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Ward Personnel is a market leading and award-winning construction recruitment agency with offices in Cork and Dublin in Ireland and internationally in Poland and Denmark. We specialise in the Construction and Mechanical & Electrical sectors. We service the recruitment needs of the majority of the Top 50 Construction firms in Ireland.

We have developed an excellent reputation as a quality supplier of labour and trades staff and all types of construction workers to the industry.

With an increasing number of our Irish clients working on large Pharmaceutical and Data Centre projects in Germany we are now looking to hire a Business Development / Account Manager on the ground in Germany to support our growth plans there as part of our overall European expansion.

Business Development/Account Manager for Germany

The role, which reports directly to the Head of our International Sourcing Division, with a dotted line to our Head of Business Development, will be German based (preferably in Frankfurt/Hasse Land region) and will be a mix of Business Development and Operational responsibilities as outlined below.

The key responsibilities of the role will include:

• Developing relationships with new and existing clients that will lead to new client orders in Germany.
• Conduct a mixture of site visits to client sites and follow up with CRM calls to build new client relationships and in turn increase orders.
• All administration duties around the sales and operations process – including order processing, pricing and margin matters, preparing weekly metrics around site visits, CRM calls, orders processed, speaking with site workers and resolving any issues etc.
• Work closely with our recruitment teams (in Ireland and Poland) to update them on orders received and to respond to clients with updates as appropriate, to ensure an excellent service is provided by Ward Personnel
• Liaise with and support our site workforce in Germany as regards all logistical matters including sorting accommodation, getting our workers set up on German payroll, retrieving site hours for our workers from our clients, travelling to site to meet our clients, organising site inductions for our workers etc.
• Help build the Ward Personnel brand in Germany by expanding our client base through business development, service delivery, working with the Digital marketing team, networking and client entertainment.
• Building and maintaining outstanding relationships with our clients to ensure that Ward Personnel is their recruiter of choice for construction workers for Irish clients in Germany.

The successful candidate will:

• Have at least 2 years Operations and Business Development/Sales experience – ideally in recruitment and/or the construction sector.
• Have fluent English and basic German – any additional languages advantageous
• Be a dynamic and ambitious individual with an outgoing personality and excellent people skills who enjoys working at Sales/Business Development and who has the ability to grow the Ward Personnel business in Germany.
• Be Degree qualified preferably though this is not essential.
• Preferably have some construction industry experience/knowledge though this is not essential.
• Be IT proficient and have very strong attention to detail.
• Be results focused and a team player.
• Have a valid driving license.

An excellent induction and training program is in place to support this new hire.

This role offers fantastic opportunities for career growth and progression. A competitive salary package is on offer, including strong base salary and commission structure. Please send your CV to mmis@wardpersonnel.com if you are interested in this position or give him a call on 087 7971161. Ward Personnel is an equal opportunities employer.