Recruitment Branch Manager / Regional Growth Opportunity – Totton, Southampton

£40-55k OTE + generous commission scheme + car / car allowance

Who are we?                                          
We’re TLP, a specialist UK recruitment business built by the people who work here. As a business partnership of recruitment experts, we’re invested in long-term success. For over 30 years, we’ve been providing specialist recruitment services for temporary, contract, and permanent roles across the UK through our network of branches.

The Opportunity
We have an exciting opportunity for a Recruitment Branch Manager / Regional Business Manager to join our successful Totton, Southampton operation. This is a well-established branch with a strong client base across logistics, shipping, and freight forwarding, and we’re also expanding into new markets and sectors.

This is a ‘hands on’ leadership role, where you’ll grow, coach and lead a team of temporary and permanent recruitment specialists, building a high-performance culture where people feel supported, motivated, and driven to achieve results.

This role offers a clear progression path, with opportunities for increased responsibility, greater reward, and future regional leadership. It’s ideal for an ambitious professional looking to expand our recruitment services and grow our branch network.

Key Responsibilities

• Play in a key role in the recruitment of additional members to the consultancy team, with the support of the central resourcing function.
• Drive new business and develop client relationships across Hampshire and surrounding areas, working with stakeholders across the wider business to leverage opportunities.
• Maintain and grow our existing temp desk while further developing our regional permanent division.
• Support and manage recruitment processes, candidate pipelines, and key account relationships.
• Identify and pursue new commercial opportunities to increase branch revenue.
• Work closely with senior management to shape branch strategy and future growth, extending our regional branch network and geographical coverage.
• Contributing to business projects that enhance recruitment processes.

Who We’re Looking For

The ideal candidate will have:

• The ability to lead from the front, drive progress, and think laterally.
• Strong sales, negotiation, relationship building and business development skills.
• Strong recruitment process and commercial experience gained working within the recruitment or logistics/freight industries.
• Recruitment industry background preferred — this could be a Senior Consultant with strong leadership capabilities, a current Branch Manager, or a Regional Manager eager to set up or scale a branch quickly.
• A results-driven, proactive approach, with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, operational, environment.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a solutions-oriented mindset, able to inspire an environment of innovation and continual improvement.
• Profit and Loss and Financial management capabilities.
• Exposure to both temporary and permanent recruitment processes (advantageous but not essential).
• A valid driving licence.

What’s in It For You

• c£40-55k OTE (salary negotiable depending on experience)
• Excellent commission scheme and diverse reward scheme, including individual and team incentives, bonuses, social events, gift vouchers, and more…
• Car or car allowance
• Opportunities for career progression, including mentorship, coaching, and learning and development programmes.
• Potential to earn a share of the business through partnership opportunities and equity in the company.
• Strong central business support team to help you and your team succeed.
• Work for a well-established recruitment brand with a clear path to a regional management position.
• Monday to Friday, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm – no evenings or weekends.

How to Apply

If this sounds like the next step in your recruitment career, we’d love to hear from you. Please send your CV or contact Zoe Houghton to discuss the role.