Recruitment Consultant (Sales-Focused / Business Development)

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