VPss

"VPss was created with the passion to recruit in what we perceive as, the right way! Removing the numbers element and genuinely caring about both the candidate and the client. We strive to position ourselves as if we were you and to treat individuals as we would like to be treated ourselves. VPss is proof that recruiting in an ethical and professional way produces not only success for all parties, but allows us all to build long-term and fruitful relationships." - Nigel Venables, Managing Director

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With extensive recruitment experience across our specialist sectors, we are able to assist with all levels of appointments from Graduates looking for their first step on the career ladder through to Board Level Directors responsible for strategically planning and steering the continued growth of a business.

We can offer a combination of approaches; database searching, networking, advertising and targeted headhunting to suit the complexity of appointment. We are proud to have achieved consistent success utilising each of these methods and would be happy to provide advice on best practice to ensure you achieve the results you are looking for.

You are experts in your field of business, we are experts in recruitment. Recruitment can be time consuming and detract from your core functions; it can also be expensive. Let us prove the value of our services and allow us to work with you as a planned and professional partnership to deliver the results you are looking for.

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It's quite a statement but it's true. Since establishing VPss back in 2005, Nigel Venables has partnered with an array of small-medium sized businesses & brands helping them to grow and to get them to where they want to be across the domestic market as well as the global stage. Working closely with Founders/CEOs to appoint crucial key players, as well as building teams from zero. With his enviable sector knowledge, he has developed strong relationships with the major nationals and international brands and retailer head office teams, often working on confidential search assignments as well as contingency campaigns.

As Nigel's reputation grew, so did the need to invest and grow our team capacity. Ali Reffell, a long-term colleague, moved internally and joined Nigel to bolster our ability to deliver, network and continue to promote our name, reputation and brand values. Working harmoniously they have made a superb team; focusing hard to make your job easier and take the pressure out of recruiting so you can focus on what you're good at, making beauty magic! Ali’s niche is working with brand clients across all product categories delivering a consultative service as a trusted partner. Like every good beauty concept, our team continues to develop and Matt Venables joined the Health & Beauty team early in 2018, following a highly successful recruitment career which begun in 2016 within another specialist field.Towards the end of 2023 Brendan Blacker joined us, stemming from a freight, supply chain and logistics background he works closely with Matt, where he focuses across the contract manufacturers, the VMS category and the ingredient and componentry suppliers into this complex sector. Driven, sharp and detailed in developing better understandings and genuinely wanting to help individuals build and develop their careers, he forms strong, trusted relationships, core to the values of VPss.

We are very proud that our reputation and sector presence has continued to grow. By ensuring our team remains culturally aligned to our core values and ethics, client support and service delivery, it’s allowed us to maintain impeccable standards and to continue to excel in what we do. The Beauty & Wellbeing sector is innovative, ever-changing and evolving and that's part of what drives us. We love working with health & beauty businesses that are passionate about what they do and seek candidates that share their vision & values. Product innovation is the life-blood of any successful business and talented marketing and sales get the brands where they want to be. Skincare, Colour, Fragrance, Bath & Body, Vitamins, Minerals, Supplements & Nutrition - it's a wonderful world out there! We're here for the long-term and value developing strong, honest relationships with clients and candidates alike. So whether you're looking to appoint or get appointed you can trust and rely on us to do a great job on your behalf.

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