Managing Consultant

About Fruition

At Fruition Group we embrace our values of Pride, Energy and Perseverance and our colleagues embed them as the foundation of their work. Our colleagues are proud to work for Fruition Group, they are pro-active with high energy to maintain our market-leading status. With a diverse team we recognise that no two people are the same and we focus on results rather than unachievable KPIs and work collaboratively to achieve our goals whilst having fun along the way!

We are a high growth organisation who work with a huge range of technology and advanced engineering employers throughout the UK, Ireland, EU and USA and as a business we re-invest profits to ensure we are leading in recruitment innovation in our marketplace and equipping our colleagues with the best environment, tools and training to help them succeed.

Role Overview

You will be pivotal in owning the billing performance, revenue growth and margin delivery of Fruition's Manchester Tech recruitment operations. You'll lead and develop a team of recruiters specializing in contract and permanent placements, embed scalable processes, build sustainable pipelines, and help define how Fruition wins and operates in the Manchester market across Tech. You'll work closely with other Billing Managers across tech in both Leeds and Ireland to identify cross selling opportunities to support your growing team

Key Responsibilities

• Building relationships with existing and future clients within the Tech Sector in a recruitment agency environment
• Identify key scalable markets within the tech sector (UK and EU)
• Lead, mentor and manage a mixed team (contract & permanent) of recruitment consultants, setting targets (billing, margin, conversion, productivity) and holding consultants accountable, whilst coaching and mentoring
• Recruit, onboard, train and integrate new team members as we scale in Manchester
• Develop and embed best practices across the full recruitment lifecycle: sourcing leads, winning mandates, market mapping, candidate engagement, offer negotiation, contract billing and post-placement support
• Work with our consultancy Enablis to identify sales opportunities/ statements of work
• Work closely with Fruition's BD/sales teams to identify new clients, expand existing accounts and cross-sell across contract/perm streams
• Monitor and analyse key metrics (pipeline health, conversion rates, margin leakage, revenue forecasts, consultant performance) and course-correct proactively
• Feed local market insights (rates, demand trends, competitor activity) into Fruition's broader strategy
• Embed and champion systems, CRM/ATS and performance dashboards to support efficient scaling and visibility
• Foster a high-performance, collaborative culture aligned with Fruition's values of pride, energy and perseverance

Candidate Profile

Essential:

• Proven experience (2+ years) managing a recruitment team, ideally in tech / engineering / digital sectors
• Demonstrable track record of exceeding billing and margin targets in both contract and permanent markets
• Experience scaling or growing a recruitment team in a high-growth environment
• Strong commercial acumen and business development experience: able to win mandates and manage clients at senior levels
• Deep understanding of contract vs permanent recruitment dynamics (rates, compliance, renewals)
• Excellent communicator, stakeholder influencer and coach
• Data-driven: comfortable with dashboards, using metrics to guide decision making

Desirable:

• Prior experience in a recruitment or staffing scale-up environment
• Experience in tech / engineering recruitment verticals
• Network in UK/EU Tech
• Familiarity with Fruition's sectors or methodologies

What We Offer

• Competitive base salary,team-performance bonus, equity options
• Opportunity to build, lead and influence Fruition's tech recruitment presence in Manchester
• Lucrative commission - no thresholds!
• Ongoing training with inhouse L&D and external courses
• Clear and structured Career progression
• Bi annual winners trip to European destinations such as Marbella, Barcelona & Amsterdam
• Flexible working offer between the office and home
• Quarterly lunch clubs for top achievers
• Quarterly team socials
• Childcare vouchers
• Access to Fruition's brand, market insights, systems and support infrastructure
• A culture rooted in collaboration, support and high energy
• Friday early finish
• Plus more!

If you're an experienced Billing Manager, please get in touch for an initial confidential chat about our opportunities, and we'll happily share our story with you.

For further information please email

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.