Role Overview

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.