Are you an experienced people manager with a background in high-volume recruitment or fast-paced operations?
We are looking for a resilient, hands-on leader to take full accountability for our onsite operation at the Sainsbury's Distribution Centre in Haydock.
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This is a site-based leadership position. You will be responsible for managing a team of 2-4 Account Specialists, overseeing a large temporary workforce, and acting as the primary point of contact for the client's operational leadership. Benefits include free parking and access to Randstad's benefits app with hundreds of on-line and in-store shopping discounts
The role:
As the onsite Account Manager, you will lead the Randstad team to deliver a seamless recruitment service. Your focus will be on recruitment, fulfillment, attrition management, and operational excellence. You will not just manage the account, you will manage the people and the process that keeps this site running.
Key responsibilities:
- Team leadership: Directly managing, coaching, and developing a team of 2-4 onsite specialists.
- Operational delivery: Ensuring 100% fulfillment across a high-volume temporary workforce.
- Stakeholder management: Building deep relationships with the GM and shift managers at the Distribution Centre.
- Data and MI: Using Management Information to track attrition, productivity, and trends - presenting this to the client and using the data to build strategic future process improvements
- Employee relations: Overseeing ER cases, investigations, and disciplinaries for the temporary workforce.
- Continuous improvement: Identifying ways to reduce turnover and improve worker engagement on-site.
Who are we looking for?
This role is well suited to someone with a background in onsite recruitment, agency branch management, or fast-paced logistics and warehouse operations. We are looking for a leader who understands the mechanics of a high-volume site. You should be someone who is comfortable managing the full lifecycle of a temporary workforce, from driving recruitment and fulfillment to proactively tackling attrition and employee engagement. Whether you have experience managing a team within a recruitment branch or have led operations on a distribution floor, your ability to manage people, navigate challenging client conversations, and use data to improve performance is what will make you successful here.
Requirements:
- People management: experience managing and developing a direct team
- Experience in a recruitment environment
- The ability to handle challenging conversations and high-pressure environments.
- Comfortable using data to explain site performance.
- A full UK Driving License is required.
Why Randstad?
You will be joining one of the world's largest recruitment organisations, with access to industry-leading training and career progression. We offer a competitive salary, a structured bonus scheme, and the autonomy to run your site as if it were your own business.
We are an inclusive employer and should you require any reasonable adjustments in order to complete any aspect of the recruitment process, please contact the Internal Talent Acquisition (ITA) team.
Ready to lead the operation at Haydock? Apply today.