Management of an in-house Talent Acquisition team and full management of outsourced RPO provider (PeopleScout). • Partner with senior leadership to review recruitment strategy, identifying improvement opportunities that will deliver relevant and engaged candidates• Manage RPO partner to deliver accurate execution against targets and SLA’s and ensure finance agreements are delivered in line with budget• Continuous improvement projects across all touchpoints of recruitment to ensure that the candidate experience and journey is world class• Dotted line management of Client Relationship Management team who face into business areas, leading and coaching them to deliver a world class recruitment experience for candidates and hiring managers

Chep is a global leader in pallet and container pooling. We hold a very privileged position as the consistent link throughout the UK supply chain. Our position allows us to influence and share best practice in the market ensuring our customer benefits from our expertise in platforms and services developments. ResourcingDeveloped the UK Recruitment strategy so that it was aligned and supported wider performance and Talent objectivesLead and developed a small team of Recruiters and Administrators to deliver a customer centric recruitment experience for both candidates and hiring managersDeveloped and rolled out a brand new Recruitment Toolkit to support a consistent approach to identifying and assessing the right candidate Design and deliver recruitment and interview capability sessions to all stakeholders across the business to ensure candidates are selected with the right competencies, experience and values in mindLead Job analysis and design sessions so that roles are correctly aligned within departments and the right person is recruited Lead on a European project to design and launch a consistent induction and on-boarding process across all business units in EuropeDesign, launch and analyse an employee Exit Interview process enabling feedback and changes to how we recruit Talent ManagementDevelop Talent Management Programme across all levels of employees to provide a clear and visible view of the health of our talent (performance and potential)Help develop and lead the assessment centre and tools for lower to middle management leadership development programmes Interview feedback and development recommendations to internal candidates to support their PDPPartner with business leaders to identify mentors and development opportunities for high potential employeesDeveloped and rolled out a job swap programme to encourage talent mobility in areas that had limited people movement

Consulting and supporting the Food Retail business around recruitment of key leaders into our business. Manage the end to end process for these role, focusing on continuous improvement and implementing guidelines to ensure a great experience for our hiring managers and candidates.

Experienced consultant, specialising in placing candidates into permanent and contract roles in the North West region.

Responsible for development of Employer Responsive training and coaching. Courses available include Leadership and Management, Health and Safety, IT and various NVQ subjects.