Recruitment opportunities
TAL deliver results by adapting their recruitment strategies to meet client needs.
We are experienced at managing the complex requirements associated with senior executive roles such as maintaining confidentiality while achieving deep penetration of the market to source the best candidate pool.
See our list of current opportunities, if none of these meet your profile you can still send us your CV which we will add to our database for future reference.
To find out further information about TAL's current recruitment opportunities, please contact recruitment@taltalent.com
Chief Operating Officer – Financial Services Organisation
NOW CLOSED
6 figure executive package for the right candidate.
South East England
International Trade Director
NOW CLOSED
International Trade Director for the London Region (Grade 6) – UK Trade and Investment
Closing Date : 9th April, 2010
Head of Lending - Financial Services Organisation
NOW CLOSED
£80 - £100 + benefits, South East, UK
National Sales Manager
NOW CLOSED
Competitive base salary, with benefits package and bonus scheme
Head of Finance and Business Assurance
NOW CLOSED
Are you capable of protecting the financial health of this medium, successful, innovative and very ambitious building society based in the South East of England?
Head of Compliance Financial Services Organisation
NOW CLOSED
Ambitious and Agile Building Society
South East
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UK General Insurance Business Development Managers
NOW CLOSED
Reference Numbers: North - 1789, Midlands - 1790, South - 1791
Competitive base salary, with benefits package and bonus scheme
The formation of UK General Insurance offers opportunities for an ambitious Business Development Manager with the skills and drive to make a difference. Your focus will be on the identification, qualification and securing of a range of scheme business. In addition to your first class sales abilities you need to demonstrate the commercial acumen necessary for generating and negotiating deals with clear value for both parties. Working with both internal and external stakeholders, successful candidates will be competent at establishing the business case and closing commercially viable deals.
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Associate Director - Projects
NOW CLOSED
This is a full-time, permanent appointment. Closing date 9th November 09.
The Associate Director, Projects is a role in within corporate services. The role holder will be responsible for delivery of all projects, will lead the expansion and maintenance of a Project Management Centre of Excellence which involves the management of people, material and financial resources to deliver a wide scope of work across business units, covering projects, programmes and business as usual work.
Senior Partner Transmission and Governance
NOW CLOSED
This is a full-time, permanent appointment. Closing date 25th November 09.
The post of Senior Partner Transmission & Governance will lead the teams responsible for developing and ensuring implementation and governance of the regulatory framework for transmissions to support delivery of key objectives.
Managing Director [Commercial]
NOW CLOSED
This is a full-time, permanent appointment. Closing date 18th November 09.
This is a highly commercial role which combines the identification and development of major new business areas with operational implementation of key elements. These include the successful design and delivery of a portfolio of major industry initiatives including: Offshore Transmission; Competitive Tendering; and Smart Meter roll out.
CEO, COO, CFO, CIO roles
TAL is always managing job opportunities not advertised in the public domain. We have several “active” projects for European clients and are looking for CEO, COO, CIO and CFO level leaders. Our current focus is in:
- Paper Print and Packaging industry
- Utilities
- Defence
- Pharmaceuticals
- IT
- Environment
- Professional Services.
If you are a high level executive in this business sector looking for your next career move, please contact John Thompson, TALs director who is leading these projects, for a confidential discussion.
Senior executive roles
Managing Director [CEO] Graphic Paper Company – Germany
To take full strategic and operational responsibility to grow the company through leadership interventions and decisions. Must have more than 5 years general management experience leading a large company or division within the paper related industry. Applicants also need experience in an international environment. Need to be fluent German speaker.
Managing Director – Manufacturing/Paper Processing – Germany
To take full strategic and operational responsibility to grow the company through leadership interventions and decisions. Must have more than 8 years general management experience leading a large company or division within the paper industry. Must have experience of leading production teams and processes. Applicants need to be innovative and but also pragmatic to create the structures and processes necessary for sustained success. Need to be fluent German speaker.
Executive Level HR Director – Professional Services Company London Base
Reports to the CEO
This is a board level position for a generalist HR Director with a solid background in building high performing HR teams and delivering business focused service solutions. You will have experience in leading and managing major change and transformation projects. You will be assisting and coaching senior department heads with all aspects of people management and working alongside the company directors to achieve improved organisational design, performance and culture. An ideal industry background would be the IT or Telecommunications.
Senior roles in HR
Head of HR Operations – Financial Services Industry London Base
Reports into the HR Director
Direct Reports – 5
Job holder will be responsible for ensuring the activities of the HR function are embedded within the business and aligned with their needs. Responsibilities include ensuring appropriate governance and controls exist around all HR processes and monitoring these to ensure compliance.
The job holder will be responsible for ‘getting the basics right’ for all HR operations and will be an ambassador for the HR brand. Working with the rest of the HR Leadership team, this role will play a key part in ensuring all HR projects are visible across the leadership team and do not contradict or overlap each other and existing initiatives.
Additionally delivery of quality management information will be essential to raising the credibility and profile of HR to the business aiding it to become a true strategic business partner
Compensation and Benefits Manager – High-Tec Manufacturing Company. South East England
Reports to: Director of Human Resources Services
The role holder will need experience working in a complex matrix structure and managing compensation and benefits through major change programmes.
Senior roles in IT
Head of Quality Assurance, Software Engineering – Software Development Company. London Base
Reports to: VP Products and Community
Applicants must have network and systems management experience and provide evidence of successfully managing quality assurance in a fast paced software development environment. Knowledge of mixed open source and propriety code releases would be an advantage.
Pre-Sales Engineer – For a company building the next generation systems management software. London Base
Reports to: VP Products and Community Must have network and systems management experience and have worked in a software development environment. Need experience in OSS and BSS Telco integration. Open source experience would be an advantage.
Senior roles in sales and marketing
Key Account Manager – Global Security Print Company – South East Base with frequent UK travel/ international travel
Reports to: Divisional MD
The role holder will manage a team of 4 direct reports and will be responsible for the day to day relationship with the key account customers. A key requirement will be to transform the nature of the key account relationships by deepening and broadening the quality of services offered. The successful candidate will act as the “voice of the customer” ensuring the business listens and fully understands the customers changing needs and that these needs are met and wherever possible service and deliverables exceed expectations. The individual will be expected to execute day to day excellence whilst having the vision and strategic capabilities to exploit and uncover future growth opportunities. A minimum of 5 years experience in account management within supply chain and manufacturing is required. As is the skills to manage a geographically dispersed “virtual" team
Vice President of Sales – Manufacturing (Disposable tableware, packaging for retail and international markets) – Europe
Need a senior level sales manager to lead the European sales force through a rapid period of growth in volumes and margins. International experience essential. Applicants must have managed a diverse team of sales professionals during period of change, preferably in food, or packaging supply chain involving distributors and key branded accounts. Must have evidence of leading major negotiations with major customer that result in winning major contracts. Must be fluent German speaking and other languages would be a distinct advantage.
Senior roles in supply chain and procurement
Strategic Resourcing Manager – Global Provider of Packaging Solutions –Germany
Reports to: Global Sourcing and Procurement Manager
The company employs over 4,000 employees and has a turnover in excess of 1,500mil Euros. The job holder will work in close co-operation with R&D to develop and implement a global raw materials strategy [liquid paper board]. The role holder will need to show experience of successful negotiating with suppliers to reduce costs and manage inventories. The role holder will be expected to monitor and optimise processes, cost savings and efficiencies.




