CARA HUNT

• Managing and maintaining a high volume temporary desk. Specializing but not limited to construction trades, civil, manufacturing, and logistics.
• Billing a small percentage of permanent recruitment.
• Maintain a high percentage of client retainment, upholding long standing relationships; achieved by open communication, ability to adapt, react and problem solve.
• Growing billable hours via cold calling, client visits, current client referrals or job seekers.
• Data entry for a weekly payroll of 100-200 candidates across 20+ clients.
• Produce quotes for labour hire and tenders.
• Developed lists of qualified candidates for industry specific hiring managers.
• Specialized in recruiting well-qualified trades candidates.
• Operated and maintained applicant tracking and candidate management systems.
• Verified applicant references and employment details.
• Coordinated incoming job orders and applications.
• Providing out of office hours services including weekend events.
• Using our internal CRM system for quotes, placements, compliance, KPI’s and sales forecasting.
• Worked with recruiting teams and human resources representatives to accomplish hiring objectives.
• Self educate to learn and understand new client industries, job roles and tasks.
• Improved team efficiency by effectively managing health and safety communications and correspondence.
• Collaborate with other branches, and work autonomously often.
• Held weekly meetings with GM to identify techniques to overcome sales obstacles.
• Delivered engaging sales presentations to new clients, explaining technical information in simplified language to promote features and increase client base.

Progressively promoted to Sales Manager.

• Driving team sales, whilst maintaining company KPIs.
• Naturally confident in talking and influencing customer both over the phone and face to face to increase sales.
• Providing constant support for a team of nine.
• Stock management.
• Updating customer accounts and store spreadsheets.
• Organising store transfers and customer orders.
• Complete online training standards of customer service.
• Complete detailed weekly reports to the Regional Manager.
• Attend biannually company conference for product and sales training.

• Supported client managers to manage and maintain new and existing accounts.
• Processing and distributing quotations and invoices.
• Organised and participated in sample collections throughout the UK.
• Coordinated rosters and schedules of sample collections.
• Managed work load between sales support team of four.
• Trained and assist in development of new employees.
• Provided excelled service and product information via email and phone.
• Responsible for product orders and inventory.
• Simplified the Company SOPs for new employees.

(Temporary assignment)

• Supported supply chain and office manager.
• Purchased Rockwool material on a weekly basis.
• Managed material receipts and allocated correct quantities to manufacturing team.
• Raised purchase orders and job sheets for warehouse operatives.
• Reported weekly to supply chain manager.

(Made redundant)

• Responsible for stock and booking in levels were to company standards using SAP systems.
• Ensure all customer accounts and job deliveries were up to date.
• Negotiated best price for metal products using SAP systems.
• Release product information to transport for customer orders.
• Liaise with warehouse team on incoming deliveries and logistics of outgoing product.
• Handled the company post and banking.