Alex Wallace

Current

Senior Recruitment Consultant, UK at Independent

Past

IT Recruitment Manager, Australia at RSP Recruitment
Senior Recruitment Consultant, Australia at RSP Recruitment
Partner and Senior Recruitment Consultant at Change LLP, London

Senior IT Purchasing Supervisor at Haymarket Publishing Group
Senior Buyer (UK) at Westcon Group (Datatec)
Purchasing Coordinator at BOC (British Airways)

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Education

London Metropolitan University
Thames Valley University

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Alex Wallace’s Summary

Prior to becoming a Recruitment Consultant, I gained valuable experience working within the corporate world as a Senior Buyer at organisations such as Haymarket Publishing, British Oxygen Company and British Airways.

Commencing my recruitment career, I was able to utilise my past experience to understand the requirements and intricacies involved with external services. I managed a team of specialist recruiters and provided services for clients across the United Kingdom, Europe, USA, Canada, China and Australia.

I joined RSP in Sydney, Australia, to gain experience working abroad and embrace the challenge of working in a new market. I developed and expanded my skill-set to offer a truly consultative approach to my clients and network of job seekers. I rapidly gained a reputation for my professionalism and ability to deliver a highly valued level of service.

- Well trained, seasoned professional with more than 13 years experience in consultant and management roles

- Highly adaptable to working environments: experience in the corporate sector as well as small to medium size businesses

- Experience across multiple industries from education, technology and communications, banking and finance, health, media and entertainment

- Consulting and working with job seekers, providing guidance and support through the recruitment process. Equipping job seekers with valuable skills such as: preparing CVs, resumes and covering letters, looking for and discovering meaningful career opportunities, preparing for interviews, adjusting to new jobs and working environments

- Consulting and working with clients, evaluating needs, both stated and hidden, to create assignment briefs: recruitment strategy, time plan, position requirements and interview process. Identifying and building relationships with operational, tactical and strategic contacts within a client organisation

Alex Wallace’s Specialties:

Training, interviewing, needs analysis, creation of assignment brief, networking, search and selection, advert writing.

Alex Wallace’s Experience

Senior Recruitment Consultant, UK

Independent

(Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2009 — Present (2 months)

Having relocated back to England to start a family, I am currently exploring new oportunities working as a recrutiment consultant in London. I am open to contact via LinkedIn or awallace.recruit@googlemail.com to discuss.
IT Recruitment Manager, Australia

RSP Recruitment

(Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

April 2008 — April 2009 (1 year 1 month)

Manage a team of well trained and professional Recruitment Consultants with specialisations across Information and Communication Technologies; including Development, Architecture, Database Management and Administration, Business Intelligence, QA and Testing, Project Management, Business Analysis, Systems and Network Administration and Engineering, Help Desk and Support, IT Security.
Senior Recruitment Consultant, Australia

RSP Recruitment

(Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

March 2006 — April 2008 (2 years 2 months)

RSP is an Asia/Pacific regional recruitment consultancy responsible for pioneering the first recruitment brokerage model in Australia. With a multi-industry approach we supported job seekers and clients across Australia, South East Asia, China and Japan through offices in Sydney, Singapore and Hong Kong.

As a consultant I had wide ranging remit working through the entire recruitment life cycle process working as a member of RSP's leading IT Recruitment practise. I specialised in development based roles, usually in the following areas: Microsoft .NET, Java (J2EE/SE/ME), Delphi, C/C++, PHP and open source technologies.

I worked with contractors and permanent candidates, including Consultants, Developers, Managers and Architects (Solution, Technical, Application, Enterprise) Project Managers and Business/ Systems Analysts.

I worked with clients in industries such as: education, technology and communications, banking and finance, health, media and entertainment.
Partner and Senior Recruitment Consultant

Change LLP, London

(Partnership; Computer Games industry)

January 2003 — December 2005 (3 years)

Change, established in 1999, are a market leader in talent management and recruitment in the video games industry. Change has strong relationships, and recruits for most, if not all of the major studios and publishers in the UK, Europe, Canada, USA, Asia and Australia. The team comprised a mixture of industry veterans or highly experienced recruiters in their specialist area.
Senior IT Purchasing Supervisor

Haymarket Publishing Group

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Publishing industry)

August 2001 — January 2003 (1 year 6 months)

Deputise to IT Purchasing Manager with the day to day supervision of a team of 5 to manage the service of requisitioning, ordering, installation and invoicing of IT equipment, services and maintenance Devising new procedures and practices to increase productivity of the team Regular reporting and analysis of group budget spend. Manage an IT asset database for all hardware across the group Liaison with external suppliers to ensure prompt delivery of goods and service value provided accordingly.

Key successes and achievements:
Raised team profile and increased expectation levels Improved efficiency in team by developing new procedures Made considerable cost savings through negotiating deals and regular review of suppliers and products
Senior Buyer (UK)

Westcon Group (Datatec)

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 1998 — July 2001 (3 years 4 months)

Responsible for key tactical products and developing systems, procedures and relationships with new vendors. Total stock value controlled approximately £5 million, and over 3000 products. Duties included maintaining stock levels, placing special stock orders for customers requiring call off orders or specific projects, targeting stock ageing and ensuring products were current and within warranty periods, carrying out stock rotations, processing and tracking orders. In charge of updating and publishing all price lists to ensure sales can quote with full confidence with the most up to date information available.
Purchasing Coordinator

BOC (British Airways)

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Airlines/Aviation industry)

October 1995 — March 1997 (1 year 6 months)

Controlled and monitored the inventory of a customs controlled warehouse for British Airways. Forecasted and scheduled all deliveries from suppliers from four continents by various shipping methods and constrained by different contracts. Accountable for £2 million of duty free goods ranging in quality and sensitivity, both customer and environmental.