Head of Recruitment – Retail Sector
Location: London (On-site)
Salary: £50,000 – £55,000 per annum
Full-time | Monday to Friday, 09:00 – 17:00
Must be - Fluent in Romanian and English – both written and verbal
Are you a proactive and experienced recruitment professional with a passion for sourcing top talent in the retail sector? We’re looking for a dynamic Head of Recruitment to lead and develop our hiring efforts across a growing network of stores in the UK and Europe.
Role Overview
This is a pivotal role within the organisation, responsible for shaping and executing recruitment strategies that support business growth and expansion. Working closely with senior leadership and store teams, you’ll ensure we attract, engage and hire high-performing sales professionals who reflect our brand’s values and customer focus.
Key Responsibilities
Recruitment Strategy & Planning
Develop and lead a retail-focused recruitment strategy aligned with the company’s goals
Plan hiring in line with store expansion, seasonal peaks, and team structure
Talent Sourcing & Acquisition
Source and attract sales professionals and customer-facing retail staff
Deliver bilingual recruitment campaigns (English & Romanian)
Use multiple sourcing methods including job boards, referrals, and digital platforms
Candidate Management
Oversee the full recruitment lifecycle from sourcing to onboarding
Provide a high-quality candidate experience throughout the process
Collaboration & Stakeholder Management
Partner with store and HR managers to identify staffing needs
Act as a strategic advisor to ensure hiring success across regions
Data & Reporting
Monitor recruitment KPIs (e.g., time to hire, cost per hire, retention)
Use data to improve processes and recruitment performance
What You’ll Bring
Essential:
Proven experience leading recruitment in retail or a fast-paced, customer-facing sector
Strong record of building high-performing sales teams
Fluent in Romanian and English – both written and verbal
On-site availability in London (Monday to Friday)
Strong organisational, communication, and interpersonal skills
Desirable:
Experience recruiting in multilingual or multicultural markets
A personal interest in the beauty, cosmetics, or wellness industry
Why Join Us?
This is a unique opportunity to shape the recruitment function of a thriving retail business with an international reach. You'll play a critical role in growing dynamic teams that deliver outstanding service and support our continued success across markets.
How to Apply
If you’re a recruitment leader with a passion for people and performance, and you meet the essential criteria, we’d love to hear from you.
By applying for this role, you are consenting for C2 Recruitment to hold and process your data in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulations.
To view other great vacancies at C2 Recruitment, please visit our website or call us for a confidential chat about upcoming opportunities in:
Buying & Merchandising and Ecommerce | Charity & Non Profit | Design, Technical, Wholesale & Production | Finance | HR & Talent | H&S & Compliance | Hospitality, Catering & Leisure | Marketing, Digital & Technology | Office & Administration | Property & Centre Management | Retail, Trade and Luxury Operations | Senior Appointments & Executive | Sales & FMCG | Supply Chain & Logistics & Warehouse | Manufacturing & Engineering
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Job Title: Area Manager – Charity Retail (Buckinghamshire) Location: Buckinghamshire (Full-time, 40 hours per week) Salary: £36,000 - £40,000 (DOE) + Company Car Contract: Permanent Closing Date: Monday 30th June
Are you a driven, people-first retail leader with a passion for charity and community? Do you have multi-site management experience and the ability to inspire high-performing teams?
We are recruiting on behalf of a well-established, values-led hospice charity based in Buckinghamshire that is making a meaningful impact across the region. With a growing network of 15 shops and ambitious plans for further development, this is an exciting time to join their supportive retail leadership team as Area Manager.
About the Role
As Area Manager, you will drive the commercial success of a portfolio of charity shops by delivering a strong, community-focused retail offer. You will lead on Gift Aid, the Hospice Lottery and other key income streams, ensuring each shop supports the charity’s mission.
You will manage and motivate a team of Shop Managers, providing empowering leadership and working closely with the Head of Retail to ensure all operations are efficient, compliant and commercially effective.
Key Responsibilities
Lead, motivate and support Shop Managers across multiple retail sites
Drive income generation and profit growth across the portfolio
Promote Gift Aid and the Hospice Lottery to maximise fundraising
Ensure each shop reflects its local community while aligning with charity values
Oversee compliance, health and safety, and operational best practice
Encourage teamwork, collaboration and a positive culture across the retail division
Contribute to the ongoing development and expansion of the charity’s retail strategy
Essential Criteria
Proven experience managing multiple retail locations (charity retail desirable)
Strong leadership skills with a people-focused, empowering approach
Commercially minded, target-driven and community engaged
Excellent communication, planning and problem-solving abilities
Full, clean driving licence – this role involves a high amount of travel and comes with the use of a company car
What You will Get in Return
In addition to a rewarding role with a respected local charity, you will benefit from a competitive salary, development opportunities, and a supportive team culture that promotes work-life balance.
Benefits include:
Use of a company car for business travel
Workplace pension (5% employer contribution, with option to increase to 6%)
26 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising with service)
Enhanced sick pay and family leave policies
Access to Smart Health, including 24/7 online GP
Employee Assistance Programme
Life Assurance (3x salary)
Membership of the Blue Light discount scheme
This is more than a retail leadership role — it is an opportunity to make a meaningful difference by supporting vital hospice care in your community.
Apply now to take your career to the next level in a role with real purpose.
By applying for this role, you are consenting for C2 Recruitment to hold and process your data in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulations.
To view other great vacancies at C2 Recruitment, please visit our website or call us for a confidential chat about upcoming opportunities in:
Buying & Merchandising and Ecommerce | Charity & Non Profit | Design, Technical, Wholesale & Production | Finance | HR & Talent | H&S & Compliance | Hospitality, Catering & Leisure | Marketing, Digital & Technology | Office & Administration | Property & Centre Management | Retail, Trade and Luxury Operations | Senior Appointments & Executive | Sales & FMCG | Supply Chain & Logistics & Warehouse | Manufacturing & Engineering
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Job Title: Area Manager – Charity Retail (Buckinghamshire) Location: Buckinghamshire (Full-time, 40 hours per week) Salary: £36,000 - £40,000 (DOE) + Company Car Contract: Permanent Closing Date: Monday 30th June
Are you a driven, people-first retail leader with a passion for charity and community? Do you have multi-site management experience and the ability to inspire high-performing teams?
We are recruiting on behalf of a well-established, values-led hospice charity based in Buckinghamshire that is making a meaningful impact across the region. With a growing network of 15 shops and ambitious plans for further development, this is an exciting time to join their supportive retail leadership team as Area Manager.
About the Role
As Area Manager, you will drive the commercial success of a portfolio of charity shops by delivering a strong, community-focused retail offer. You will lead on Gift Aid, the Hospice Lottery and other key income streams, ensuring each shop supports the charity’s mission.
You will manage and motivate a team of Shop Managers, providing empowering leadership and working closely with the Head of Retail to ensure all operations are efficient, compliant and commercially effective.
Key Responsibilities
Lead, motivate and support Shop Managers across multiple retail sites
Drive income generation and profit growth across the portfolio
Promote Gift Aid and the Hospice Lottery to maximise fundraising
Ensure each shop reflects its local community while aligning with charity values
Oversee compliance, health and safety, and operational best practice
Encourage teamwork, collaboration and a positive culture across the retail division
Contribute to the ongoing development and expansion of the charity’s retail strategy
Essential Criteria
Proven experience managing multiple retail locations (charity retail desirable)
Strong leadership skills with a people-focused, empowering approach
Commercially minded, target-driven and community engaged
Excellent communication, planning and problem-solving abilities
Full, clean driving licence – this role involves a high amount of travel and comes with the use of a company car
What You will Get in Return
In addition to a rewarding role with a respected local charity, you will benefit from a competitive salary, development opportunities, and a supportive team culture that promotes work-life balance.
Benefits include:
Use of a company car for business travel
Workplace pension (5% employer contribution, with option to increase to 6%)
26 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising with service)
Enhanced sick pay and family leave policies
Access to Smart Health, including 24/7 online GP
Employee Assistance Programme
Life Assurance (3x salary)
Membership of the Blue Light discount scheme
This is more than a retail leadership role — it is an opportunity to make a meaningful difference by supporting vital hospice care in your community.
Apply now to take your career to the next level in a role with real purpose.
By applying for this role, you are consenting for C2 Recruitment to hold and process your data in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulations.
To view other great vacancies at C2 Recruitment, please visit our website or call us for a confidential chat about upcoming opportunities in:
Buying & Merchandising and Ecommerce | Charity & Non Profit | Design, Technical, Wholesale & Production | Finance | HR & Talent | H&S & Compliance | Hospitality, Catering & Leisure | Marketing, Digital & Technology | Office & Administration | Property & Centre Management | Retail, Trade and Luxury Operations | Senior Appointments & Executive | Sales & FMCG | Supply Chain & Logistics & Warehouse | Manufacturing & Engineering
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Considered doing something out of the ordinary? Take the plunge into an exhilarating world that really makes a difference to people's lives with an engineering apprenticeship at Asymchem.
A springboard for your career, our engineering apprenticeships enable you to study for nationally recognised qualifications, while gaining invaluable on-the-job experience and skills.
What's more, you'll immediately start earning a salary and many of the benefits enjoyed by all our employees.
This four-year multi-skilled course will expose you to the engineering disciplines of Mechanical, Electrical and Control & Instrumentation.
You'll learn core skills in your preliminary year, after which you'll experience first-hand what it's like to work directly with the engineering teams who support our cutting-edge pharmaceutical environment.
Types of mechanical, electrical, electronic and instrumentation engineering work carried out on our production equipment and building services include:
Planned Maintenance:
Inspection
Predictive e.g. vibration analysis, thermography and ultrasonic techniques
Preventative
Calibration
Corrective Maintenance:
Breakdowns
Repairs
Fault diagnosis
Projects:
Planning
Continuous improvements
BTEC & HNC training project
Commissioning
You will also have specific training both onsite and at relevant centres to allow you to do your job. These may include:
Safety (SSoW)
Working at heights (ladders. towers and MEWP's)
Isolation (LOTO)
Electrical Regulations (IEE)
Manual Handling
Risk Assessment
DSEAR (Hazardous areas)
Welding
Machining
PLC's
Instrumentation
The position of Maintenance Engineer involves providing essential support to ensure consistent operation and regulatory compliance of pharmaceutical equipment and utility supply services.
Responsibilities include installing, managing and maintaining hazardous and non-hazardous area equipment used to power and control engineering systems, machinery and processes, documenting task completion, diagnosing & repairing equipment breakdowns, coordinating vendor repair efforts, and supporting Building Energy Management Systems to ensure efficient control and operation of facility equipment.
The Engineering team at Sandwich play a vital role in drug R&D and manufacturing operations by ensuring workplaces, manufacturing equipment and building services are available and continually improved; this supports our mission to drive smarter, greener, and more cost-effective manufacturing to support clinical research and commercialisation.
Our apprentices contribute fully to this aspiration through the work they conduct in the Asymchem workplace. We believe our most precious resource is our people. We want to unleash the power of our people. This drives our desire to invest in, develop and stretch all our apprentices. You will be encouraged and supported to seek opportunities beyond the apprenticeship qualification. In the later years of the apprenticeship, you will take ownership of improvement projects, contributing in the same way as all of our team members.
We recognise the passion, knowledge and diversity that talented people bring to Asymchem, so we are dedicated to ensuring that we provide equal opportunities to our apprentices.
We will help you grow and thrive during your apprenticeship, ensuring you emerge as a confident and talented Engineer at the end of your four years with us.Training:This Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard in Maintenance and Operations Engineering Technician can be flexible depending on the training plan designed by the employer and provider; however, it will need to meet the requirements of the End Point Assessment.
Typically, in the first year, the apprentice will attend four days in a week completing practical skills within the IPS Rochester workshop (Performing Engineering Operations). They will also attend one day a week studying the Technical Certificate
In year two the apprentice moves to day-release and will attend the Training Centre one day a week to continue the Technical Certificate, whilst working at the employer's site in the remaining 4 days.
Starting in year 2, and continuing until they are ready for the End Point Assessment in year 4, the apprentice will receive regular training contact with IPS and their assigned Trainer
Training Outcome:Asymchem Ltd are keen to progress their Apprentices to HNC Level in years 3 & 4 depending on results from the BTEC National Diploma, also and if available, to further positions within the organisation.
Should there be relevant positions available at the completion of the Apprenticeship, then the successful applicants will be invited to apply for the vacancies.Employer Description:As the specialists in skills for science and technology, our purpose is to make sure your business; your people and our industry are future ready.
We are a not-for-profit charitable organisation with a family of commercially focused companies committed to supporting the skills, needs and ambitions across the UK science and technology sector.Working Hours :Monday to Friday, between 8am – 4.10pm. Lunch break 12pm - 12.45pm.Skills: Communication skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Problem solving skills,Analytical skills,Logical,Team working....Read more...
