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Role: Venue Manager \n Location: Medway \n Hours: Full-time - 35 hours per week - Mon-Fri 9 am-5 pm (occasional weekends and nights) \n Salary: £32,000 per annum \n Contract: 3-Month Temp-Perm (Potential for Perm) \n Our client is seeking an experienced and proactive Venue Manager to oversee the day-to-day operation of a busy licensed venue, including bar operations, food, events and evening trade. The successful candidate will take responsibility for ensuring the venue operates safely, efficiently and to a consistently high standard, whilst managing and supporting the venue team. \n This is a hands-on comprehensive management position suited to someone with previous experience within a licensed, hospitality, events or similar environment, who is confident managing people, HR, finance, operations, stock, and compliance. \n Responsibilities \n - Oversee the daily operation of the venue \n - Lead, support and develop the venue team, including supervisors, team leaders and operational staff. \n - Manage staff rotas, attendance, hours and day-to-day staffing requirements \n - Take operational responsibility for events, working closely with organisers, clients and internal teams to ensure successful delivery. \n - Coordinate venue opening and closing procedures, ensuring all relevant security, safety and operational checks are completed. \n - Manage bar operations, including stock levels, ordering, stock control, cellar management and minimising waste. \n - Monitor sales, costs, margins and overall financial performance, contributing to budgets and commercial targets. \n - Ensure the venue operates in accordance with licensing requirements, health and safety legislation and internal policies and procedures. \n - Develop and maintain effective working relationships with suppliers, contractors, security providers and other external partners. \n - Support the recruitment, induction, training, performance management and development of venue staff. \n - Maintain high standards of venue equipment, fixtures, fittings and operational areas, liaising with facilities teams where repairs or maintenance are required. \n - Develop and implement appropriate risk assessments, emergency procedures and safety measures for venue operations and events. \n - Assist with the development and delivery of an ongoing programme of entertainment and events. \n - Maintain accurate operational, financial, incident, stock and performance records, providing regular reports to senior management. \n - Provide hands-on support during busy periods and events, assisting the wider venue team where required. \n Requirements \n - Previous management experience within a licensed trade, hospitality, events or similar environment. \n - Flexible approach to working hours, with occasional evenings, nights, and weekends. \n - Willingness to carry out ad hoc work across other parts of the business. \n - Proven experience managing and developing a team. \n - Good knowledge of stock control, cash handling, financial procedures and cost management. \n - Understanding of licensing requirements and health and safety within a venue environment. \n - A proactive, hands-on approach with the ability to lead by example. \n - Personal Licence holder, or willingness to obtain one. \n - First Aid qualification, or willingness to undertake training. \n Benefits \n - 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays. \n - Additional privilege leave over the Christmas and New Year period. \n - Contributory pension scheme. \n - Parking available. \n - Potential for the temporary position to become permanent. \n At KHR, we take care to ensure that you are represented as well as possible, so it is worth checking your CV for layout, spelling and grammar as well as making sure it is up to date before you submit. If you feel you need to highlight particular qualifications, skills or relevant experience with regard to a specific role, then please add a cover letter or a preface page. This does not need to be formatted in the same manner. In addition, if your CV is heavy with graphics, etc, please could you also submit a "clean" copy in Word. Thank you. \n Knowledge House Resourcing Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. KHR - Recruitment Specialists is a trading name of Knowledge House Resourcing Ltd. Keep in touch with us online for job alerts, industry updates and market... \n

Due to a period of rapid growth, my client in mid Kent is looking for a creative and commercially minded Brand Marketing Manager to drive brand growth across their food manufacturing portfolio. You will develop and execute marketing strategies, manage product launches, deliver engaging campaigns, and use consumer insights to strengthen brand performance. \n Key Responsibilities: \n\n • Develop and implement brand marketing strategies.\n, • Manage marketing campaigns across digital, social, and trade channels.\n, • Lead new product launches and support packaging development.\n, • Analyse market trends, consumer insights, and competitor activity.\n, • Manage marketing budgets and measure campaign effectiveness.\n, • Collaborate with Sales, NPD, and external agencies.\n\n Requirements: \n\n • Proven brand marketing experience within FMCG, food manufacturing, or consumer goods.\n, • Strong understanding of brand management and marketing strategy.\n, • Excellent communication, analytical, and project management skills.\n, • Experience managing product launches and marketing campaigns.\n\n Benefits \n\n • Competitive salary and annual bonus\n, • Company pension scheme\n, • Private healthcare\n, • Generous holiday allowance\n, • Employee product discounts\n, • Flexible/hybrid working options\n, • Training and career development opportunities\n, • Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)\n, • Company social events and wellbeing initiatives\n\n Apply now! \n

\n Credit Controller (3-Month Contract) \n Location: Medway, Kent Contract Length: 3 Months Hours: Part-Time, 3 Days per Week Salary: £13.50 - £15.00 per hour Start Date: Immediate \n The Role \n An established and growing manufacturing business based in Medway is seeking an experienced Credit Controller to join its finance team on a 3-month contract. This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive and commercially minded individual to make an immediate impact by reducing aged debt, improving cash flow, and supporting the wider finance function during a busy period. \n Working closely with the Finance Manager, you will take ownership of the sales ledger and be responsible for maintaining strong customer relationships while ensuring outstanding balances are collected efficiently and professionally. The successful candidate will be confident working in a fast-paced environment, managing a high volume of accounts, and resolving customer queries quickly to minimise payment delays. \n This role would suit someone who enjoys building rapport with customers, is highly organised, and has a proven track record of achieving collection targets while delivering excellent customer service. \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Proactively manage and collect outstanding debt across a portfolio of customer accounts.\n, • Contact customers by telephone and email to secure timely payment of invoices.\n, • Investigate and resolve invoice queries, disputes, and payment issues.\n, • Maintain accurate records of collection activity and customer communications.\n, • Monitor customer credit limits and escalate potential risks where necessary.\n, • Reconcile customer accounts and resolve discrepancies.\n, • Allocate incoming payments accurately and in a timely manner.\n, • Produce and analyse aged debt reports for management review.\n, • Work closely with internal departments, including Sales, Operations, Customer Service, and Finance, to resolve issues affecting payment.\n, • Support month-end reporting and accounts receivable activities.\n, • Assist in implementing best practice credit control procedures to improve cash collection performance.\n, • Ensure customer account information is maintained accurately and in line with company policies.\n\n Candidate Requirements \n\n • Previous experience within a Credit Control or Accounts Receivable role.\n, • Demonstrable success in reducing aged debt and improving cash collection performance.\n, • Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.\n, • Confident and professional telephone manner.\n, • Strong negotiation skills with the ability to handle challenging conversations professionally.\n, • Ability to prioritise workload and manage multiple accounts effectively.\n, • High levels of accuracy and attention to detail.\n, • Experience working within a manufacturing, food production, FMCG, or distribution environment would be advantageous.\n, • Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and accounting or ERP systems.\n, • Ability to work independently and use initiative.\n, • Available to start immediately or at short notice.\n\n

Your Company: \n NET Recruit is proud to be partnering with a highly successful and growing organisation in their search for a Senior Credit Controller to join their finance team in Dorset. This is an exciting opportunity to join an established business operating within a fast-paced commercial environment, where effective credit management and strong cash flow control are key to continued success. \n The business is now looking for an experienced and commercially minded Credit Controller to take ownership of the debtor book, lead the credit control function, and play a key role in reducing outstanding debt while maintaining strong and professional customer relationships. \n Your Role and Responsibilities While in this position, your duties may include but are not limited to: \n\n • Leading, managing, and developing the credit control team, setting clear targets around collections, debtor days, and overdue debt reduction.\n, • Taking ownership of the end-to-end credit control process, from credit assessment and account onboarding through to debt recovery.\n, • Managing the company debtor book and regularly reviewing aged debt to prioritise collection activity and identify potential risks.\n, • Setting and reviewing customer credit limits and payment terms in line with company credit policies.\n, • Developing, implementing, and maintaining effective credit control policies and procedures.\n, • Working closely with sales, customer service, and finance teams to resolve customer queries and disputes that may be delaying payment.\n, • Producing regular outstanding debt reports, providing clear visibility of overdue balances, ageing, collection activity, and key areas of risk.\n, • Leading regular debt collection meetings with sales teams to agree actions and ensure outstanding accounts are actively managed.\n, • Managing relationships with credit insurers, credit reference agencies, solicitors, and external debt collection agencies where required.\n, • Taking appropriate action to recover overdue and disputed debt while maintaining positive long-term customer relationships.\n, • Monitoring credit insurance cover and ensuring appropriate levels of protection are maintained across the customer base.\n, • Providing regular reports and analysis to senior management on debtor days, cash collection performance, bad debt provisions, and credit risk exposure.\n, • Supporting the month-end finance process by ensuring accurate debtor ledger reconciliations and appropriate bad debt provisions.\n, • Ensuring the credit control team follows correct procedures relating to customer statements, account queries, credit notes, and payment allocation.\n, • Identifying opportunities to improve credit control processes, systems, and automation.\n, • Working with finance and IT teams to implement process improvements and technology solutions that improve efficiency and cash collection.\n, • Ensuring the team operates in line with company policies, financial controls, and relevant regulatory requirements.\n\n What You Will Need to Apply: \n To be considered for this opportunity, you will need to have proven experience within Credit Control, Credit Management, or Accounts Receivable, together with at least two years' experience in a supervisory or management capacity. \n You will have a strong track record of successfully reducing overdue debt and improving debtor days within a fast-paced commercial environment. Experience managing a sizeable debtor ledger and working towards measurable collection targets will be essential. \n Strong communication and negotiation skills are required, as you will regularly deal with customers regarding overdue and disputed accounts. You will need to be confident taking a firm but professional approach to debt collection while maintaining positive and commercially valuable customer relationships. \n You should have a good understanding of credit insurance, credit referencing, credit risk assessment, and debt recovery procedures, together with strong knowledge of the wider credit control process. \n Strong Excel skills are essential, with the ability to analyse aged debt reports, reconciliations, collection performance, and customer account information. Experience using ERP or accounting systems would also be advantageous, particularly within a business that is investing in finance process improvements and automation. \n You will also have proven experience managing and developing a team, with the ability to set clear expectations, monitor performance, provide support and guidance, and create a positive and accountable working environment. \n Experience within the food, FMCG, manufacturing, or another high-volume commercial environment would be beneficial. A CICM qualification, or a willingness to work towards one, would also be advantageous. \n What You Will Get in Return: \n In return for your skills and experience, the company is offering competitive salary, depending on experience, alongside a comprehensive benefits package and the opportunity to take ownership of an important function within a successful and growing organisation. \n You will have genuine responsibility for the company's credit control operation, with the opportunity to influence credit policy, improve cash collection performance, develop the existing team, and introduce more efficient processes and systems. \n This is a highly visible position within the finance function, working closely with senior management as well as sales, customer service, finance, and IT teams. Your work will have a direct impact on the company's cash flow, financial performance, and approach to managing commercial risk. \n To express interest in this role and have a confidential chat, please reach out to: \n Suzi Kocovska - Recruitment Partner \n M: 07743 971752 \n E:

Role: Venue Manager Location: Medway Hours: Full-time - 35 hours per week - Mon-Fri 9 am-5 pm (occasional weekends and nights) Salary: £32,000 per annum Contract: 3-Month Temp-Perm (Potential for Perm) Our client is seeking an experienced and proactive Venue Manager to oversee the day-to-day operation of a busy licensed venue, including bar operations, food, events and evening trade. The successful candidate will take responsibility for ensuring the venue operates safely, efficiently and to a consistently high standard, whilst managing and supporting the venue team. This is a hands-on comprehensive management position suited to someone with previous experience within a licensed, hospitality, events or similar environment, who is confident managing people, HR, finance, operations, stock, and compliance. Responsibilities - Oversee the daily operation of the venue - Lead, support and develop the venue team, including supervisors, team leaders and operational staff. - Manage staff rotas, attendance, hours and day-to-day staffing requirements - Take operational responsibility for events, working closely with organisers, clients and internal teams to ensure successful delivery. - Coordinate venue opening and closing procedures, ensuring all relevant security, safety and operational checks are completed. - Manage bar operations, including stock levels, ordering, stock control, cellar management and minimising waste. - Monitor sales, costs, margins and overall financial performance, contributing to budgets and commercial targets. - Ensure the venue operates in accordance with licensing requirements, health and safety legislation and internal policies and procedures. - Develop and maintain effective working relationships with suppliers, contractors, security providers and other external partners. - Support the recruitment, induction, training, performance management and development of venue staff. - Maintain high standards of venue equipment, fixtures, fittings and operational areas, liaising with facilities teams where repairs or maintenance are required. - Develop and implement appropriate risk assessments, emergency procedures and safety measures for venue operations and events. - Assist with the development and delivery of an ongoing programme of entertainment and events. - Maintain accurate operational, financial, incident, stock and performance records, providing regular reports to senior management. - Provide hands-on support during busy periods and events, assisting the wider venue team where required. Requirements - Previous management experience within a licensed trade, hospitality, events or similar environment. - Flexible approach to working hours, with occasional evenings, nights, and weekends. - Willingness to carry out ad hoc work across other parts of the business. - Proven experience managing and developing a team. - Good knowledge of stock control, cash handling, financial procedures and cost management. - Understanding of licensing requirements and health and safety within a venue environment. - A proactive, hands-on approach with the ability to lead by example. - Personal Licence holder, or willingness to obtain one. - First Aid qualification, or willingness to undertake training. Benefits - 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays. - Additional privilege leave over the Christmas and New Year period. - Contributory pension scheme. - Parking available. - Potential for the temporary position to become permanent. At KHR, we take care to ensure that you are represented as well as possible, so it is worth checking your CV for layout, spelling and grammar as well as making sure it is up to date before you submit. If you feel you need to highlight particular qualifications, skills or relevant experience with regard to a specific role, then please add a cover letter or a preface page. This does not need to be formatted in the same manner. In addition, if your CV is heavy with graphics, etc, please could you also submit a "clean" copy in Word. Thank you. Knowledge House Resourcing Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. KHR - Recruitment Specialists is a trading name of Knowledge House Resourcing Ltd. Keep in touch with us online for job alerts, industry updates and market

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