Experience

Blakeney Point Search & Selection

• United Kingdom
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Director - BP Proteins

  • Apr 2020 - Present

  A specialist food and drink industry recruitment firm covering specialists sectors such as chilled food, proteins, bakery, fresh produce and drinks.Fancy a chat?Whether you're considering your next career move or need to find top talent for your team, feel free to book in an initial call - https://calendly.com/danielbpss/phonecall - Let's see if I can help!I personally specialise in recruiting mid to senior management positions in the food and meat industry including;MD / Director levelOperationsTechnicalQualityHREngineeringProcurementSupply ChainButchery / AbattoirClients include:Meat ProcessorsFurther processing / retail packing / sliced cooked meats / added valueMeat WholesalersCatering ButchersRetail Butchers / Farm Shops Meat, Poultry and Seafood TradersFish processorsSeafood Wholesalers

• Head of Recruitment - Meat, Seafood, Proteins

  • Feb 2019 - Present

• Senior Consultant - Meat Industry Specialist

  • Feb 2018 - Feb 2019



BP Proteins

• United Kingdom
• Staffing and Recruiting

• Associate Director

  • Apr 2020 - Present

  Heading up a division of Blakeney Point Search & Selection, solely dedicated to our meat & seafood industry clients and candidates.



Pilgrim's UK

• United Kingdom
• Food Production
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Group Recruitment Manager

  • Jun 2016 - Feb 2018

  An opportunity came up to work as an in-house Recruitment Manager for one of the UK's biggest meat companies, something I couldn't turn down! A great opportunity to learn more about the industry I'm passionate about and learn more about recruitment from the other side of the fence.I was responsible for building and implementing a new internal recruitment function from scratch in a £1bn food company across 17 sites, as well as directly sourcing talent. A great experience.



Elevate Recruitment & Training Consultants Ltd.

• United Kingdom
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Specialist Meat Industry Recruitment Consultant

  • Jul 2013 - Jun 2016

  I returned from my 6 months in Australia and had a pretty good idea that I wanted to begin a career in recruitment. Through a rec-2-rec recruiter, I had several interviews lined up for me in London for big recruitment firms (I even had 3 interviews in one day!) but none of the interviews went brilliantly and none of the businesses felt right for me. One company even told me that I wasn't passionate enough about recruitment!Then, through a friends recommendation, I was pointed in the direction of Elevate RTC in Nottingham. At the time, they were a 3 person business and I was to become the 4th.I spent 3 years honing my skills and becoming a genuine specialist in a niche market, the meat industry. I assisted meat industry businesses ranging from high street butchers shops to multi-billion pound companies. I was involved in end to end recruitment campaigns for a wide range of roles across all disciplines including low-level positions to senior managers.



St Andrews Cricket Club, Melbourne, Australia

• Overseas Player and Junior Coach

  • Sep 2012 - Mar 2013

  Cricket is a massive part of my life and I'd always dreamt of playing in Australia. The summer of finishing university, I decided that the upcoming winter, I would aim to play overseas. I took to Twitter and started messaging clubs over there to see if I could get a gig. One club responded and recommended I get in touch with Cricketer Exchange, an online agent that helps players find clubs. I got in touch with Glenn at CE (you'll find him in my recommendations a bit lower down on my profile!) and within a week I had an offer to play for a Melbourne based Cricket Club called St Andrews to play in their 1st XI and to also coach their Under 12's side. What a season - the best 6 months of my life.The season was incredibly successful. The 1st XI that I played in was one of 4 teams at St Andrews to win their respective leagues.