Nick Whomes

Experience

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  Npower

  Feb 2009 - Apr 2011

  Sales and Marketing Manager

  A target focused Sales and Marketing Manager who effectively drove office sales successfully in an extremely competitive industry on 100% commission.A target driven motivator whose team generated £1.8million profit on a yearly basis for clients ranging from Sky (Telecommunications), Npower (Energy) and TalkTalk (Telecommunications).Overseeing company at a senior level ensuring targets are achieved daily, weekly and monthly.Managing and leading between 10-20 representatives at any one time.A highly successful mentor for representatives in offices across UK and Europe.Taken charge of 10-20 representatives direct reports, forming a cohesive team that helped the company achieve overall objectives.Chosen to assist setting up new locations to train and recruit representatives for expansion in Swindon, Cardiff, London and Plymouth.People management, Leadership qualities and motivational skills provided business growth across 5 cities in a start-up environment. Show less

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  Heat Recruitment

  Apr 2011 - Mar 2013

  Senior Recruitment Consultant

  Providing business consultancy to Accountancy practices ranging from Sole Traders to the Big 4 Firms.Supporting and coordinating marketing and business development of the company whilst providing consultancy solutions to recruitment requirements.Creation and production of tenders, bids and contracts for new business opportunities.Billing £80,000 in 1st year without knowing the industry and going on to bill £120,000 the 2nd year.In addition, personally billing consistently each month between £8,000 -£15,000 with a pipeline circa £45,000 at any given time.Skilled communication, attending company and team meetings to develop new business strategies and attending existing and new client meetings to establish business, develop terms of business and secure new business.Excellent organisation ability to handle large caseloads which have to be prioritised and dealt with accurately, efficiently and effectively.Ability to work in a target driven and result orientated environment, exceeding KPI's.Proven sales track record and ability to generate new business maintain existing professional relationships and work to deadlines within a fast paced environment.Trained junior consultants through the company providing support and offloading valuable industry and sector knowledge. Show less

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  Red Recruitment

  Mar 2013 - Jun 2014

  Business Manager (Public Practice)

  Set up a brand new Executive Search and Public Practice arm of the business to utilise my experience and to restructure the existing Accountancy & Finance desks across 5 locations.Responsible for recruiting across Accounts, Tax, Audit, Corporate Finance, Insolvency, HR and office support departments, from Senior Managers, Director’s and Partner’s.Developed new business accounts for Financial Services & Professional Services clients such as PwC, KPMG, Deloitte and EY.Ability to contribute to building relationships at C level management.A track record in generating revenue and developing cold accounts into high revenue generating clients. Candidate and Client database cleanse to minimise search time and maximise success rate.Ensure all administration is completed to support sales orders and aid efficient and accurate order despatch and invoicing.Assisting the selection process by conducting telephone pre-screens and face to face interviews.Accurately record all permanent contracts in line with the Data Protection Act on in house database.Managed end to end recruitment process for each individual client, providing current documentation and process.Identify sources for candidate attraction such as job boards, job events, database utilisation, talent pooling, social media, headhunting and networking events.Track and coach candidates through the interview process by building a strong relationship.Generated successful campaigns for highly specialised individuals through regional campaigns and national marketing initiatives.Reporting into the Director on a weekly and monthly basis for Manager Meetings, providing management information (MI) reports on results and forecasts. Show less

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  Diebold

  Aug 2014 - Jul 2016

  Head of Talent Acquisition - EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa)

  Responsible for Diebold's Recruitment Strategies and Business Planning across EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) entities, providing cost effective and efficient solutions to the hiring process.Road mapping each entity across EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), analysing previous and current hiring data (Permanent and Contingent) to assess external suppliers eligibility to support our business and creating a Preferred Supplier List (PSL), reducing overall hiring costs ultimately affecting the EMEA P&L. Sourcing high calibre candidates across each departments saving $556,909 during 2015 ranging from Finance, HR, Sales, Marketing, IT and Professional Services.Provide Local and Global support to each entity ensuring they have inside knowledge on potential talent available and advise when it comes to the interview process i.e. search & selection, turnaround time frames, interview questions, internal applicants/promotions and negotiations. Assist with reaching out to external talent directly via Social Media, attracting the right skill sets and experience required to support different areas of the business and lowering our external hiring costs.Implemented Taleo into our hiring process that is managed by each HR representative so they can manually upload and monitor requisitions within the selected regions they cover, speeding up Diebold's online visibility across EMEA through Diebold.com, LinkedIn and Facebook.Created a ‘How to Guide’ on using Social Media and the benefits Social Media creates for organisations with branding, talent attraction and turnaround times when hiring.Installed a EMEA Career page on LinkedIn for us as a region to drive our Social Media Strategy.Support local HR teams across EMEA to set up and implement Diebold's roll out for intern/graduate scheme programmes.Member of Global Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) team. Show less

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  Lucozade Powerleague

  Jul 2016 - Feb 2017

  UK Recruitment Lead

  Designed and delivered a proactive and cost effective recruitment service across the business model fulfilling the resourcing service. Proactively drives Powerleagues online visibility, optimizing tools such as Glassdoor increasing Powerleagues Glassdoor rating (4.0 to 4.7 stars) and monthly click rate from 51 to 85 by designing the companies’ profile.Worked with the Marketing team to redesign attachment pages on LinkedIn and Facebook to implement Career pages that drives’ traffic through Powerleagues website and optimize candidate attraction.Planning and driving the recruitment cycle across all functional areas; Communications, Marketing, HR, Finance, Operations, IT and Legal. Producing weekly and monthly recruitment statistics by creating a tracking system that is visible to the CEO and Head of HR, clearly providing information such as turnaround time frames, cost per hire, success rate internal vs external.Maintaining and managing the Tier 1 PSL including negotiation of fees by creating all Terms of Business for external recruitment agents that has/will reduce external spend. Show less

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  AstraZeneca

  Feb 2017 - Jul 2017

  Global Talent Acquisition Partner (Contract)

  Supporting 6 HRBP’s within AstraZeneca across Global Portfolio and Product Strategy (GPPS), Europe and International hires, managing between 50-75 hires from Career Level – F, G, H and I.Specialist areas spanned across Global Analytics & Intelligence, Corporate Affairs, Global Medical Affairs and GPEP for Oncology, Respiratory and Cardio Vascular Metabolic Disease.Successfully placed 34 hires within tenure saving the business in excess of £500,000 from direct sourcing methods via social media and headhunting.Managed Visa process for ICT Tier 2 and Tier 2 General applicants. Show less

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  Citrix

  Sept 2017 - Mar 2018

  Graduate Recruitment & Development Lead - EMEA (Contract)

  Full oversight of all areas relating to the GR&D function, reporting directly into the Global University Relations & Development Director.Facilitate assessment centre "de-brief" meetings alongside the Graduate Recruitment Partner.Work closely with the Graduate Recruitment Interview Panel to ensure recruitment best practice and consistent and robust decision making.Oversee and manage relationships with a number of high profile universities, liaising with career services, law faculties and key student societies and also attending events where required.Oversee the delivery of the annual Graduate Recruitment marketing campaign across EMEA.Work closely with the Inclusion and Diversity Manager, manage key relationships with Diversity partner organisations and ensure the Firm’s graduate recruitment process supports the diversity agenda.Design and host recruitment related presentations and training sessions. Show less

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  Nick Whomes Professional Painting & Decorating Services

  Apr 2018 - now

  Managing Director

  Nick Whomes Professional Painting and Decorating Services provide high end painting and decorating services for residential, commercial and industrial properties in Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and surrounding areas. We guarantee the perfect finish, completed on time and with minimum disruption. Our staff are not only expert at their jobs but also clean, tidy and polite.CONTACT US NOW FOR A NO OBLIGATION QUOTE -​Call: 07794516291Email:nwpaintinganddecorating@outlook.comWebsite: www.nwpaintinganddecorating.com Facebook: @nwpaintanddecInstagram: nickwhomesTwitter: @WhomesNick Show less