Talent Acquisition Partnerships Manager

The Vacancy

Are you passionate about driving performance through strategic partnerships? At WPS, we’re looking for a TA Partnerships Manager to lead our external recruitment partner strategy—overseeing our Temporary MSP and Permanent PSL. This is a high-impact role focused on driving commercial value, operational efficiency, and compliance across our recruitment supplier network.

🔹 Own and optimise supplier relationships across MSP and PSL
🔹 Lead contract governance, rate negotiations, and performance management
🔹 Drive process transformation and cost efficiencies across contingent hiring
🔹 Ensure compliance with AWR and mitigate status determination risks
🔹 Influence senior stakeholders with data-led insights and market intelligence

We’re looking for someone with a strong track record in Recruitment supplier partnership management—someone who can challenge, lead, and deliver measurable results.

🎓 A degree in HR, Business, or related field is beneficial
✅ Significant experience in managing recruitment suppliers, contracts, and compliance is essential
💬 Exceptional communication, negotiation, and stakeholder engagement skills
📊 Commercially astute and confident with data, contracts, and supplier performance metrics

At WPS, we’re proud to be an inclusive employer with Investors in People Gold and Disability Confident Leader status. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

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Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies.  Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

• Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
• Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
• Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer.  We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.