Placement Solutions Consultant
- Recruiter
- Genie Personnel
- Location
- Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
- Salary
- £17,930-22,413
- Posted
- 12 Sep 2014
- Closes
- 10 Oct 2014
- Ref
- psc
- Sectors
- Recruitment Consultancy, Sales
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- To source and achieve suitable and sustainable work placements by engaging with targeted employers and channel partners to meet and exceed contractual requirements.
- Makes decisions around sales tactics as agreed with the Territory Sales Manager/Business Manager.
- Genie Personnel is delighted to be working in partnership with one of the UK's leading training providers.
The Role:
To secure interviews and placements for clients, and market the services of the Company via face to face meetings with local employers.
- To secure high volume sustainable placements i.e. with new employers in the area and build up a bank of placements.
- Account management of local employers, ensuring regular contact and lasting relationships.
- Actively seek new commercial opportunities from existing business and identify and drive forward new opportunities.
- Work with Placement Liaison Officer to ensure outcomes are met and exceeded.
- To monitor performance against target, budget and income generation.
- To participate directly or indirectly in marketing the Company’s services to Employers, colleges and training providers.
- Maintain information on employer engagement, labour market intelligence, placementopportunities, client matching and progressions onto further skills training as required by the contract and company.
- Be responsible for accurate and timely data reporting and use of IT systems.
- Liaise with referral bodies and other departments where applicable.
- Ensure you have a clear understanding of your targets, customer aspirations and requirements and value add propositions
- Makes decisions around ensuring that placements are suitable and sustainable in line with contractual requirements ensuring customer satisfaction.
- Networking with area employers and channel partners as agreed by Territory Sales Manager/Business Manager to secure placements
- Work collaboratively with operational colleagues and sales team to ensure that discussions with employers and channel partners are in a manner which is professional and in partnership to exceed employer and channel partner expectations
- Work collaboratively with marketing colleagues to design and deploy tactical marketing activity to support sales plan delivery as agreed by the Territory Sales Manager/Business Manager
- Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required:
- Experience of working in a target driven environment is essential.
- An ability to engage with target employers to achieve placements and a pipeline is essential.
- An ability to quickly gain a good understanding of the local labour market needs is essential.
- An understanding of, or experience of working within employability is desirable.
- Well developed organisation and planning skills
- Proven networking skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Good presentation skills
- Good data analysis skills
- Ability to organise and plan a busy work schedule.
- IT literate
- Good level of numeracy and literacy
- Driving licence and use of own vehicle
- If you have not heard from us within 1 week please consider your application unsuccessful.