150 placements for Medicom Group to populate a new manufacturing facility in the UK

Project details:

Following a significant contract with the UK Government, The Medicom Group were looking for a recruitment specialist that could support them populate a new 120,000 sq ft facility in Northampton.   

Location: United Kingdom
Type of project: Recruitment project on demand
Size of the project: Between 100-500 people
Timeframe: 12 months
Functions: Healthcare, Manufacturing
Placements: 150

The Brief:

Given the complexities and time pressures, it was fundamental that The Medicom Group could partner with a resourcing specialist that can hire from entry level (operatives) to management and board positions.

They invited 3 large agencies to pitch and decided Page Outsourcing was the partner with the expertise, capability and importantly the passion for taking on such a large challenge.

The requirement was to have up to 250 heads recruited by Dec 2021, with the first 100 hires in place by 15th December 2020.

Our Solution:

• Establish a delivery model that consisted of Page Outsourcing assigning a dedicated team, Project Director and taking the lead on all candidate attraction (advertising page on all PageGroup websites, candidate pack/brochure highlighting the EVP of the Mediacom Group, PR coverage, online job advertising etc.)
• Weekly reporting via Microsoft Teams meetings for all stakeholders
• Development of workforce plan and management against key service level agreement  

The Impact:

• 150 placements
• 5% under budget
• 16 days average time to hire
• 250,000 visits to the advertising site
• 14 unique press articles including national newspapers in The Sun, The Daily Express and The Mirror

“The partnership with Page Outsourcing has been incredible, they have delivered and are a pleasure to work with”

HRD, Medicom Group