusted relationships with key decision-makers and hiring managers
Provide market insights, salary benchmarking, and hiring advice to win client confidence
Recruitment Delivery
Manage the recruitment process for your own clients from brief to placement
Source and engage candidates to fulfil client requirements
Coordinate interviews and lead offer negotiations to successful close
Work closely with resourcers/support staff to ensure roles are filled efficiently
Required Skills & Experience
Essential
Proven track record in a sales, business development, or new client acquisition role
Demonstrable success meeting or exceeding sales targets and KPIs
Excellent negotiation, influencing, and closing skills
Confident, persuasive communicator, comfortable with high-volume outbound activity
Resilient, with the ability to handle rejection and stay motivated
Desirable
Experience in a 360 recruitment consultant role, ideally in engineering or finance
Existing network of client contacts within target sectors
Experience using CRM systems to manage pipeline and sales activity
Personal Attributes
Highly competitive and target-driven
Confident, persistent, and comfortable picking up the phone
Commercially sharp with a hunter mentality for new business
Self-motivated with strong personal accountability for results
What We Offer
Competitive base salary with an uncapped, sales-weighted commission structure
Accelerated career progression for top sales performers
Ongoing sales and negotiation training
Fast-paced, high-performing, target-driven team culture
Flexible working options (if applicable)
How to Apply
Please submit your CV and a brief cover letter outlining your sales track record and interest in joining Verelogic Recruitment