IHR - In-house Recruitment

Senior Partnerships Manager

IHR is the largest and most inclusive community of In-house Recruiters in the UK. 

Our members benefit from over 70 thought-leading live and virtual events each year; ranging from 1000-strong exhibitions and high-profile awards to exclusive half-day breakfasts, strategically aligned Recruitment Leader dinners, and highly influential webinars. 

We’re also expert distributors of industry-leading digital content, highly valued community forums, and an all-inclusive supplier directory.

Membership is free, why not join today? 🚀 Or email me: guy@inhouserecruitment.co.uk

Partnerships Manager

Artful Consulting

OUTLINE:
Working closely with founders to provide strategic business advice for multiple industries including, motion
picture, hospitality, digital marketing and video streaming.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Conducting commercial reviews to provide strategic roadmap for organisational growth.
• Mapping out long term business strategies to target new markets.
• Conducting market research to identify target audience for relaunch of a production company's IP.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:
• Created investment strategy to fund national expansion of 6 new hospitality units through a 15%
equity offering.
• Defined account management processes with a focus on customer retention, leading to 100%
renewals.
• Negotiated partnership with Mayor of London's promotional arm, leading to international
exposure.
• Wrote a brand platform and positioning deck for a US-based production company to set-up for a
global transmedia launch.

Sales Consultant

PAD 

OUTLINE:
Worked autonomously in the establishment and management of relationships of new accounts for leading
bespoke kitchen supplier, responsible for generating consistent new business opportunities, reported to the
CEO.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Establishing relationships with architect practices and interior designer studios, converting the
relationships into new business opportunities for the design team.
• Setting business goals with the CEO to determine milestones and weekly individual KPIs,
ensuring all target audience touchpoints are achieved.
• Managing sales database in HubSpot to schedule follow-ups and share weekly data with senior
management.
• Explaining features and benefits of products and services to accounts, answering their queries.
• Attending conferences to represent PAD and identify potential new accounts.
• Collaborating with a marketing agency on monthly campaigns.
• Managing social media platforms such as Instagram to maintain a strong brand image.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:
• Generated 42 leads for new bespoke kitchens resulting in 31 new proposals over a 3 month
period.
• Increased new business leads in a number of new accounts by implementation of a new nurture
cycle process.
• Contributed to a range of successful campaigns that delivered increased inbound leads by 30%.
• Grew social following by 4% in a quarter.

Business Development Manager

George Scott Ltd.

OUTLINE:
Managing a team of 8 and driving performance standards for Fulham based design & build firm.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Managing daily operations, removing obstacles for project managers and site managers and
continually searching for improvement opportunities.
• Identify issues with current business processes and implement changes for time and cost savings
and improve project delivery times.
• Collecting weekly reports from project managers and site managers, collating into slide decks for
senior management.
• Dealing with escalated complaints to resolve them swiftly at minimal cost to the business.
• Handling staff disciplinary issues, grievances and contract terminations.
• Identify team skills gaps and manage recruitment process for new hires and onboarding.
• Generating website traffic via ongoing SEO efforts.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:
• Improved team performance in project deadlines by implementation of new reporting process,
leading to 3 successive projects completing a week early.
• Defined lead to sale workflow, setup an 8 stage sale process on Salesforce, increased project
sales revenue by 100% in a quarter.
• Built and maintained the company website, leading to more than 5 monthly passive leads.

Operations and Sales Manager

INDX

OUTLINE:
Providing sales team leadership and account management to crypto currency fund to raise capital from
global high net worth individuals and asset management firms.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
•	Generating client leads through outbound-calls, email, networking and booking meetings.
•	Spoke at multiple conferences to engage the international crypto currency community.
•	Professional networking to develop relationships with new and existing accounts.
•	Attending conferences to represent INDX Capital and identify potential new customers.
•	Negotiating contracts with clients to achieve mutually beneficial agreements.
•	Closing sales regularly and keeping monthly pipeline of activity full.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:
•	Defined commercial strategy leading to $1m of investment in first 3 months of trading.
•	Created multi-channel sales approach to engage with major asset management firms, leading to advance stage discussions with the two largest crypto funds in the world.

Sales Manager

ADabisc Future Qatar

OUTLINE:
Reporting to General Manager within Park Operations, providing sales support activities to facilitate sponsorship and partnerships for Qatar's first theme park.

KEY RESPONSBILITIES:
•	Identify commercial opportunities to deliver pitches and presentations to multinationals companies.
•	Assisting Rovio, Angry Birds, by pivoting into location based entertainment.
•	Coaching leadership team by providing knowledge, direction, business planning, strategy, brand promise, website input and software development definition.  
•	Lead a cross-functional team to define and achieve targets and create new business KPIs.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:
•	Brokered a 500,000 Qatari Riyal sponsorship with a renowned hotel brand for the theme park launch event.
•	Represented ADabisc at various conferences and developed new business relationships and commercial opportunities across the Middle East. 
•	Completed a comprehensive customer analysis to define future sales strategy via an educational business model.
•	Drove the expansion of the team from 20 to 100 through recruitment and a renewed focus on retention.

Senior Partnerships Manager @ IHR | Helping Recruitment Suppliers Connect with their Target Audience

At IHR - In-house Recruitment, our team's mission transcends mere business transactions; we foster a community where over 20,000 in-house recruiters thrive through access to premier events and resources. The essence of my role as Senior Partnerships Manager lies in bridging the gap between recruitment suppliers and impactful opportunities, ensuring mutual growth and market expansion.

It's been over a week since IHR Live London but the comments and posts keep hitting my notifications, so I thought it time to add to yours too. 🔔😉

It was an incredible day of thought-leadership, innovation and connection at the Business Design Centre with 50+ solution providers showcasing the very best in recruitment technology and services.

Some standout highlights for me:
 ✨ Our Innovation Showcase – huge congrats to Michael Blakley and the Equitas team for taking home Gold and to all the partners who pitched game-changing ideas, including Ola Afolabi from micro1.
 ✨ Packed sessions across every stage – from AI in hiring to unlocking diverse early careers talent, the appetite for fresh thinking was clear.
 ✨ Conversations across the floor – seeing partners like Appcast, Inc, First Advantage, Cappfinity, Sova, SMRS and UCAS Early Careers and their teams building new relationships and driving high-quality discussions.
 ✨ And a special mention to Sapia.ai – bringing their unmistakable pink to an IHR event for the first time… and a resumeshredding time they had! 💗

A massive thank you to our #community, to every recruiter, TA leader and partner who joined us for making it such a high energy day. 🙌

📅 Next stop: Manchester and Birmingham Leaders Conferences this autumn, then into a huge 2026 programme. 

If being in the room with senior TA decision-makers is on your radar, now’s the time to talk.

#LiveLDN25 #TalentAcquisition #RecruitmentInnovation #FutureOfHiring

Guy Sage

Senior Partnerships Manager @ IHR - In-house Recruitment | Sales Consultant

Shaping fairer hiring practices isn’t just a compliance box-tick it’s critical to how we attract and retain talent today.

That’s why I’m delighted to be joined by our partners First Advantage, with Ed Martin, Zain Hussain and Lee Hughes, at #LiveLDN25 next week.

Together they'll be running a workshop on one of the most important topics for any TA professional right now:

 ✅ How background screening and compliance are evolving
 ✅ The risks if you get it wrong
 ✅ The opportunities to build trust and speed into your hiring process

If you’re in TA and want to stay ahead of the curve, this is a session you won’t want to miss.

Registration details in the comments below. 😊

#talentacquisition
#onboarding
#backgroundscreening

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