Market Manager – Staffing & Recruitment | Branch Leadership & P&L; – Staffing & Recruitment Express Employment Professionals – Guelph, Ontario Full-Time | In-Office | Leadership + Performance-Based Earning Opportunity

Express Employment Professionals Guelph is looking for a driven, competitive and growth-minded staffing leader to run our Guelph operation.

This is not a role for someone looking to maintain the status quo.

You will lead the team, oversee our staffing divisions, own recruitment delivery, grow Direct Hire, drive profitability and take ownership of the branch P&L.;

Working directly with the Franchise Owner and alongside our Sales Manager, your job is to turn opportunity into results:

Fill the orders. Get great people working. Grow the business. Develop the team. Drive gross margin.

The foundation, systems and training are already here. We're looking for the leader who wants to take it to the next level.

What You'll Own Lead the Business

Own the operational and financial performance of the Guelph office

Drive revenue, gross margin and profitability

Oversee performance across our staffing and recruiting divisions

Know the numbers, identify gaps and execute the plan

Own the branch P&L; and growth targets

Lead the Team

Lead, coach and develop our Recruiters and Employment Specialists

Set clear KPIs and expectations

Create accountability and urgency around results

Develop high performers and address performance gaps

Build a competitive, collaborative and high-performance culture

Fill With Urgency An unfilled order is lost opportunity.

You'll ensure the team attacks qualified orders with speed and discipline.

Drive fill rate and speed-to-fill

Review open orders and recruiting priorities daily





Build talent pipelines ahead of demand

Remove roadblocks on difficult orders

Drive redeployment and keep great associates working

Grow Direct Hire Direct Hire is a key growth opportunity.

You'll create the plan, activity and accountability to build a consistent permanent placement business—driving candidate pipelines, client opportunities, interviews, offers and placements.

Market Great Talent We don't wait for an order when we meet an exceptional candidate.

You'll lead a proactive talent marketing strategy that identifies our strongest available candidates and takes them directly to employers who need their skills.

Great talent should not sit in a database. Our job is to get people to work.

Partner With Sales You'll work hand-in-hand with our Sales Manager to:

Convert new business into successful client relationships

Grow existing accounts and increase market share

Align recruiting capacity with sales growth

Identify recent temporary and permanent staffing opportunities

Drive client retention and the ClearlyRated client experience strategy

Who We're Looking For You are a business leader who happens to know staffing.

You're competitive. You like targets. You like winning. You want your team to win and you want the opportunity to earn more as the business grows.

You see an unfilled order and ask, “What's the plan to fill it?”





You see a great candidate available and ask, “Who are we marketing them to today?”

You see Direct Hire below target and build the strategy to change it.

You don't wait for someone else to solve problems.

You take ownership

What You Bring

Proven leadership experience in staffing, recruitment or workforce solutions

Experience leading and developing a performance-driven team

Strong understanding of temporary staffing and permanent recruitment

Commercial understanding of revenue, gross margin, pricing and profitability

Experience managing KPIs and business performance

Strong coaching and performance-management skills

Client-facing and business-development confidence

High sense of urgency and accountability

Competitive drive and a genuine growth mindset

What You'll Have Behind You You'll inherit an established operation with a hardworking team, dedicated Sales Manager, proven systems, technology, training and the resources of the Express Employment Professionals franchise system.

We're investing in our people, our market and the future Express Guelph Workforce Centre.

You're not being asked to build the foundation. You're being hired to lead it, grow it and make it perform

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Additional Requirements

Full-time, in-office position in Guelph

Valid driver's licence and reliable vehicle

Willingness to travel occasionally to the United States and Caribbean for conferences, training and leadership development

Want to Build the #1 Office? If you're looking for a comfortable management position, this probably isn't it.

If you're looking for an opportunity to lead, compete, grow, earn and build an exceptional staffing business, we want to meet you.

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