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Recruitment Manager - Commerce & Industry

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Robert Walters is the world’s most trusted talent solutions business. Across the globe, we deliver recruitment, recruitment process outsourcing and advisory services for businesses of all shapes and sizes, opening doors for people with diverse skills, ambitions, and backgrounds. We help organisations find the skills and solutions to reach their goals and assist talented professionals to power their unique potential.

About the Role:

As a Recruitment Manager (Commerce & Industry) you will be taking responsibility for the profitability and business activities of your team, you’ll help us to continually grow Robert Walters by promoting our brand to existing and prospective clients and candidates alike. We’re looking for someone who can lead by example, placing quality candidates with our clients and supporting your team to achieve and exceed their financial and KPI targets.

We’re proud of our culture and of all the people who make this such a friendly, fun and vibrant place to work. People here are supportive, positive and collaborative. We welcome fresh thinking, and we encourage everyone, at every level, to share their ideas. We’re focused on the future too - for our clients, for our business and for our people.

Who You Are:

  • Identify new recruitment consultants, giving everyone in the team the training and support they need to thrive and achieve their targets
  • Help carry out salary reviews and bonus allocations, identifying opportunities to improve individual performances
  • Optimise growth opportunities and generate new business by networking, promoting the brand, gathering market information and making business development calls
  • Use your in-depth knowledge of each client’s organisation to ensure they’re allocated the right consultants
  • Source and select appropriate candidates as well as managing the team’s active and inactive candidate pool
  • Develop and implement short and long-term recruitment campaigns on behalf of your clients, keeping in close contact with them to build positive, proactive relationships


Local requirements

  • The ability to align day-to-day plans with long-term goals
  • A commitment to self-development, a drive to make things happen and a target-driven approach
  • The entrepreneurial spirit it takes to optimise new opportunities and harness new ideas
  • Excellent problem-solving skills, a commercial focus and plenty of initiative
  • An understanding of how to motivate, challenge and turn team members into leaders


Our culture

At Robert Walters, our people are our business. A world-leading specialist professional recruitment consultancy, we put our people and the relationships they build at the heart of everything we do. So as we grow, you’ll grow. As you make a personal impact, we’ll have a positive influence across the globe. And as we help you develop in our vibrant culture and learn from our expert training, you’ll make your own unique contribution to our high-performance teams.

Benefits

  • Competitive salaries & quarterly bonus
  • Clear progression plan
  • Collaborative working environment that is sociable, celebratory, and supportive
  • Flexi-working
  • Laptop and mobile phone
  • Immediate gold standard private healthcare
  • Incentive trips to luxury destinations
  • International work / travel opportunities
  • Volunteering opportunities


As a Disability Confident Employer, Robert Walters is committed to offering a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process to all candidates. If you require any accommodations or adjustments as a result of a disability, impairment or health condition, please do not hesitate to let me know.

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Contract Type: Perm

Specialism: Banking & Financial Services

Focus: Operations

Industry: Financial Services

Salary: Competitive Package

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Experience Level: Associate

Language: English - Professional working

Location: Johannesburg

Job Reference: 7890

Date posted: 27 February 2026

Consultant: Georgia Whiting

Phone number:

georgia.whiting@robertwalters.com

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