ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

AMSTERDAM / UTRECHT / LONDON / SINGAPORE

Do you have what it takes to grow a scale up from 7 million to 12 million of revenues a year by 2022?

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Due to the fact that the CEO of this recruitment firm needs to focus on all other sorts of activities to run and expand the business, we are currently recruiting for an Associate Director to take the responsibilities over from the CEO of running the Benelux market and managing 8 teams consisting of 30 consultants.

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CLIENT

Even though this rapidly growing recruitment firm has only been founded 3 years ago, they already managed to establish a name for itself as the upcoming market leader within its sector. The key to this company's success stems from its exclusive collaborations with Fortune 500 companies, its aim to always overdeliver and its ambition to become the number 1 within its market. Despite the fact that this recruitment agency's workforce mainly consists of recruitment consultants with less than 3 years of experience, we would definitely be regarding them as a professional and mature agency because of its qualitative, personal and consultative approach. The organizational culture is very progressive, exciting and fast-paced but on the other hand supportive and flexible.

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RESPONSIBILITIES

•             Build a strategy to maximize revenues including business development and account management

•             Contribute to the international expansion strategies and attend board of directors meetings

•             Build and communicate a vision of the business linking individual contribution to the collective vision

•             Negotiate commercial terms with key accounts

•             Generate sufficient revenues for the P/L of 8 teams consisting of > 30 consultants

•             Responsible for mentoring and upskilling the current consultants and managers

•             Monitor individual performance and identify potential training areas for improvement

•             Actively address any underperformance within the teams with relevant coaching and training

•             Conduct effective appraisals, coach and develop team leads and managers towards self-sufficiency

•             Develop and optimize the talent & development materials and career path

•             Create and reinforce a positive, supportive and sales-based working environment and culture 

•             Chair regular town hall & MT meetings to give areas of focus and motivation to the team

•             Initiate incentives to stimulate both the team and individual performances

•             Identify and be fully involved with the hiring of new talent

•             Take an active role in optimizing the business processes 

•             Lead by example in behaviors and values

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REQUIREMENTS

•              5-10 years of managerial experience at a reputable recruitment firm

•              Track record of successfully managing and growing teams

•              Demonstrated experience in strategic, people and financial management

•              Ability to prioritize, manage own time and monitor progress to ensure deadlines are met

•              Mature, confident and business minded team player

•              Combination of excellent commercial, strategic and managerial qualities

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ON OFFER

•              Freedom and flexibility to initiate and implement own ideas, concepts and plans

•              Sociable, celebratory and supportive working environment

•              Being considered as a peer by the CEO who has more than 20 years of experience       

•              Discrete base salary + uncapped sharing of profit

•              Lease car + Iphone + Macbook + holiday & pension allowances

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