Cambridge Talent Partnership

Warehousing and Logistics jobs are often considered to sit hand in hand, dealing with moving raw materials or stock to businesses who then process, store or use them in a manufacturing process before moving them on to resellers and the end-user who in turn have warehousing facilities. This can lead to roles such as Warehouse Manager & Logistics Manager meaning the same or very different things depending on the company hiring them, and their specific operational set ups.

At smaller businesses they often can be almost the same as the duties for each do not take enough time to require different roles, yet in reality the difference between Warehousing and Logistics at larger organisations are quite stark, though the roles are often crucial to one another and in most cases interlinked.

In some cases both can fall under the same role title such as Head of Warehouse or Head of Logistics, with either of these overseeing all the internal elements in that area. Alternatively those in these roles may find themselves working with a stable of external suppliers to complete the aspects of the role they don’t have the capacity for, so part of their role will involve tenders, selection, quality control, and performance review. Larger organisations will have Heads for each element, with transport, logistics and warehousing roles all sitting within a wider supply chain function.

Warehousing in its purest form is more generally used for the movement and storage of goods internally, and their subsequent distribution to either trade or consumer end users within the manufacturing, wholesale, retailer and consumer sectors. Senior members of the warehousing team will often manage the pick and pack teams, forklift drivers, and employees working within the warehouse infrastructure.

In their purest form, in-house logistics jobs are focussed on the inbound movement of raw materials or stock and then the outbound distributing of the product to wholesalers, retailers, or the end customer once they have been manufactured, processed or resold. They will often liaise with Third-Party Logistics partners (3PLs) and as such someone working in a Logistics Manager role will undertake the same selection and onboarding process as a Supply Chain Manager would with their external suppliers. In businesses that use their own fleet of vehicles, it’s common for the Logistics Manager to be referred to as a Transport Manager – due to the scale of the enterprise, and that they are working with their own fleet of transport vehicles.

Those working in Logistics roles for Logistics companies – Logistics Service Providers or LSPs – will naturally be on the other side of tendering or selection processes mentioned above – they offer services to other companies, with their aim to fulfill the movement of material and goods in a faster, more efficient way than either the client business itself, or any other Logistics supplier.

Cambridge Talent Partnership have extensive experience as a warehouse and logistics recruiter across Cambridge, Essex, Suffolk, East Anglia, Milton Keynes and the East of England, as well as select clients across the UK. We’ve been tasked with sourcing candidates for many forms of warehouse positions, such as Logistics Executive, Logistics Planner, Warehouse Manager, Transport Manager and Global Head of Logistics. The approach we take for each role is the same, ensuring our clients receive a full market shortlist on every occasion.

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Due to our proximity to Cambridge, recruiting within the Scientific and Medical sectors has been a key part of our business. With its extensive scientific and medical community linked to the University of Cambridge and the various Science Parks located in and around the city, this sector is an increasingly more important part of the city’s employment landscape.

One of the first things we learned from recruiting for these roles was that we’re not scientists – as a result of this, the first step we take in any recruitment for Scientific and Medical role is to immerse ourselves in the organisation and role in question. Initially that involves familiarising ourselves with the niche that the organisation operates in, the exact role the relevant department plays within the organisation, and then go an extra mile to ensure we are fully conversant with the demands of the role itself.

Over the years we’ve enjoyed recruiting for a variety of roles across a broad spectrum of industries: Medical Devices, Reagents, Laboratory Equipment, Robotics and Pharma. This experience has also allowed us to grasp an understanding of which scientific and medical disciplines are more interchangeable and which are not so easy to move between. If you’re looking to recruit a scientific or medical position, please get in touch!

Cambridge Talent Partnership have extensive experience as a Scientific & Medical recruiter across Cambridge, London, Huntingdon, Bedford, East Anglia, Milton Keynes and the East of England, as well as select clients across the UK. We’ve been tasked with sourcing candidates for many forms of scientific & medical position such as Research Scientist, Entomologist, Synthetic Chemist, Tender Manager, and Bid Manager. The approach we take for each role is the same, ensuring our clients receive a full market shortlist on every occasion.

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We recruit across the whole spectrum of Supply Chain & Procurement roles, from Buyers to Supply Chain Analysts, to Procurement Managers, Supply Chain Managers, and C-Suite level with Global Head of Buying or Global Supply Chain Director.

Our recruitment process means we have had success at recruiting both management and analytical areas in these teams – if we haven’t recruited for the exact role you are looking to recruit, we most certainly have the contextual knowledge of every aspect to be able to understand your brief.

If you recruit in these areas regularly, you probably will have had experience of recruitment agencies claiming they know what a specific role needs – or even worse, telling you what they think you need – when they clearly don’t have a clue. Whilst we have worked on most roles in the Supply Chain sphere, our standard procedure means we do a detailed fact-find before starting any assignment… so you can rest assured we will be trying to find the person you want, rather than the person we think you want!

Often the roles are the same but with different names, and this is when the above research is fundamental. Not to mention if you are the only company in your sector in the region – we encountered this whilst sourcing a Marine Technology Buyer for a very specialist manufacturing business based inland – miles from the coast where most candidates were based. In this case we had no choice but to source them a candidate from outside their industry so transferable skills were key.

Whether you are a large business confidentially looking for a new Head of Buying or an SME that wants to delve deeper into your stock analytic, please contact us to see how we can help you.

Cambridge Talent Partnership have extensive experience as a Supply Chain & Procurement recruiter across Cambridge, St Albans, Stevenage, Chelmsford, Leicester, East Anglia, Milton Keynes and the East of England, as well as select clients across the UK. We’ve been tasked with sourcing candidates for many forms of supply chain role such as Buyer, Supply Chain Manager, Procurement Manager and Supply Chain Analyst. The approach we take for each role is the same, ensuring our clients receive a full market shortlist on every occasion.

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Working as recruiters, we naturally have contact with HR Managers, Talent Acquisition Partners and Recruitment Managers on a daily basis – it’s professionals from these sectors we probably have the most contact with. However, this doesn’t mean that when recruiting for Talent or Human Resources jobs we take the all-too-common overly simplistic approach of ‘HR Manager for a life sciences start-up means they want an HR Manager from another life sciences start-up’. We always drill down into the values of the organisation, as well as the key essentials and ‘good to haves’ for any HR or Talent role we recruit for. In a way when recruiting for these roles, we are working with the most scrutinising clients and candidates so we are always glad to hear we’re doing a great job!

Cambridge Talent Partnership have extensive experience as a HR & Talent recruiter across Cambridge, St Albans, Peterborough, Leicester, East Anglia, Milton Keynes and the East of England, as well as select clients across the UK. We’ve been tasked with sourcing candidates for many forms of HR position from HR Assistant, HR Administrator and HR Advisor roles to Head of Human Resources, Senior HR Business Partners and Global Talent Acquisition Lead. The approach we take for each role is the same, ensuring our clients receive a full market shortlist on every occasion.

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Sales and Commercial recruitment have been central to our development, and prior to starting in recruitment both Joby and Chris had spent their entire careers working in a sales environment. As a result they have an unrivalled knowledge both of the various roles in the sales sector as well as the industries that the sales roles we recruit for function within. Due to the relationships they have built up from their personal experience of working in the publishing, beauty, automotive and media sales sectors, they have access to unrivalled networks of sales professionals.

We recruit across a broad spectrum of sales roles, whether it’s Field Sales, Account Management, Business Development, Inside Sales, Regional Sales Managers or Customer Success. Moving into the area of Commercial recruitment, we have helped many businesses secure talented individuals to join their Commercial or Operations teams – often the kingpins of the organisation who will interact with key departments internally and a range of customers or partners externally

Cambridge Talent Partnership have extensive experience as a sales recruiter across Cambridge, Norfolk, Essex, East Anglia, Milton Keynes and the East of England, as well as select clients across the UK. We’ve been tasked with sourcing candidates for many forms of commercial positions, such as Sales Executive, Commercial Manager, Business Development Manager, Head of Commercial and Sales Director. The approach we take for each role is the same, ensuring our clients receive a full market shortlist on every occasion.

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The Office and Administration roles we recruit for vary from Admin Assistants and Office Managers to Personal Assistants (PA) and Executive Assistants (EA). These roles are vital to the smooth running of the businesses they sit within, and the variety of responsibilities is broad, and generally different in any given company. We have also recruited for Facilities Manager jobs at all levels.

The skills and experience needed for Office and Admin jobs vary greatly, yet one attribute that is central to all roles is great organisational and communication skills. Team fit and ‘clicking’ with those colleagues with whom there is a need to work closely are vital. For this reason, many of our clients take advantage of our Personality Profiling service which is available on retained recruitment assignments – the service gives extra insight into what makes an individual tick, and vital pointers with regards to motivators, behavioural tendencies and how they function under pressure.

Cambridge Talent Partnership have extensive experience as an office recruiter across Cambridge, Bedford, Chelmsford, Norwich, East Anglia, Milton Keynes and the East of England, as well as select clients across the UK. We’ve been tasked with sourcing candidates for many forms of administration positions, such as Administration Manager, Office Manager, PA and Receptionist The approach we take for each role is the same, ensuring our clients receive a full market shortlist on every occasion.

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As individual recruiters, our experience in recruiting for Technical and Engineering businesses stretches back for fifteen years. Over that time we have become accustomed to working across a wide range of industries – mining, civil engineering, aerospace, marine and chemical being the sectors we have recruited in most regularly.

Whether it’s a Technician job in aerospace, a marine focused Functional Safety Engineer role, a Technical Project Manager for an agricultural chemical start-up, we use the same tried and tested approach to identify and attract the right talent for the business in question.

Through our extensive exposure to recruiting for Technical and Engineering roles, we understand how the various constituent elements of this sector interact with each other and appreciate which skillsets are transferable into which sub-sector, and which are not, so you can rest assured we will not try to fit square pegs into round holes.

Prior to joining us, a senior member of our team had experience working with the Institute of Engineering and Technology in various guises, and we have always been impressed with their approach to the sector. Other notable industry bodies include the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, The Engineering Industries Association and the Engineering Council.

Cambridge Talent Partnership have extensive experience as a technical and engineering recruiter across Cambridge, Stevenage, Hemel Hempstead, Northampton, East Anglia, Milton Keynes and the East of England, as well as select clients across the UK. We’ve been tasked with sourcing candidates for many forms of technical and engineering roles, such as Engineering Manager, Technical Manager, Technician, Head of Manufacturing, and Head of Engineering. The approach we take for each role is the same, ensuring our clients receive a full market shortlist on every occasion.

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With over 30 years of recruitment experience between its Executive Search partners, Cambridge Talent Partnership offers the best support to any business looking to recruit within their leadership group. We nurture a strong network of senior commercial professionals across the East of England and have a great track record in successfully recruiting for C-suite and other senior roles across all industries.

We understand the intricacies that make an executive search process both smooth and successful. In addition to this, we have invested in leading software and the best tools available to ensure that all available candidates are found, giving us the ability to select the strongest shortlist for you. Another USP we offer is psychometric profiling – this can be applied to both candidates and ‘the role’ itself, which can involve assessing the other members of the team the candidate will be joining.

For Executive Search we usually work on a retained basis, but unlike a lot of recruiters we only charge a 30% fee up front. The rest is payable on a successful appointment not on a shortlist. We feel companies shouldn’t pay for the process, but for their desired result.

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Product Design & Development recruitment sees us working across both B2B and consumer markets, with clients ranging from global corporations manufacturing retail products to smaller start-ups creating specialist B2B solutions. With the history of innovation in and around our Cambridge base, there’s a constant requirement for candidates in roles such as Product Development Engineer & Product Designer with particular demand in the medical & agricultural sectors.

Those working in Product Design and Development roles can be responsible for designing concepts, parts, products for any industry, with great variation in the type of skills required. Fluency using software such as Solidworks, Keyshot, 3ds Max, Adobe Suite and many other specialist CAD programs is especially sought after.

The product roles we recruit for are varied, with many at the lower and mid-levels having specialised titles such as Product Design Assistant, 3D Visualiser, Manufacturing Engineer, Concept Designer, Head of Product Engineering, Product Development Engineer alongside more senior positions at C-Suite level such as Global Head of Product, Product Director and many more.

With opportunities in the Product, Concept & Engineering departments a staple in businesses across all sectors, our experience as recruiters in these sectors is vast. Along with this we understand the intricacies of why other recruiters fail and are able to appreciate the crux of each hiring manager’s needs.

We employ a tried and tested method for recruiting this type of role, and it’s essential we speak directly with the head of the department to ascertain what we need to succeed. Key areas of failure are often lack of software understanding, wrong level of product premium, poor portfolio preparation, as well as location (such roles often require being on-site full-time), lack of industry sector experience where product internal understanding is key, and lack of Far-East exposure.

With any role there are always areas people tend to fall down and with our experience, we can help you identify the key success factors to attract and engage the right kind of candidate.

Cambridge Talent Partnership has extensive experience as a product design and product development recruiter across Cambridge, Hertfordshire, Northants, East Anglia, Milton Keynes and the East of England, as well as select clients across the UK. We’ve been tasked with sourcing candidates for many forms of product roles, such as Concept Designers, 3D Visualisers, Product Development Engineers, Mechanical Engineers and Product Engineers. The approach we take for each role is the same, ensuring our clients receive a shortlist that reflects full market availability – rather than ‘the best we can get’ – on every occasion.

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