Business Areas

The Cavendish Maine team is a collection of experienced sector specialists who work in the following business areas:

Accountancy and Finance		Financial Services		General Insurance
Sales and Management		Supply Chain and Logistics

In each area you can expect to talk to a knowledgeable professional who can offer advice on the right way to approach your search for suitable candidates or new opportunities.

Accountancy and Finance

Our Accountancy Division specialises in the recruitment of finance professionals across the UK, with the ability to supply candidates into roles ranging from entry-level transactional, through to senior finance positions. We work with businesses of varying sizes across the Private and Public Sector, from fast growing SME’s through to FTSE 100 organisations, and our Consultants offer a wealth of experience in providing exceptional consultancy services.

Financial Services

Our Financial Services Division is a market-leading specialist in Financial Services recruitment. Our Consultants are industry experienced and understand the current challenges that apply to successfully recruiting into this sector. We successfully work with international Banks, Challenger Banks, Product Providers, local and national IFA’s and employee benefits companies. We always aim to deliver a consistent quality service and enjoy mutually beneficial relationships with our valued clients and candidates.

General Insurance

The General Insurance team works closely with many of the industry’s leading insurance companies, brokers, claims and legal organisations. Working from offices in the South West and Midlands we recruit for a diverse range of clients, from national and international firms, publicly listed companies, through to regional and owner managed insurance businesses.

Our specialist team of consultants have considerable first-hand experience working both within and recruiting for the general insurance industry. We offer a consultative, thorough and informed approach to every assignment, regardless of seniority. Confidentiality is key with each assignment, combined with our ability to uncover candidates who are not in the active market allowing us to deliver successful solutions whether on a contingent or retained search basis.

Types of position recruited include:

Company Market (All classes of risk: Lead / Class Underwriter, Senior Underwriter, Assistant Underwriting, Underwriting Manager

Broking Market: Account Handler, Broker, Account Executive, Producers, Sales Directors, Heads of Divisions

Claims Market: Claims Handlers/Negotiators, Claims Inspectors, Loss Adjusters, Fraud Investigators.

Sales and Management

Our Sales and Management recruitment team is a collection of specialists who work together to provide the best shortlists for our clients and the best choices for our candidates.

Our specialist areas are Building & Construction, Catering equipment, Ceramics, Coffee, Floor Coverings, Foodservice, Furniture, Garden, Greetings, Gifts, Housewares, DIY, KBB, Lighting, Nursery, Pet, Toys and Vending. We have an experienced recruiter in each sector with a deep understanding of the market. Several of the recruiters have been working in their vertical market for over 10 years and as a result have developed many connections and relationships that you wouldn’t get otherwise.

We work on a variety of positions some of the more regular roles we recruit for are:

• National Account Manager
• Key Account Manager
• Area Sales Manager
• National Sales Manager
• Marketing Manager
• Product Manager
• Sales Director
• Merchandiser / Demonstrator
• Specification Sales Manager

These roles vary from £25,000 to £100,000 plus across many big blue chip organisations as well as smaller SMEs, we work with many recognisable brands we also frequently deal with positions in operations and logistics.

Supply Chain and Logistics

Many of our clients face the challenge of moving goods from the point of origin through warehousing to a retailer or final consumer. Supply Chain and logistics professionals streamline this process - adding efficiency and taking out cost.

In this division we work with consumer goods and industrial businesses; third party logistics operators and freight/ transport companies.

Typical roles recruited in this team include:

• Supply Chain Manager
• Operations Manager
• Procurement Manager
• Quality Control Manager
• Transport/Logistics Manager
• Warehouse Manager

And we recruit the lower level roles that report into these functions.

The initial contact with one of our consultants will be spent understanding our clients or candidates requirements by focusing on areas including the position, culture location/commute, salary, experience/qualifications amongst other areas of discussion. This enables the team to gain a greater understanding of the requirements to ensure we introduce suitable candidates to our clients and approach our candidates with positions which we know will be of interest to them.