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Director at Generative
Location: Guildford, England, United Kingdom 8 work roles 1 school
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James Brookes is listed as Director at Generative, based in Guildford, England, United Kingdom. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for James Brookes.

James Brookes previously worked as Executive Director - Head of London at Hamlyn Williams and Sales Director - Head of London at Hamlyn Williams. James Brookes holds Bachelor Of Science (Bsc) Hons., Psychology from University Of Southampton.

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We provide exceptional talent, armed with the precise skills required to architect and implement AI & data solutions that empower organisations to shape their future.With a personal focus on the manufacturing industry, I build project teams that help drive the execution of business goals involving advancements in Industry 4.0, covering three core areas - Automation, Data and AI.If you would like to hear about our current vacancies or would like to speak with myself surrounding your career or contract roles that I can help you on, please email james.brookes@generativegroup.ai or +44 7447 009 976

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Director

Current

Guildford , Gb

Responsible for the management and strategic growth of the sales side of the business for Generative, based in Guildford office, alongside a personal focus of providing the best Automation, Data and AI Machine Learning talent into the Life Science market globally.We provide exceptional talent, armed with the precise skills required to architect and implement Automation, AI & Data solutions that empower organisations to shape their future.

May 2024 - Present

Executive Director - Head Of London

London, England, Gb

Reporting directly into the CEO.

Aug 2023 - May 2024

Sales Director - Head Of London

London, England, Gb

Solely responsible for the management and growth of the sales staff in the London office, across 33 sales consultants in both permanent and contract divisions, with a focus of supplying talent across the full Automation Pyramid to every manufacturing industry globally.Achievements;- Achieved 10% YOY growth in Gross Profit to £4.7m.- Realized circa £2m EBITDA and £1m net profit.- 27% growth in WGP from January to December. - 26% growth in contract revenue YOY.- Average per head, per month circa £13,000. 20% growth from 2022.- Director of the Year 2023- Office of the Year 2023.

Jan 2023 - Aug 2023

Director Of Contract

London, England, Gb

Management of the Contract division within the London office, with 22 consultants supporting Manufacturing clients across every region globally find the best talent in the Automation & MES industry.Achievements;- £3m in gross profit which represented a 66% growth from 2021.- Personally invoiced £600k whilst managing. - Office of the Year 2022.

Jan 2022 - Jan 2023

Associate Director - Automation Recruitment (Industry 4.0 - Digitalization Of Manufacturing)

London, England, Gb

Promoted and responsible for the management and strategic growth of our Global Automation Division. Hamlyn Williams is currently the only recruitment agency in the world to supply resource to all core layers and connected areas of the full automation pyramid, within all relevant manufacturing environments. I have therefore built a very specialist and tailored division, with consultants focussed on specific markets within each layer of the pyramid:ERP -> MES -> Process Controls -> Electrical (all layers of the the Automation Pyramid) whilst also providing personnel for the validation (CSV), C&Q & Cyber Security (Industrial Cyber Security /Operational Technology Security) which are closely connected to the pyramid, with a view to being able to supply a full IT-Engineering end to end solution within Automation to help all manufacturing environments achieve digitalisation & iIOT within their "X.0" goals.Hamlyn Williams has made over circa 10,000 placements across 60+ countries and can help in any location with specific language and localisation knowledge too, currently leading a large division covering contract and permanent placements across all heavy engineering industries & the relevant OEM vendors. No agency is able to rival our specialist and niche delivery capability, market coverage & knowledge.If you would like to hear about our current vacancies or would like to speak with myself surrounding your career or any contract roles that I can help you on, please email j.brookes@hamlynwilliams.com or +44 203 675 2929

May 2019 - Jan 2022

Business Leader - Process Controls & Automation - Emea

London, England, Gb

Mar 2018 - Apr 2019

Pharmaceutical/Life Sciences Team Leader

Redhill, Surrey, Gb

I specialized in placing high quality engineering professionals on a permanent and contract basis to the Global Pharmaceutical, Biotech and Medical Device market, specifically for Process Controls and Automation, MES, Validation, Quality, and Process Engineers, working with Vendors, System Integrators and Large Pharmaceutical GMP's. Requirements can including full project lifecycle delivery, from URS, FDS and DDS through configuration, coding to commissioning, qualification, installation and start up, as well as ongoing maintenance and support of the plant site systems. These can include both software and hardware. I have clients and candidates across all regions of the world and can help assist anyone in the UK, EU, US, North America, South America, Middle East, Australia and the Far East.

Apr 2016 - Feb 2018

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Recruitment Consultant

Redhill, Surrey, Gb

Promoted through from a Graduate Resourcer to a 360 Recruitment Consultant, to gain experience in delivery for both clients and candidates, for contract and permanent recruitment solutions within the Process Controls and Automation/MES team for multi industries. I was tasked with a specific focus on growing our offering within the global pharmaceutical industry, placing specialist, niche talent into large blue chip organisations around the world. This often included large project delivery teams as well as important strategic hires. Achieved 160% delivery against yearly budget in 2015

Jul 2013 - Apr 2016
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James Brookes education

  • University Of Southampton
    University Of Southampton
    Psychology
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James Brookes works for Generative.

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James Brookes is listed as Director at Generative.

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James Brookes is based in Guildford, England, United Kingdom while working with Generative.

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James Brookes has worked for Generative, Hamlyn Williams, and Cbsbutler.

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James Brookes holds Bachelor Of Science (Bsc) Hons., Psychology from University Of Southampton.

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