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Permanent Recruitment Manager South Yorkshire
Build & Lead a Perm Division | Equity Opportunity | Succession Plan | Tech-Forward Agency
Are you an experienced recruitment consultant ready to take the next step in your career, or a recruitment manager looking to secure your future with the potential for equity and business ownership?
A highly respected South Yorkshire recruitment agency known for its dominance in the industrial, manufacturing, and engineering temp markets is launching a brand-newpermanent divisionin response to strong client demand. This is a rare opportunity tobuild, lead, and shapea permanent recruitment function from the ground up.
Whether youre a high-performing consultant craving more responsibility, or a seasoned manager seeking long-term growth and a pathway to equity, this role offershuge career and personal developmentpotential.
The Opportunity:
This is ahands-on billing role(initially), but with a clear path to step back from day-to-day delivery as you build and lead a team.
- Lead by example: Continue placing permanent roles while guiding a team of recruiters who want to learn from you.
- Mentor and develop: Share your experience through on-the-job training and coaching no rigid KPIs, just high standards and clear outcomes.
- Autonomy with support: Work closely with the owner to manage operations, shape the division, and take the lead on strategic decisions.
- Create a best-in-class perm offering: Develop services across multiple sectors, including existing loyal client accounts.
- Drive growth and relationships: Manage key accounts, win new business, and offer value-added, long-term recruitment partnerships.
- Use modern tools: Leverage AI, recruitment tech, and market mapping strategies to stay ahead of the curve.
- Step into the future: This isnt just a leadership role its a long-term succession plan that includes equity and shares.
About You:
- A strong track record inpermanent recruitment(any sector).
- Either an experiencedbilling consultantready to lead or arecruitment managerwith ambitions for equity and ownership.
- Confident withclient development, retained assignments, and strategic sourcing (though retained experience isnt essential).
- Naturally supportive leadership style focused onempowerment and delivery, not micromanagement.
- Commercially savvy, forward-thinking, and ready to help shape the future of a growing business.
Benefits:
- Equity and shares a true succession opportunity as the current owner plans to step back in the future.
- A warm desk with live perm opportunities and an established client base.
- Competitive salary and ahigh-reward commission structure.
- The freedom to build your own team, your way no corporate red tape.
- Backing to build amodern, tech-led recruitment function.
- A supportive, service-driven culture built ontrust, results, and autonomy.
This is more than a job it's your chance tolead, innovate, and growsomething of your own
We are open to all levels and sector experience but PLEASE NOTE EXPERIENCE OF WORKING IN A RECRUITMENT AGENCY IS ESSENTIAL TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE ROLE
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