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Graduate Account Executive

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  • Manage day to day tasks and administration with regards to promotional and core business, to ensure that the systems and process are maintained:
    • Assisting the Commercial Managers in the promotional planning process within specified margin and budget parameters.
    • Ensure pricing is correct on SAP and Customer system
    • New Line Forms
    • Forecasting/Supply chain reporting
    • Setting up SAP codes
    • Running reports daily and weekly
  • Assisting the NPD team with paperwork and samples
  • Update documents and pricing in line with customer requirements
  • Assist with planning and delivery of customer and site visits and events (will include travel)
  • Generate presentations when necessary for customer or site meetings
  • Apply problem solving techniques to resolve problems and recommend improvements
  • Ensure that all processes are carried out correctly to standard, first time
  • To highlight any potential areas that can reduce cost
  • Support the Grocery team to develop, maintain and safeguard the current business with the customer
  • Work with the category and NPD team on plans for future growth
  • Provide an excellent customer service by building strong relationships at all levels of the business.
  • Provide cover for the commercial team when necessary
  • Continually developing own skills through attending company training
  • Uphold a consistency of approach of working procedures in line with all companies’ policies procedures and best practice
  • To carry out other duties that may reasonably be requested of you to ensure the efficient running of the business

Procurement Manager – Directs

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We are looking for an ambitious Senior Procurement Manager to play a key role in building the next chapter of our procurement function.

This is more than a category management role. It’s an opportunity for a high-potential procurement professional to become a trusted senior leader within a business that is investing in its procurement capability, implementing change, and creating exciting opportunities for career development. Based within the Direct Procurement team, you’ll work closely with the Head of Procurement and will be positioned as a key strategic partner across the organisation.

The Opportunity

As Senior Procurement Manager, you’ll lead strategic sourcing and supplier management activities across a range of direct spend categories, including ingredients and packaging. Category ownership will be shaped around your experience and strengths, offering genuine flexibility for the right individual.

You’ll be responsible for developing procurement strategies, leading major tender activity, building supplier partnerships and delivering commercial value across a complex, multi-site environment. The role also offers exposure to global procurement initiatives and international stakeholder engagement.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone ready to step up into a broader leadership role, with the potential to progress yourself further ocurement as the function evolves.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Developing and implementing category strategies across direct spend areas.
  • Leading major sourcing projects, tenders and supplier negotiations.
  • Driving cost savings, value creation and supplier performance improvements.
  • Building strong relationships with internal stakeholders across Operations, Commercial, Technical and Finance functions.
  • Managing strategic supplier relationships and mitigating supply chain risk.
  • Supporting procurement transformation and category development initiatives.
  • Monitoring market trends, legislation and sustainability requirements impacting procurement decisions.
  • Coaching and influencing colleagues across the procurement function.
  • Contributing to a growing global procurement agenda.

What We’re Looking For

We’re less interested in finding a specialist in one particular category and more interested in finding the right person.

You’ll likely bring:

  • Significant procurement experience within a direct procurement environment.
  • Experience managing complex spend categories across multiple sites.
  • Strong strategic sourcing, tendering and negotiation skills.
  • Excellent stakeholder management and influencing capability.
  • A proactive, solutions-focused mindset.
  • The resilience to thrive within a fast-moving and evolving business.
  • The confidence to operate autonomously whilst collaborating across teams.
  • A desire to develop, lead and step into greater levels of responsibility.

Experience within FMCG, food manufacturing or fresh food would be advantageous, although we are open to candidates from other sectors who can demonstrate strong procurement expertise and the right leadership qualities.

The Type of Person Who Will Succeed

This role will suit someone who:

  • Enjoys building and improving processes rather than simply following them.
  • Thrives in environments where there is plenty of opportunity to make an impact.
  • Is comfortable working through ambiguity and change.
  • Can balance strategic thinking with practical delivery.
  • Builds credibility through influence and relationships rather than hierarchy.
  • Is hungry for progression and excited by future leadership opportunities.

Working Pattern & Travel

This is a genuinely flexible role, but not one that fits into a rigid office schedule.

You’ll spend your time where you can add the most value, whether that’s at the office, visiting suppliers, supporting operational sites or collaborating with stakeholders.

  • Seniority Level

    Mid-Senior level

  • Industry

    • Food and Beverage Services
    • Food and Beverage Manufacturing

  • Employment Type

    Full-time

  • Job Functions

    • General Business

  • Skills

    • Purchasing
    • Group Buying
    • Data

Technical Projects Manager

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Technical and Projects Manager
Permanent
£55,000 + Car Allowance
Birmingham (Hybrid Working)

Hamilton Woods Associates are currently recruiting for a Technical and Projects Manager to join a leading housing provider. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced technical professional to oversee complex repairs, refurbishment projects and quality assurance, ensuring works are delivered safely, to a high standard and in line with contractual and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities of the Technical and Projects Manager:

  • Undertake technical inspections, pre and post inspections, and quality assurance checks across repairs, voids and refurbishment works

  • Provide clerk of works oversight, ensuring contractor workmanship meets specifications and quality standards

  • Prepare scopes of work, specifications, schedules and technical reports

  • Manage complex repairs, disrepair cases, damp and mould investigations, and insurance-related works

  • Monitor contractor performance, programme delivery, health and safety compliance, and value for money

  • Identify defects and technical issues, ensuring they are resolved efficiently

  • Coordinate minor projects and refurbishment works from inception through to completion

  • Attend site meetings, contractor meetings and project reviews, providing technical guidance and progress updates

  • Ensure works comply with CDM Regulations, health and safety legislation, and organisational procedures

  • Work collaboratively with internal teams, consultants and contractors to deliver high-quality property services

Essential Experience of the Technical and Projects Manager:

  • Experience within a technical surveying, clerk of works, repairs inspection or construction quality assurance role

  • Strong knowledge of residential building construction, building pathology and diagnosing property defects

  • Experience preparing specifications, scopes of work and technical reports

  • Experience overseeing contractors and ensuring works are completed to specification

  • Knowledge of responsive repairs, voids, refurbishment works and minor projects

  • Experience managing complex repairs, damp and mould, disrepair or specialist property inspections

  • Good understanding of CDM Regulations, health and safety legislation and contractor management

  • Relevant qualification in Building Surveying, Construction, Property or a related discipline

  • Full UK Driving Licence

To be considered for this exciting role, please contact Alice Wright – Senior Recruitment Consultant at Hamilton Woods or apply online with a covering note outlining your experience and suitability, referencing the job ID number. Due to the exceptionally high volume of applications, if you have not heard back from HWA within 7-10 days, please assume your application has been unsuccessful.

Asset Manager

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Asset Investment Manager
Permanent
£55,000 + Car Allowance
Birmingham (Hybrid Working)

Hamilton Woods Associates are currently recruiting for an Asset Investment Manager to join a leading housing provider. This is an exciting opportunity to lead on asset investment planning, stock condition data and planned investment programmes, supporting the delivery of an evidence-led asset management strategy across the organisation.

Responsibilities of the Asset Investment Manager:

  • Lead the planning and delivery of planned investment programmes across the housing portfolio

  • Manage stock condition data, component lifecycle information and asset performance data

  • Oversee external stock condition survey programmes, ensuring data accuracy and quality

  • Develop long-term investment plans and forecasting to support business planning and budget setting

  • Manage EPC data and support energy efficiency and sustainability investment initiatives

  • Produce asset performance reports, KPIs and management information to support strategic decision making

  • Monitor contractor performance and planned investment delivery, ensuring programmes remain on track

  • Work closely with internal teams, consultants and contractors to improve asset intelligence and data quality

  • Line manage the Business Analyst, supporting the development of reporting frameworks and dashboards

  • Ensure asset information systems remain accurate and support regulatory reporting requirements

Essential Experience of the Asset Investment Manager:

  • Experience within asset management, planned investment or asset data management, ideally within social housing

  • Strong knowledge of stock condition surveys, component lifecycle planning and investment forecasting

  • Experience managing asset data and analysing performance to inform investment decisions

  • Understanding of EPC management and the Decent Homes Standard

  • Experience managing contractors and monitoring programme performance

  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and present meaningful management information

  • Relevant qualification in Asset Management, Building Surveying, Property, Construction, Data Analysis or a related discipline

  • Full UK Driving Licence

To be considered for this exciting role, please contact Alice Wright – Senior Recruitment Consultant at Hamilton Woods or apply online with a covering note outlining your experience and suitability, referencing the job ID number. Due to the exceptionally high volume of applications, if you have not heard back from HWA within 7-10 days, please assume your application has been unsuccessful.

Fabricator Welder

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Fabricator Welder
Liversedge
Permanent | Full Time | Days
Build. Weld. Create. Thrive.

Are you a skilled Fabricator Welder looking for your next challenge? Ready to put your stainless steel and aluminium expertise to work in a growing, successful company where your skills are genuinely valued? Then we want to hear from you!

What You’ll Be Doing
You’ll be joining a close-knit team of experienced fabricators, working on high-quality stainless steel and aluminium fabrication projects. From TIG and MIG welding to precision sheet metal work, every day brings something different. You’ll have the chance to work independently, take ownership of your projects, and develop your skills even further with full product training and in-house health & safety qualifications.

What We’re Looking For
Experienced fabricator with TIG/MIG welding skills in stainless steel and aluminium
Ideally qualified to City & Guilds standard or equivalent
Minimum 2 years’ sheet metal fabrication experience
Self-motivated and able to work to a high standard with minimal supervision
Physically fit, flexible, and ready to be part of a hardworking team
Eligible to work in the UK and within commuting distance of Liversedge

What’s In It For You?
Regular overtime opportunities Choice of flexible working patterns 28 days holiday, increasing to 33 days with service Company pension scheme Uniform provided Specialist tools provided Access to heavily discounted tools Ongoing training and development opportunities

Why Join?
We’re not just looking for someone to fill a role-we’re looking for a skilled craftsman who takes pride in quality workmanship. If you enjoy working with great people, solving fabrication challenges, and being part of a company that invests in its team, this could be the perfect fit.

Ready to Spark Your Next Career Move?
Bring your welding skills, fabrication expertise, and can-do attitude-and let’s build something great together!

Apply today. HMIND INDHM

Service Lead

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Services Lead
Permanent
£36,000 – £39,000
Warwickshire

Hamilton Woods Associates are currently recruiting for a Services Lead to join a leading housing provider, managing supported housing, homelessness and temporary accommodation services across Warwickshire.

Responsibilities of the Services Lead:

  • Lead the day-to-day delivery of supported housing and homelessness services

  • Manage and develop a team of staff and volunteers

  • Oversee referrals, occupancy, voids and move-on planning

  • Ensure high standards of safeguarding, health & safety and service compliance

  • Build and maintain effective relationships with local authorities and partner agencies

  • Monitor service performance, budgets and contractual requirements

  • Support customers with complex needs including homelessness, mental health, substance misuse and offending histories

  • Drive service improvements and ensure positive outcomes for customers

Essential Experience of the Services Lead:

  • Previous management experience within supported housing, homelessness or housing services

  • Experience managing and developing staff teams

  • Knowledge of safeguarding, risk assessment and housing management

  • Experience working in partnership with local authorities and external agencies

  • Full UK Driving Licence with access to a vehicle

  • Enhanced DBS (or willingness to obtain one)

To be considered for this exciting role, please contact Alice Wright – Senior Recruitment Consultant at Hamilton Woods or apply online with a covering note of your experience and suitability referencing the job ID number. Due to the exceptionally high level of applications, if you have not heard back from HWA within 7-10 days, it is regrettable that we cannot respond to all applicants, and please assume your application has been unsuccessful.

Territory Sales Manager

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Duties Will Include:

  • General support to existing customers; conducting range reviews and refreshes to grow their business with the brand. This will involve sales analysis and presentations through to hands on instore merchandising including making wooden frames, assembling boxes and displaying the products ready for retail. This will require a willingness to ask pertinent questions with influencing skills being key to success.
  • Identify possible new customers through your initiative referrals, developing your own leads, internet, databases etc. Working with sales and marketing colleagues to drive support.
  • Convert prospects into customers – liaising with customer to finalise product mix and installation logistics.
  • To install new customer sites – making wooden frames, assembling boxes and merchandising of freezers to be “retail ready”. This will necessitate an aptitude for practical hands on working and a willingness to get on with what needs to be done to ensure everything is retail ready for the customer.
  • To generate and maintain appropriate sales reporting functions.
  • To attend exhibitions to represent the company
  • Reporting to Head of Sales
  • Training by Head of Sales
  • To gather market and product information through above activities for both current target markets and possible new markets
  • Will involve staying away overnight when required in normal course of business

Key Attributes:

  • Be able to liaise with a broad spectrum of business people and personalities, good interpersonal and rapport building skills
  • Be independent and self-motivated – responsible for own diary management and customer visit planning
  • Be a team player – being a small company this role is very varied
  • Be proactive and flexible with the ability to independently prioritise
  • B2B sales experience and selling a branded offer.
  • Food experience a must, frozen food experience useful
  • Food retail experience useful
  • An understanding of the farm shop sector and convenience sector an advantage but not essential

Complaints Manager

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Complaints Manager
£46,000 – £47,000
Permanent
Hybrid
Swadlincote

Hamilton Woods Associates are delighted to be partnering with a respected housing organisation to recruit a Complaints Manager on a permanent basis.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced complaints professional to lead a busy customer resolution service, ensuring complaints are handled efficiently, fairly and in line with regulatory expectations, while driving a culture of continuous improvement.

Responsibilities of the Complaints Manager include:

  • Managing the end-to-end complaints process, ensuring customers receive timely and effective resolutions
  • Leading, motivating and developing a dedicated customer resolution team to achieve high performance standards
  • Investigating complex and escalated cases, providing fair, balanced and evidence-based outcomes
  • Monitoring complaint performance, ensuring service standards and response deadlines are consistently achieved
  • Producing reports and analysing complaint trends to identify opportunities for service improvement
  • Working closely with managers across multiple departments to resolve issues and improve customer experience
  • Promoting a positive approach to complaint resolution and embedding lessons learned across the wider business

Requirements of the Complaints Manager include:

  • Previous experience managing complaints within social housing, local government or another regulated customer service environment
  • Strong knowledge of complaint investigation techniques and complaint handling best practice
  • Confident using Microsoft Office and customer management systems

To be considered for this exciting role, please contact Connor Lamb – Recruitment Consultant at Hamilton Woods on 01509 276158 or apply online with a covering note of your experience and suitability referencing the job ID number. Due to the exceptionally high level of applications if you have not heard back from HWA within 7 – 10 days, it is regrettable that we cannot respond to all applicants, and please assume your application has been unsuccessful.

Engineering Manager

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Engineering Manager

Major Recruitment have partnered up with a well-established engineering business near Edinburgh that specialise in the installation, maintenance and repair of pumping systems across the commercial, industrial and water sectors. They are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead their engineering and service operation.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced Engineering or Service Manager with a strong mechanical background and previous experience leading engineering teams within a service environment to join a fast growing UK business.

You will be responsible for managing a team of field service engineers and workshop personnel, ensuring works are planned effectively, completed safely and delivered to the highest standard. You’ll oversee reactive breakdowns, planned maintenance, installations, engineer utilisation, customer relationships and day-to-day operational performance.

About You

  • Managing field service engineers and/or workshop teams.
  • Pump systems, water or wastewater engineering.
  • Planned and reactive maintenance.
  • Customer-facing engineering service delivery.
  • Strong organisational, planning and leadership skills.

Required Experience

  • Sewage pumping stations.
  • Booster sets.
  • HVAC circulating pumps.
  • Thermal expansion and pressurisation systems.
  • Wastewater treatment works.
  • Confined space working.
  • Scottish Water or water utility projects.

Candidates from specialist pump companies, water engineering contractors or mechanical building services backgrounds are particularly encouraged to apply.

Dispatch & Quality team leader

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Are you passionate about delivering exceptional customer service while maintaining the highest food safety and quality standards?

We are recruiting for a Dispatch & Quality Team Leader to join a successful chilled food manufacturer in South Yorkshire. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with food manufacturing experience who thrives on ensuring products leave site accurately, compliantly and meet customer expectations every time.

This role combines team leadership, dispatch coordination and quality assurance, making it ideal for someone who enjoys working across operational and technical functions.

The Role

As Dispatch & Quality Team Leader, you will take ownership of the dispatch operation whilst ensuring customer requirements, food safety standards and quality expectations are consistently achieved.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Leading and developing a team within the dispatch function.
  • Ensuring all products are checked, loaded and dispatched accurately to customer specifications.
  • Maintaining product quality standards throughout storage and dispatch.
  • Carrying out quality checks and ensuring compliance with food safety and customer requirements.
  • Investigating customer complaints, quality concerns and dispatch discrepancies.
  • Working closely with Production, Technical and Planning teams to ensure products meet specification before dispatch.
  • Ensuring traceability, stock accuracy and documentation are completed correctly.
  • Supporting audits and helping maintain BRC, HACCP and site quality standards.
  • Driving a culture of accountability, continuous improvement and customer focus.

About You

We’re looking for an engaging leader with:

  • Previous Team Leader or Supervisory experience within food manufacturing.
  • A strong understanding of food safety, quality systems and customer requirements.
  • Experience working within a chilled food, fresh produce or FMCG environment.
  • Knowledge of HACCP, traceability and quality standards.
  • Strong attention to detail and a passion for getting things right first time.
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to work cross-functionally with Technical, Production and Supply Chain teams.
  • A proactive approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement.

Why Apply?

This is an opportunity to join a business that genuinely values quality, customer service and operational excellence. You’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring products reach customers in perfect condition whilst leading a team and driving standards across the dispatch operation.

If you’re a people-focused leader with experience in food manufacturing and a keen eye for quality, we’d love to hear from you.