Overview
SF Recruitment is a fast-growing specialist recruitment business, focused on Finance & Accountancy, Technology, Engineering and Executive level recruitment. We have experienced strong growth over recent years, doubling in size since 2020 to become the market leader in our core Midlands region. With annual revenues of £25m, we are now in our fourth consecutive year of growth.
Our ambition is to become a £100m turnover business, with national coverage across the UK and two international locations. Having successfully launched in the North of England, the next focal points are The South of England & Germany.
To support this expansion, we are looking for an experienced German-speaking recruitment consultant to join our team in Birmingham.
The Opportunity
You will join a team of 40 experienced consultants and be responsible for developing relationships with new businesses in Germany and the German branches of our existing clients to support them with their local recruitment needs. This is a growth market for SF and your scope for career development will be significant, with the opportunity for regular travel to Germany.
Requirements:
- Minimum of 3 years' experience as a 360 consultant ideally in Finance & Accountancy
- Comfortable working in a professional setting in both German and English
- Experience of recruiting in Germany desirable but not essential
- Confident business developer who can engage with mid to senior level finance professionals
- Good communicator who quickly establishes rapport and credibility
- Enjoys working in a high-performance sales environment with personal targets
- Team player who can work with others to proactively identify opportunities for growth
- Ambitious individual with desire to grow and develop
- Can operate effectively in a fast-paced, high performance culture
- Personable, engaging and agreeable style
- Can make short business trips to Germany once every 1-2 months
What's on Offer
SF operates a high-performance culture with a clear focus on both continuous learning and personal development. As a result, SF people consistently outperform the market on personal billings and earn in the top quartile of their peer group. With the average employee bringing over 9 years recruitment experience, we work hard to create an environment where everyone can achieve their full potential both professionally and personally.
The business has strong employee engagement, winning multiple awards for our people-centric model and ranking in the Top 10 Best Companies to Work For 4 years running. And if that wasn't enough we offer a generous suite of benefits:
- Market leading reward structure
- Uncapped bonus scheme
- 30 days annual leave + your birthday off
- Flexible working hours
- Paid charitable working
- Enhanced company maternity and paternity pay
- Access to a wide range of corporate discounts
- And much more
SF also offers regular training and development which is designed not just to build recruitment skills but also to develop future leaders. We do this through mentoring, external coaching, individual personality profiling and a tailored programme of leadership training for every individual who takes their first steps into management.
To succeed at SF you need energy, ambition and a level of curiosity that sets you apart from your peers. We are unashamedly ambitious as a business and are looking for people who like to test the limits of what is possible.
If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you.
Actual salary will be based on experience & acheivements