Recruitment Business Partner
Hybrid | 2 days minimum per week onsite in Milton Keynes | Permanent
Drive Growth, Influence Stakeholders and Shape Workforce Solutions
Are you a commercially minded recruitment professional who thrives on building relationships, growing accounts and influencing hiring decisions?
We're looking for a Recruitment Business Partner to join our team, supporting a major UK client programme. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who combines strong recruitment expertise with a proven ability to develop new business, identify opportunities and grow lasting stakeholder relationships.
This role goes beyond traditional recruitment delivery. Approximately 60% of the position is focused on new business development and account growth within an existing client account, engaging new hiring managers, expanding stakeholder networks and introducing a range of workforce solutions and service lines to maximise value, improve outcomes and drive revenue growth.
If you're passionate about growing client relationships, uncovering new opportunities and becoming a trusted workforce advisor, we'd love to hear from you.
What You'll Be Doing
As a Recruitment Business Partner, you'll take ownership of recruitment delivery whilst driving strategic growth across a high-profile workforce programme.
Key responsibilities include:
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Building trusted relationships with hiring managers and stakeholders across the client account.
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Identifying and engaging new hiring managers to expand recruitment activity and increase account penetration.
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Introducing and promoting additional workforce and talent solutions to maximise revenue opportunities within the account.
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Driving account growth through cross-selling and upselling relevant service lines.
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Managing and developing supplier partnerships to ensure quality, performance and delivery.
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Supporting workforce planning and forecasting activities to help clients meet future talent demands.
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Overseeing recruitment activity and ensuring hiring requirements are delivered efficiently.
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Providing market intelligence, workforce insights and recruitment expertise to inform hiring decisions.
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Driving governance, compliance and risk management across recruitment activity.
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Identifying opportunities to improve recruitment processes, customer experience and service delivery.
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Championing innovation, technology and continuous improvement initiatives.
What We're Looking For
We're looking for an experienced recruitment professional with strong commercial instincts and a proven ability to grow and develop client relationships.
You'll be able to demonstrate:
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Ideally experience managing recruitment activity within a MSP, RPO or workforce solutions environment.
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A strong track record of developing, maintaining and growing existing client accounts.
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Evidence of winning stakeholder engagement and building relationships with new hiring managers.
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Experience identifying opportunities to expand recruitment services and increase revenue within existing accounts.
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Strong stakeholder management, influencing and relationship-building skills.
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Experience managing supplier relationships and driving performance improvements.
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Knowledge of contingent workforce programmes and workforce solutions.
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Experience with workforce planning, forecasting and recruitment strategy.
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A consultative approach with the confidence to challenge, influence and advise stakeholders.
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Excellent organisational skills and the ability to thrive within a fast-paced environment.
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Experience using VMS platforms such as SAP Fieldglass is desirable.
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Previous experience within a 360 recruitment agency environment, with responsibility for new business development.
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A proven track record of achieving sales targets and delivering revenue growth.
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Strong commercial acumen and the ability to identify and convert growth opportunities.
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Experience building new business opportunities within existing accounts and maintaining.
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Managing complex stakeholder groups and influencing decision-makers at all levels.
Who You'll Be
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A trusted business partner who quickly establishes credibility and builds strong relationships.
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Commercially focused and motivated by growth, opportunity and customer success.
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Naturally curious and always looking for ways to improve processes and add value.
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Strategic in your thinking but hands-on in your delivery.
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Resilient, proactive and comfortable operating in a target-driven environment.
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Passionate about creating positive outcomes for clients, stakeholders and candidates.
Ready to make an impact, grow client relationships and drive recruitment success? We'd love to hear from you.
Why Join Us?
Alongside the opportunity to support and grow a high-profile client programme, you'll benefit from a flexible rewards package and the chance to play a key role in shaping workforce solutions for a major organisation.
At Lorien (part of Impellam and Headfirst Group), you'll join a collaborative, supportive and ambitious team where you'll be empowered to make an impact, influence change and drive meaningful results.
Impellam Group is one of the world's leading workforce and STEM talent solution providers, operating across nearly 80 countries. With an innovative, people-first culture, we deliver inclusive, future-focused workforce solutions that help organisations secure critical talent and achieve long-term success.
Brand: Impellam
