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.