Job reference: 20340_1757336192

Account Manager

Part-Time Account Manager - Key Client

Previous Recruitment experience is ESSENTIAL

Location: Ashford (Hybrid, onsite with client once a week)

Hours: Part-time - 5 hours per day (Monday-Friday)

Our Ambition

At ManpowerGroup our ambition is to lead in the creation and delivery of innovative workforce solutions and services that enable our clients to win in the changing world of work. Working for us means you'll be part of a family of brands, each uniquely positioned to address different talent challenges.

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced and proactive Account Manager to take ownership of one of our most important and prestigious clients, based in Ashford. This is a fantastic opportunity to partner with a market-leading organisation that is well-regarded locally and offers a supportive environment to recruit for.

As the dedicated Account Manager, you will be the face of Manpower onsite, ensuring a seamless recruitment service across both temporary and permanent staffing needs. This is a key role that requires strong stakeholder management, excellent organisational skills, and the ability to build long-term relationships with both clients and candidates.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Act as the primary point of contact for all recruitment-related enquiries, representing Manpower professionally onsite.
  • Manage the end-to-end recruitment process for both temporary and permanent positions.
  • Conduct weekly reporting and ensure accuracy using advanced Excel skills.
  • Hold monthly review meetings with client stakeholders and onsite staff.
  • Carry out regular compliance and audit checks, ensuring all standards are met.
  • Stay up to date with the local candidate market, proactively sourcing talent and maintaining strong pipelines.
  • Monitor competitors and identify opportunities to spec in suitable candidates to meet business needs.
  • Provide forward-thinking, innovative recruitment solutions to support the client's growth and success.

About You:

  • Previous recruitment experience is essential - onsite account management experience highly desirable.
  • Strong relationship-building and communication skills.
  • Excellent organisational ability with a proactive and forward-thinking approach.
  • Advanced skills in Excel (reporting and data management).
  • Able to work independently while being a trusted extension of our client's team.

What We Offer:

  • Part-time hours: 5 hours per day, Monday to Friday - perfect for work-life balance.
  • The opportunity to work with a number one client in the area, with a genuinely positive and collaborative culture.
  • The chance to make a real impact, managing one of Manpower's most valued client partnerships.

Our Standards

Clarity: Takes time to understand and share our organisation's vision and strategy with others, holds themselves and others accountable to deliver on our common goals, mindfully gives honest and regular feedback and openly receives it so we can all learn and deliver our best.

Care: Leads themselves and others with care, respecting people as people first and promoting diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in their environment so people feel heard and valued, listens to understand and then communicates purposefully and consistently, intentionally develops themselves and inspires, coaches and empowers the development of others.

Grow: Openly contributes thoughts, asks questions and challenges appropriately so that we make better, courageous and timely decisions, collaborates with others to identify current ideas, trends and perspectives (internally and externally) to continuously improve and transform what we do, builds on our successes and actively learns from mistakes and missed opportunities to progress toward our ambition.

About Manpower

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At Manpower, youโ€™ll support clients by providing a responsive and professional service that helps them access in-demand talent when they need it. Manpower is looking for bright, results-focused individuals at every level โ€“ junior, experienced and expert recruiters or career changers. If you have entrepreneurial spirit and experience in a customer-facing role, you can almost certainly find your dream recruitment post with Manpower. Weโ€™re all about fast-paced, friendly regional offices with high street footfall. Whatever your current position, we would like to hear from you.