Early Careers Talent Manager

Company Description

Edmundson Electrical Ltd is the UK’s largest electrical wholesaler, with a history spanning over 200 years. The company trades from more than 400 locations and serves over 100,000 customers nationwide, offering over 120,000 products from leading, trusted manufacturers. Edmundson Electrical invests heavily in training and development, ensuring teams provide knowledgeable, high-quality service and understand customers’ operational challenges.

The Opportunity

We are forming an in-house talent acquisition & management function to strengthen how Edmundson Electrical attracts, selects and develops its future talent. As an Early Careers Talent Manager, you will help run all Graduate and Placement Year Student recruitment, from the first University contact through to the appointment and then the management/monitoring of the trainees thereafter. Importantly, you will help design how this new function will work right from its inception. This is an exciting opportunity to join Edmundson Electrical and offers long-term career potential for the successful candidate. 

Key Responsibilities:

Recruitment and Selection

•     Own the application process end to end, giving candidates a professional and engaging experience throughout.

•     Review and shortlist applications against agreed criteria, and coordinate interviews with business stakeholders, including Regional Directors and Profit Centre Managers.

•     Plan and run assessment days, covering logistics, exercises, candidate communications and feedback.

•     Maintain a strong pipeline of candidates for future intakes.

University Partnerships and Attraction

•     Build and manage relationships with universities and careers teams across the UK, understanding their placement year requirements, processes and key dates.

•     Represent Edmundson Electrical at Careers Fairs, Presentations and Campus Events, promoting the career and development opportunities we offer.

•     Identify new Universities and attraction channels and help build our reputation as an employer of choice among early-career talent.

Talent Onboarding & Progress/Performance Management

•     Track performance and development of trainees whilst on programme.

•     Work closely with all Stakeholders to ensure consistent and accurate programme delivery.

•     Identify early and address performance/development concerns.

•     Protect and ensure a high return on the Company’s investment.

About You

Experience

•     Recruitment, people management & higher education placement and graduate careers experience is preferred.

Skills and qualities

•     A confident and engaging communicator, both on the phone and face to face, with all stakeholders both internally and externally

•     Comfortable using data and reporting to measure and improve recruitment activity.

•     Highly organised with strong attention to detail.

•     Passionate about people, talent and developing others.

•     Resilient and tenacious, able to multi-task and manage large, complex projects and workflows.

•     Proactive and energetic, happy to challenge existing approaches and introduce new ideas.

•     Able to work independently but also collaborate with colleagues across the business.

What We Offer

•     Competitive salary, dependent on experience

•     Eligibility to participate in the Company Profit Share Scheme

•     25 days annual holiday allowance plus all public holidays

•     A contributory pension scheme

 

Important Note:

This is an office-based position located at the Company’s Service Centre in Knutsford, Cheshire and is not a hybrid role. Regular UK & Ireland travel is a component part of the role and is expected.