Chris Reid

Experience

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  Auckland Cricket

  Apr 2005 - Mar 2007

  Cricket Development Manager

  Working for Auckland Cricket running elite age group cricket programs, promoting cricket development in primary and secondary schools, administering and coaching representative age group academies, game manager for 1st class domestic games, media liaison for international fixtures.

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  Absolute IT

  Jun 2007 - Feb 2012

  Continuing with high level recruitment services for my established group of client across a variety of different vertical markets mainly in the development sector. Managing a full time candidate manager and taking on a senior leadership role in the wider consulting group. Continuing on my focus of recruitment for the development world with an emphasis on contract resource across all of IT.Full end to end recruitment with an increasing leadership role within the organisation. Directly managing a candidate manager for specific opportunities Providing specialist IT staff to some of New Zealands leading software houses and interactive agencies. Areas of interest include .NET, Java J2EE, PHP, HTML, CSS, Flash, Flex, C/C++, Business Analysis, Testing, Architecture, Project Management, Interactive Producer, Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing Operating as the candidate manager for our principle consultant working on sourcing talent for high level IT service providers in the infrastructure and software space.

  • Principal Consultant

    Apr 2011 - Feb 2012

  • Senior Consultant

    Nov 2009 - Apr 2011

  • IT Recruitment Consultant

    Apr 2008 - Nov 2009

  • Candidate Manager

    Jun 2007 - Apr 2008
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  Waitakere Cricket Club

  Jun 2011 - Nov 2013

  Premier Reserve Coach & Head of Sponsorship

  A member of the Waitakere Cricket Club committee and coach of the Premier Reserve senior men's side and assistant coach to our Premier side.I was also charged with overseeing the growth of the clubs sponsorship channels and managing these key relationships. In under two years I have taken the club from no active sponsors to five including the brands - New Balance, Barfoot & Thompson, Vernon Logistics, Boot It Fitness, and Arc Recruitment.

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  Arc Recruitment Ltd (NZ)

  Feb 2012 - May 2017

  Managing Director

  Arc helps companies build a compelling employment brand which allows them to attract premium talent which Arc assists in helping them identify and hire.This business has now been sold to Emergent & Co http://www.emergent.co.nz/

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  Takapuna District Cricket Club

  Jul 2014 - Jan 2018

  Premier Women's Head Coach

  Head coach for the TDCC women's premier side playing in the Auckland Cricket premier women's competition. Prichard Cup and Pearl Dawson Limited Over Champions of Auckland for the 2016/17 season.

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  Emergent Ltd NZ

  May 2017 - Aug 2018

  Principal Consultant

  Arc Recruitment has been sold and acquired by Emergent and I have joined the organisation to help launch their newest division - Emergent Digital. Emergent has been a dominant presence in the Auckland recruitment market for over 15 years specialising in the white-collar space. With a reputation for partnership with its clients and candidates I am excited about continuing to deliver the same high level of service to my network that you have become accustom to http://www.emergent.co.nz/clients/digital/http://www.emergent.co.nz/about-us/arc-digital-technology/ Show less

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  Auckland Cricket

  Sept 2017 - Mar 2019

  I was the head coach for the Auckland Under 21 women's side. This was a full 360 degree role encompassing selection, training, campaign management, game day preparation, player feedback & mentoring.This team competes in the national tournament held at Lloyd Elsmore Park in December every year. We were crowned National Champions for the 2018 tournament going through unbeaten. We also had the tournament MVP, 5 players in the tournament team, the leading run scorer, and joint leading wicket taker. Show less

  • Auckland A Head Coach

    Aug 2018 - Mar 2019

  • Auckland Under 21's Head Coach

    Sept 2017 - Mar 2019
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  North Shore Cricket Club

  Jul 2018 - now

  Premier Head Coach

  This is a 360 degree coaching role for the men's premier squad, which includes facilitation of trainings, team selection, and match day.North Shore have a proud history and compete in the major division of the Auckland premier one day and two day competition. Under my leadership, the club has won the Tom Helaby 2day minor championship, 3 premier reserve T20 championships, and we are currently the Hedley Howarth 2day premier champions, which is the first time the club has won that championship in 35 years. Show less

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  TheMarket.com

  Sept 2018 - Jul 2022

  TheMarket is a new independent marketplace ecosystem housing some of the greatest brands from within New Zealand and around the world providing customers access to a broad range of products with great delivery & service options. With over 600 merchants representing over 5000 brands we offer a unique shopping experience designed to inspire, guide and entertain. We offer a rare opportunity to join a start-up environment with highly talented individuals to build the next big digital business in New Zealand. We are well funded with support and access to resources from one of NZ's leading companiesMy role is to own all matters related to recruitment and the scaling of our team to reach company objectives. Show less

  • HR Lead - Recruitment & Leadership Coaching

    Jul 2021 - Jul 2022

  • Head Of Recruitment

    Sept 2018 - Aug 2021
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  Recruit I.T.

  Jul 2022 - now

  General Manager

  Driving performance of the Auckland branch with full P&L responsibility. I’m also responsible for the leadership of the team as well as the strategic direction of the business.