Senior Recruitment Consultant

This is not a role for someone who wants to inherit a warm desk and simply manage what is already there.

We are looking for an experienced, sales-focused recruiter with the drive, resilience and tenacity to grow and re-establish relationships across the retail recruitment market.

You will reconnect with previous clients and candidates, open new doors, identify opportunities and rebuild a high-performing recruitment desk. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys business development, thrives on targets and wants the freedom to take genuine ownership of their market.

For the right person, this could also create a future pathway towards owning and operating your own recruitment agency.

What You'll Be Doing

You will be responsible for managing the full recruitment and sales cycle across the Auckland retail market, including:

• Rebuilding relationships with previous clients and candidates

• Developing new business and identifying opportunities across the retail sector

• Prospecting, networking and confidently approaching potential clients

• Winning job opportunities and negotiating recruitment agreements

• Sourcing, interviewing and representing high-quality retail talent

• Managing multiple vacancies, candidates and client relationships

• Building a strong candidate community and talent pipeline

• Meeting agreed sales targets, activity expectations and KPIs

• Creating a strong market presence for the agency across Auckland

• Working independently while remaining connected to a wider support network

Who We're Looking For

You are an experienced recruiter who is commercially minded, relationship driven and motivated by building something successful.

You will ideally bring:

• Strong recruitment experience, preferably within retail, sales, hospitality or another customer-focused sector

• A proven background in sales, business development or account growth

• Confidence making outbound calls, opening conversations and asking for business

• The resilience to handle objections, setbacks and competitive situations

• The ability to develop trusted relationships with clients and candidates

• Strong organisation and multitasking skills

• Experience working towards sales targets, activity expectations and KPIs

• The discipline and self-motivation to work independently from home

• A strong understanding of the Auckland employment market

• A genuine interest in the retail sector and the people who make it successful

You will not be afraid to pick up the phone, reconnect with a dormant client, ask where the opportunities are and keep going when the first answer is no.

Why This Opportunity?

This role offers more than the chance to run a recruitment desk. It gives you the opportunity to build and shape an agency with an established reputation and award-winning history.

You will have:

• The autonomy to drive your own Auckland market

• An established brand and history to build from

• The opportunity to rebuild an agency and see the direct impact of your work

• Flexibility to work from home

• Access to established recruitment systems, tools and support (experience in using JobAdder is beneficial)

• The opportunity to work with a specialist retail recruitment brand

• A potential future pathway towards agency ownership

Are You Ready to Build Something?

This role will suit someone who is ambitious, persistent and excited by the opportunity to create momentum.

You may be an experienced recruiter ready for greater autonomy, a senior consultant looking for your next challenge, or someone who has always considered owning their own recruitment business in the future.

If you have the relationships, recruitment experience and sales drive to build a successful Auckland Retail Agency, we would love to hear from you.

Apply now with your CV and a brief introduction outlining why this opportunity appeals to you. Feel free to contact Mandy Jacobson View phone number on au.fitly.work for a confidential conversation.

Consultant

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Reference number: 220063
Profession:Human Resources & RecruitmentRecruitment - Agency

Company: Frontline Recruitment Group
Date posted: 20th Jul, 2026