James Cree
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Little Ones UK Ltd
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United Kingdom
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Staffing and Recruiting
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100 - 200 Employee
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Director
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Nov 2020 - Present
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Senior Recruitment Manager
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Jul 2019 - Nov 2020
In addition to my duties as a Recruitment Manager, I am now also responsible for ensuring the company is performing efficiently and meeting targets in all areas. Working closely with the Managing Director, I am directly responsible for 2 successful, high performing teams and have 15+ direct reports, overseeing and promoting the growth of a further 2 departments within the company. In addition, I hold the highest conversion rate of jobs registered to jobs filled, whilst maintaining my position as one of the highest billers in the company.
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Recruitment Manager
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Jul 2016 - Aug 2019
Within the first year of joining the company, I was promoted to Senior Consultant then Recruitment manager, with full responsibilities of managing my own team. Highlights included:- Top billing team in the company in 2017, 2018 & 2019.- Top billing consultant in 2016, 2017 & 2018.- Growing my team from 0 to 7 by the end of 2016.- In the coming years I managed an average team size of 10 consultants, in addition to being a billing consultant. As a billing manager, I am also responsible for day to day recruitment and a 360 role including sales and business development. My responsibilities included: - Developing and growing my desk/department- Recruiting my own team of consultants- Training my team from start to finish (including but not limited to: compliance, client and candidate management, sales techniques and recruitment) - Handling complaints
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Recruitment Consultant
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Dec 2015 - Jul 2016
My role as a Recruitment Consultant was to source and match domestic staff for my clients, consisting of Private Families, UHNW individuals and public figures.Highlights included:- Being promoted to a Senior consultant within 4 months of joining the company. - Achieved 250% of my target in the first 3 months, holding the company record to this day. My duties included:- Networking and building relationships with clients and candidates- Generating new business, including lead generation and conversion- Managing opportunities, placing candidates and fee negotiation- Driving high volume of candidate applications through advertising of new roles across online channels- Ensuring full adherence to compliance requirements - Creating candidate CVs to company standard- Marketing Little Ones services to candidates in order to obtain client and candidate referrals- Providing professional and consultative advice to clients and candidates, including excellent objection handling
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Snog Frozen Yogurt
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United Kingdom
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Food and Beverage Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Regional Sales Manager
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Jul 2014 - Nov 2015
While working for the Kew Gardens Hotel, I was offered a role for a new and developing company from one of the customers. I took them up on the opportunity and started working as a regional sales manager. I was responsible for 3 stores and had a team of 30 staff in total. I was also responsible for the development of the flavours. Product testing and liaising with companies from overseas to ensure we offered a product that was superior to our rials. My duties included: rota planning, ordering stock, payroll, product development, staff training and recruitment. Unfortunately I was made redundant as the company struggled to sell it's product during the winter months.
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Kew Gardens Hotel
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United Kingdom
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Hospitality
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Assistant Manager
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Jun 2009 - Jul 2014
After finishing college and going travelling for 6 months, this was my first role. I started as a barman and worked my way up to a supervisor and then Assistant manager within a year of working. We had a team of 30 staff employed. My role was to ensure that the hotel, restaurant and bar all ran smoothly. My duties included, payroll, rota planning, stock takes, organised events, wedding planning, hotel bookings etc.... After finishing college and going travelling for 6 months, this was my first role. I started as a barman and worked my way up to a supervisor and then Assistant manager within a year of working. We had a team of 30 staff employed. My role was to ensure that the hotel, restaurant and bar all ran smoothly. My duties included, payroll, rota planning, stock takes, organised events, wedding planning, hotel bookings etc....
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