Wayne Cottis

SUMMARY

An experienced recruiter, who over the last 10 years has gained experience within multiple sectors of Recruitment and Human Resources, these sectors include Commercial, Industrial, Construction, Engineering, Rail and IT&T markets.

Within these 10 years I have developed high-level business skills including High-Level Negotiations, Business Development, Management & Team Leadership, Account & Client Management, Project Recruitment, Tender preparation, Vendor Management, Sales Training and Motivational Training.

Areas of Expertise

·   Technical Specialist

·   Account Management

·   Project Recruitment

·    Resource Management

·   Supply Chain Management

·   Business Development

·   Sales Negotiations

·   Extensive Networking skills

·   Tender Preparation

·   Augmentation

·   Relationship Management

 

CMS Global (457 Holders) / CXC                                                                                                 20th October 2004 - Present

Viiew Pty Ltd                                                                                                                                      June 2008 – Present
Onsite Client Manager NSW & QLD

Viiew is the internal recruitment shared services division of Dimension Data.

·       Onsite management of NSW & QLD permanent and contract recruitment.

·       Management of VIC Augmentation contract recruitment.

·       Supply Chain Management.

 

Bluefin Resources Pty Ltd                                                                                                                September 2005 – June 2008
Technology Account Manager

Responsible for business development and account manager for all Infrastructure and Networking business opportunities.

·       Developed a desk from minimal client and candidate base.

·       Account development of major accounts.

·       Assisted in the development of the Accenture account $ 2.2 million.

·       Awarded PSA for Commander Australia.

·       Joint number 1 IT recruiter for UBS.

·       Clients include CBA, Westpac (PSA), St George (PSA), Fujitsu, IBM (PSA), Microsoft

·       Mentoring, Recruitment Training, System Training for new consultants.

Interpro Australia                                                                                                                             October 2004 – September 2005
Recruitment Consultant

Responsible for business development and account manager for all Voice & Data/Microsoft .net business opportunities.

Shorterm Rail Plc                                                                                                                              November 2003 – October 2004
National & International Sales Consultant
Recruitment Consultant

Providing contract recruitment solutions within the specialist Rail sector. Our team managed 450 contractors per day.

DP Technical Recruitment Ltd                                                                                                          October 2001 – October 2003
Senior Recruitment Consultant

Managing a team of 3, providing permanent and contract recruitment solutions to the engineering and construction sectors.

Personnel Selection Ltd                                                                                                                     April 1999 – October 2001                 
Senior Recruitment Consultant

Managing a team of 4, providing temporary recruitment solutions to the Industrial, Catering, IT, Driving and In-flight Catering markets. 

Ford Recruitment Ltd                                                                                                                        April 1999 – October 2001                 
Recruitment Consultant

Providing support, to the Directors on engineering and construction recruitment.

Kirkplan Kitchens Ltd                                                                                                                      September 1995 – March 1998                                   
Regional HR / Recruitment Manager                                                                                          1997 – 1998
Branch Marketing Manager                                                                                                          1995 – 1997

Regional Recruitment Manager

·       Making sure that each branch retains it head count.

·       Recruitment strategy.

·       Organising and conducting company interviews. (Telesales branches x 4).

·       Company training branches x 4 (150 staff).

·       Devising new training techniques for training sessions (sales and customer services).

·       Devising new training manuals.

·       Placing recruitment adverts in local papers and national.

·       Devising new ways to recruit staff e.g. free papers, job centres, college boards, leaflet drops etc.

·       Helping with motivation for branches.

·       Collecting monthly recruitment data and producing monthly reports for Director board meetings.

 

Marketing Manager

·       Responsible for £ 1,200,000 business per year.

·       Managing a Telesales team of 20-30 staff.

·       General office duties.

·       Weekly/Monthly meetings with Assistant Managers and Supervisors.

·       Interviewing new staff.

·       Staff inductions, staff motivation, incentives, and staff training.

·       Confirming appointments with customers.

·       Liaising with Branch Manager and directors on sales forecasts and sales targets

·       Working out staff weekly wages e.g. commission and bonuses, Weekly/Monthly sales targets.

 

EDUCATION

Ingram High School for Boys -GCSE                                    Further Education

Art and Design                                          (B)                                    MCSE fastrack 2000                                   
Computer Studies                                     (C)                                    Spanish 2008                                   
Maths                                                        (D)                                                                                                           
English                                                       (D)
Geography                                                 (D)
Science                                                      (D)

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Excel                                        Lotus Approach                             KEAI                                     Photoshop
Microsoft Outlook                                    Lotus 1-2-3                                    Access                                                
Dos (Basic)                                              Microsoft Word                             Fastrack                 
Microsoft Works 4.0                              Adapt                                               PowerPoint                                   
Flash 4,6 (Basic)                                    Dreamweaver                                  Windows OS                 

NETWORKING GROUPS

Network Statistics
2600 + 1st degree connections. Total 9 million plus global contacts.

INTERESTS

Networking, NLP, Employment Law, Web Design, Keeping Fit / Personal Training, Socialising, Martial Arts (Kung Fu, Muay Thai), Theatre, Water Sports (Surfing, Wake Boarding, Skim-board).

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CONTACT DETAILS
Email: wcottis@mac.com