Client showcase

How we recruited a State Manager

About the client

Our client is Australia's leading steel provider with a reputation for outstanding customer service. With 5 distribution warehouses and specialist steel processing facilities across Australia, they are able to focus on the requirements of each region in terms of supply and demand. 

  • Location - Welshpool, WA
  • Industry - steel
  • Size - 30 employees

We applied our three-phase service delivery model for this recruitment drive.

About the client

Video job advertisement

Social media algorithms prioritise video content over still images, so we produce video advertisements for all vacancies to enhance our candidate sourcing efforts.

By leveraging this unique and highly effective approach, we aim to connect with the right candidates at the right time.

We share our videos on LinkedIn, and Facebook, posting them 10-20 times based on relevance. Typically, our videos receive over 1,000 views within the first 24 hours.



Job advertisement

We continually refresh, rewrite, and reformat our job advertisements to ensure we receive high-quality applications. Our strategy is proactive, with approximately 20 advertisements posted for each permanent job. These advertisements are shared across:

  • Job boards - Seek, Adzuna, Glassdoor, Indeed and Jora
  • Social media - LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter
  • 11 Recruitment's website

On average, our advertisements receive over 100 applications and significantly outperform the market benchmark for Seek, shown in this graph.


State Manager

  • Fantastic opportunity with a respected and trusted organisation
  • Challenging and rewarding position
  • Welshpool location

ABOUT THE CLIENT

Our client, a reputable national distribution warehouse and steel processing company, is looking for a experienced State Manager to serve and expand their customer base within Perth, Western Australia.


ABOUT THE ROLE

Your role as a State Manager includes the ability to oversee daily operations, including; staffing, sales, marketing, warehousing, machine operations, distribution, administration, debtor management and stock control.

Reporting to the General Manager, your main responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Oversee all office and warehouse employees
  • Handle recruitment, performance management, and dismissals
  • Provide training and development to the team
  • Set employee benchmarks and goals
  • Direct all sales and marketing activities in WA
  • Handle customer queries
  • Monitor and react to market changes and trends
  • Ensure the warehouse operates at peak efficiency
  • Organise and control company stocktakes
  • Administer and maintain all company vehicles
  • Ensure Health and Safety meetings are held regularly
  • Ensure compliance with all government regulations
  • Management of operational expenses
  • Research and implement any improvements
  • Stock control and maintenance
  • Identify local and overseas stock purchasing requirements
  • Oversee all replacement and maintenance of plant, equipment, and buildings
  • Management of operational expenses
  • Debt collection and control of all company debtors
  • Ensure company creditors are paid on time

ABOUT YOU

As you will be responsible for all branch activities within the state, we expect you to be able to demonstrate an ability to contribute to the national growth strategy of the company

Ideally, you will have experience in the following;

  • Solid management experience, ideally from a distributor, manufacturing, or fabrications company
  • Proven track record from a previous senior managerial role either a General -, Branch -, Operations - or a Sales Manager
  • Proven experience in managing internal and external stakeholders including subcontractors and consultants
  • Leadership skills and a general staff management experience (sales, warehouse, manufacturing and admin)
  • Experience in warehouse management procedures and best practices
  • OH&S Management including training and reporting
  • Proven ability to implement process improvement initiatives
  • Strong negotiation and influencing skills
  • Strong decision making and problem-solving skills
  • Experience in budgeting and forecasting

Assessment Matrix design

Our custom-designed, in-house software generates an Assessment Matrix, serving as the blueprint for our recruitment process. This process includes screening, interviews, document verification, skills testing, personality profiling, and reference checks.

The Assessment Matrix marks the stage at which each criterion is addressed, with the most critical criteria being checked multiple times throughout the recruitment process.


Selection criteria

Screen

Interview

Docs.

Profiling

Refs.

Education






Year 12 (Degree Advantage)



Experience






Distributor / Manufacturing / Fabrication Experience 



Steel Industry Experience preferable



Management experience



Previous Sales Experience (BDM /Account Management) 



Customer Service and Customer Relationship Management



Warehouse Operations (Stock Control / Management)



Credit / Debtor Management 



Staff Training and Development 


OH&S Management / Workers Compensation Reporting



Experience with Industry Awards and Legislation



Marketing Experience



Complaint Handling



Stable work history



Other






Work location (South of the River)





Verify LinkedIn vs CV Submitted





Accept expected salary ($160k +$180k)



Previous warning of termination?



Behaviour






Dominance - 65%




Influence - 60%




Steadiness - 35%




Compliance - 38%




Forms signed






Health / police check




Signed document - tell the truth




Docs verified






Driver’s licence




Citizen AU / NZ or PR





DISC profiling

Just like people, jobs have their own behavioral profiles based on duties, environment, and communication. For every job vacancy, we create a profile that allows us to match an applicant's behavior to the specific role.

We utilise the DISC assessment, which examines the following attributes:

  • Dominance - accomplishing results, the bottom line, confidence
  • Influence - persuading others, openness, dependability
  • Steadiness - cooperation, sincerity, dependability
  • Compliance - quality, accuracy, expertise

DISC profile - State Manager

State Manager

Shortlisted candidates

Candidate A

Candidate B

Candidate C

Behavioural adaptation by candidates to match the job profile:

Candidate A

Candidate B

Candidate C


Results

Our aim is to produce a strong shortlist by sourcing widely. We measure every stage in our recruitment process to ensure we meet this key objective.

Our service comes with an extended 18-month replacement guarantee. This guarantee means our interests are mutually aligned - to recruit high achievers who will excel and stay.


Video views

1,229


Applications received

102


Interviewed by 11 Recruitment

10


Shortlisted

4


Interviewed by client

2


Hired

1


Christian Madsen | Managing Director

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