Berry Recruitment in Cannock has won a major contract withautomotive industry giant Gestamp to supply hundreds of workers at its factoryin the town. It is great news for employment in the whole area as it signalscontinued investment by the Spanish-owned car parts manufacturer. The newbusiness could add £7m annual turnover to the recruitment consultancy which ispart of the national chain Berry Recruitment Group (BRG).
Berry’s consultants are already based at Gestamp’s factoryand supplying up to 350 temporary staff in a number of roles. Gestamp employsaround 700 workers directly and Berry is overseeing the supply of varioustemporary staff, which include general operators, engineers, press technicians,fork lift drivers and welders.
Mark Pearson, Gestamp HR manager, said: “We required arecruitment partner who were passionate about their business and could manage alarge contract such as ours. After a detailed tender and presentation exerciseinvolving numerous agencies Berry Recruitment were able to demonstrate thatthey best met our needs. They have already begun their work and we are happywith the quality of service they are providing so far.
“Our Cannock factory is a large employer locally and thestaff at Berry know the area as well as the industry. We hope to have alongstanding and successful relationship with Berry.”
The contract is not the first won by Berry RecruitmentGroup to supply workers to Gestamp. Previously, Wild Recruitment in Portsmouth– also part of BRG – won a major contract to supply staff at Gestamp’s Farehamoperation, which they continue to supply.
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