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    • Manufacturing

    Estimator (Production/Manufacturing)

    £26,000 – £32,000

    Essential Personnel are delighted to be working with an established and ever-growing family business, based in Stockport, who are seeking an Estimator to join their Commercial team in an office-based role.

    This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to build a career within a commercial environment. Previous pricing or estimating experience is not essential, as structured training will be provided. You will work closely with Sales, Procurement, Production, Warehouse, Operations and Finance to understand customer requirements, build accurate costs and produce competitive quotations.

    As an Estimator, strong numerical ability and attention to detail are key. You will manage a daily pipeline of opportunities, preparing quotations for bespoke products, custom requirements and high-volume orders, whilst ensuring appropriate margins are protected.

    Main Responsibilities:

    • Manage a daily workload of pricing and quotation opportunities through the CRM.
    • Prepare accurate quotations for bespoke products, custom requirements and high-volume orders.
    • Build selling prices using product costs, quantities, materials, manufacturing, packaging and other relevant information.
    • Calculate and apply volume discounts and customer-specific pricing within agreed commercial parameters.
    • Sense-check quotations before they are released, identifying errors, omissions or assumptions that require clarification.
    • Keep CRM information, pricing notes and supporting data accurate and up to date.
    • Prioritise urgent opportunities whilst maintaining control of the wider quotation pipeline.
    • Develop an understanding of how product specifications, materials, quantities and manufacturing methods affect costs and selling prices.
    • Balance competitive pricing with the need to protect appropriate margins.
    • Ask the right questions where customer requirements or cost information are incomplete or unclear.
    • Work with Procurement and suppliers to understand relevant costs.
    • Liaise with Production to understand manufacturing processes and their impact on costs.
    • Consider alternative products, specifications or manufacturing methods where these could improve the commercial outcome.
    • Develop your understanding of bespoke costing and increasingly complex pricing opportunities as your experience grows.

    Essential Skills:

    • Strong numerical ability with confidence working with percentages, costs, margins and discounts.
    • Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
    • Logical and methodical approach to problem solving.
    • Commercial curiosity and a genuine interest in understanding how prices are calculated.
    • Confident using Excel and able to learn new systems quickly.
    • Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple live opportunities.
    • Persistent and confident in asking questions and challenging information that does not make sense.
    • Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with different departments.
    • Calm and accurate when working in a busy environment with changing priorities.
    • Commercially minded with good judgement and an eagerness to learn.
    • Previous estimating or pricing experience is not essential; the right attitude, numerical ability and potential are more important.

    Working hours are Monday – Friday 9:00am – 5:30pm. Salary £28,000 – £32,000 DOE. Office-based role in Stockport.

    This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to establish a long-term career within a commercial environment. You will receive structured training and, as your confidence and capability develop, there is scope to take on more complex bespoke work, product costing, margin analysis and broader commercial responsibility.

    If you’re ready to take the next step in your career and join an established business that invests in its people, we invite you to apply today!

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    • Accounts

    Legal Cashier

    £28,000 – £32,000

    Essential Personnel are delighted to be working with a multiple award-winning legal firm in the centre of Manchester who are looking for a Legal Cashier to join their team. The company is a fast paced, busy practice that has substantially grown in recent years.

    The successful individual will have a minimum 1 years’ experience as a legal cashier. Previous legal aid experience is an advantage but not essential.

    Main Responsibilities:

    · Posting financial transactions to ledgers

    · Daily Bank Reconciliations

    · Answering queries from the team’s mailbox

    · Maintaining Purchase Ledger

    · Managing card payments

    · Credit Control

    · Liaising with SMT, Fee Earners and other staff

    Working hours are 37.5 Hour Week (9:00am – 5:00pm)

    The Individual:

    · Minimum 1 years’ experience of working in legal accounts

    · Use of legal accounts software

    · Strong communication skills

    · Open to learning new skills

    Benefits include:

    · Company pension scheme

    · Employee Assistance Programme

    · 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.

    · Wellbeing Initiative with frequent social and charitable activities.

    If you would like to continue your career as a Legal Cashier please send your CV to mike@essentialpersonnel.co.uk. Please note that only people who have the right skillset will be considered.

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    • HR & Office Support

    Part Time Admin Support

    £13.50 per hour

    Essential Personnel are delighted to be working with an established company based in Stockport, who are looking for a reliable and organised Administrator / Admin Support to join their team on a part-time basis.

    This is a great opportunity for someone looking for a flexible, part-time office role where they can work independently and make a real contribution to the smooth running of the business.

    The Role

    Working closely with the team, you will provide general administrative support across the business, helping to keep paperwork, records and digital files organised and up to date.

    The role would suit someone who is naturally organised, comfortable working independently and able to use their own initiative to get things done.

    Key Responsibilities

    • Providing general administrative support to the business
    • Scanning and digitally storing documents
    • Archiving and maintaining accurate records
    • Organising and managing paperwork and files
    • Updating digital records and databases
    • Using Microsoft Office for day-to-day administrative tasks
    • Ensuring documents are correctly filed and easily accessible
    • Supporting the wider team with ad-hoc administrative duties
    • Helping to keep the office and administrative processes organised

    About You

    The successful candidate will be someone who is:

    • Organised and methodical
    • Confident using computers and Microsoft Office
    • Comfortable working independently
    • Able to use their own initiative and prioritise their workload
    • Reliable and trustworthy
    • Detail-focused, particularly when handling records and documents
    • A good communicator with a helpful and practical approach
    • Happy working in a sociable, hands-on office environment

    Previous administration experience would be beneficial, but the key requirement is strong computer literacy, a good eye for detail and the ability to work independently.

    What’s On Offer?

    • Part-time hours of 20 hours per week
    • Very flexible working hours, with the option to agree the 4 hours per day around your availability
    • Monday–Friday working pattern
    • Office-based role in Stockport
    • Friendly and supportive working environment
    • Opportunity to support an established local business

    If you’re an organised Administrator looking for a flexible part-time opportunity in Stockport, we’d love to hear from you.

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    • Industrial & Logistics

    Junior Buyer

    £26,000 – £30,000

    Essential Personnel are delighted to be working with an established and growing organisation, based in Stockport, who are seeking a Junior Buyer to join their Procurement team in an office-based role.

    This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to build a career within Procurement. Previous buying experience is not essential, as full training will be provided. You will work closely with Procurement, Sales, Finance, Warehouse, Operations and suppliers, taking responsibility for ensuring purchase orders, supplier information and customer requirements are accurate and aligned.

    As a Junior Buyer, attention to detail is key. You will be responsible for checking prices, quantities, dates, CBM and other important information, identifying discrepancies and following issues through to resolution.

    Main Responsibilities:

    • Take ownership of incoming purchase orders and supplier proforma invoices.
    • Check supplier PIs against purchase orders line by line, ensuring product details, quantities, prices and values are accurate.
    • Check CBM, freight information and expected production and despatch dates.
    • Cross-check purchase orders and supplier information against customer Sales Orders.
    • Identify discrepancies or potential timing issues and ensure these are resolved promptly.
    • Maintain accurate and up-to-date records and ensure there is a clear audit trail.
    • Work closely with suppliers to obtain accurate confirmations and paperwork.
    • Liaise with Sales, Warehouse, Operations and Finance to ensure information is aligned across the business.
    • Support the planning of efficient container shipments using volume, timing, supplier lead times and order priorities.
    • Develop an understanding of how purchasing decisions impact stock, freight, warehouse space, cash and customer service.
    • As your experience develops, there will be opportunities to become involved in sourcing, supplier negotiation, cost management and stock planning.

    Essential Skills:

    • Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
    • Strong organisational and administrative skills.
    • Numerate and comfortable working with quantities, values, percentages and volume.
    • Logical and able to identify inconsistencies across different documents and systems.
    • Process-driven with the ability to follow procedures consistently.
    • Persistent and confident in following issues through to resolution.
    • Strong communication skills and the confidence to politely challenge discrepancies.
    • Reliable, organised and able to manage multiple tasks and open orders.
    • A positive attitude with a genuine willingness to learn and develop.
    • Previous buying or procurement experience is not essential; the right attitude, aptitude and attention to detail are more important.

    Working hours are Monday – Friday 9:00am – 5:30pm.

    Salary £27,000 – £30,000 DOE.

    Office-based role in Stockport.

    This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is looking to establish a long-term career within Procurement, with structured training, responsibility and genuine scope for progression as your skills and experience develop.

    If you’re ready to take the next step in your career and join an established business that invests in its people, we invite you to apply today!

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    • Accounts

    Management Accountant (Maternity Cover)

    £48,000 – £52,000 pro rata

    Essential Personnel are delighted to be working with a brilliant company in the heart of Stockport. We are looking for an experienced Management Accountant to join the finance team on a maternity cover basis on a 12 month FTC.

    Main Responsibilities:

    Management Accounts & Financial Reporting – Prepare accurate monthly management accounts, including P&L, balance sheet, cash flow and variance analysis.
    Month-End – Manage the month-end close process, including all relevant reconciliations, accruals, prepayments, journals and balance sheet reviews.
    Daily reconciliations – Completing daily bank account reconciliations, daily credit card reconciliations and daily excel imports.
    Support – Support the overall accounts team including annual leave cover where required.
    This role is office based and working hours are flexible – minimum of 21 hours per week with the opportunity for more hours when / if required.

    Required Skills:

    3+ Years Experience producing financial reports
    Managing of Accounts Payable Process
    Strong communication skills
    Excellent organisation skills

    Desirable (but not essential) Skills:

    Knowledge of Sage
    Bookkeeping/Finance Qualification
    People Management
    DBS

    Benefits

    23 days holiday + bank holidays (pro rata)
    Sick pay
    Group life assurance
    Paid birthday leave
    Cash plan scheme worth up to £995 a year
    Employee Assistance Program
    Holiday Exchange
    Cycle to Work Scheme
    Gym Benefit
    Technology Benefit
    Discount Club
    Life assurance
    Team events throughout the year

    If this job sounds perfect for you, please send your CV to mike@essentialpersonnel.co.uk.

    Essential Personnel is operating as an Employment Agency in relation to this position.

    Synopsis of this role:

    Essential Personnel are delighted to be working with a brilliant company in the heart of Stockport. We are looking for an experienced Management Accountant to join the finance team on a maternity cover basis on a 12 month basis.

    Main Responsibilities:

    Management Accounts & Financial Reporting – Prepare accurate monthly management accounts, including P&L, balance sheet, cash flow and variance analysis.
    Month-End – Manage the month-end close process, including all relevant reconciliations, accruals, prepayments, journals and balance sheet reviews.
    Daily reconciliations – Completing daily bank account reconciliations, daily credit card reconciliations and daily excel imports.
    Support – Support the overall accounts team including annual leave cover where required.
    This role is office based and working hours are flexible – minimum of 21 hours per week with the opportunity for more hours when / if required.

    Required Skills:

    3+ Years Experience producing financial reports
    Managing of Accounts Payable Process
    Strong communication skills
    Excellent organisation skills

    Desirable (but not essential) Skills:

    Knowledge of Sage
    Bookkeeping/Finance Qualification
    People Management
    DBS

    Benefits

    23 days holiday + bank holidays (pro rata)
    Sick pay
    Group life assurance
    Paid birthday leave
    Cash plan scheme worth up to £995 a year
    Employee Assistance Program
    Holiday Exchange
    Cycle to Work Scheme
    Gym Benefit
    Technology Benefit
    Discount Club
    Life assurance
    Team events throughout the year

    If this job sounds perfect for you, please send your CV to mike@essentialpersonnel.co.uk.

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    • Legal Services

    Head of Wills

    £50,000 – £60,000 DOE

    Head of Wills

    Essential Personnel are delighted to be working with an exciting and ever-growing company, based in Stockport who are seeking a Head of Wills join their team in an office-based role.

    Responsibilities

    • Lead and be accountable for the firm’s Wills and Private Client offering
    • Maintain a significant personal caseload, including wills, probate, LPAs, trusts, and IHT planning
    • Act as the senior technical resource for complex or high-risk matters
    • Supervise and support junior fee earners and support staff
    • Take responsibility for departmental workflow, billing, WIP, and service quality
    • Act as an escalation point for client complaints and sensitive issues
    • Develop and maintain relationships with local referrers and professional contacts

    Essential Skills:

    • Expert technical knowledge of UK wills, probate, trusts, estate planning and inheritance tax
    • Proven leadership experience managing and supervising a private client/wills team
    • Strong understanding of UK regulatory and compliance requirements, including SRA standards
    • Ability to advise on complex and high-value estates and provide technical guidance to colleagues
    • Excellent client care and communication skills, particularly with high-net-worth clients
    • Strong drafting, attention to detail, and risk management skills
    • Commercial awareness, with the ability to develop and grow the wills department

    Working hours are Monday – Friday 09:00 – 17:00. Salary is £50,000 – £60,000 DOE.  

    If you’re ready to be a part of a growing and dynamic business and dedicated to offering seamless service, we invite you to explore this opportunity and join them on their journey of excellence.

    So, if you would like to continue your career as a Head of Wills with a fantastic local company, apply today!

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    • Customer Service

    Customer Service Administrator

    £28,000

    Customer Service Administrator

    Essential Personnel are excited to be working with a fantastic company based in Cheadle Hulme who are seeking a Customer Service Administrator to join their team in a hybrid role.

    Main Responsibilities:

    · Processing of orders from receipt of order through to payment of invoice

    · Logistics e.g. arrange deliveries with hauliers and liaise with Brussels office for direct deliveries

    · Credit control

    · Stock management

    · Support sales personnel by liaising with customers by phone

    Duties and responsibilities

    · Ensure accurate entry of orders and invoicing

    · Establish frequent customer interactions by responding to enquiries and offering solutions to problems

    · Manage sales ledger and ensure payment of outstanding invoices on time

    · Liaise with hauliers to ensure that customer delivery requirements are met

    · Ensure sufficient stocks at storage facility and organise replenishment (weekly stock reports)

    · Own sales effort where required (spotting gaps in order patterns and chasing customers)

    · Maintain/build industry and product knowledge, trends, regulations, needs

    · Preparation of monthly reports (turnover and tonnes sold by customer and product)

    Essential Skills:

    · Reliability

    · Attention to detail

    · Excellent communication skills

    · Good IT skills e.g. Excel and word (Xero for order processing but training will be provided)

    · Strong relationship skills

    · Good commercial skills

    · Self-motivated and able to manage time effectively

    Benefits:

    · 25 days paid holiday plus paid Bank holidays per annum

    · Flexible working

    · Free parking

    · Excellent transport links

    Working hours are 08:00 – 16:00, Monday-Friday. This is a hybrid role – 3 days in the office, 2 at home.

    Salary is £28,000

    If you’re ready to be a part of a growing and dynamic business and dedicated to offering seamless service, we invite you to explore this opportunity and join them on their journey of excellence.

    So, if you would like to continue your career as a Customer Service Administrator with a fantastic company, apply today!

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    • Industrial & Logistics

    Production Planner

    £26,000 – £30,000 DOE

    Production Planner

    Essential Personnel are excited to be working with a family-run company based in Bredbury who are seeking a Production Planner to join their team in an office-based role.

    Main Responsibilities:

    • Ensure manufactured stock levels are monitored and maintained
    • Negotiation of material costs, and ensuring it is purchased in the most cost effective method
    • Costing and pricing of products in line with customer requirements
    • Maximisation of margin against agreed levels for all lines
    • Strong understanding of all operational processes and their impact on cost of manufacturing
    • Excellent understanding of materials and substrates
    • Minimising response time to customer requests and prioritising key customers where appropriate
    • Ensure strong communication across all departments and appropriate teams

    Duties and responsibilities

    • Maximising margin on all quotations
    • Constantly evaluating product selling prices are being maximised whilst being competitive in that particular market place
    • Evaluating sell through and trends of our manufactured product range
    • Meet agreed conversion targets set by the Estimating manager
    • Negotiate fixed price periods with suppliers
    • Identify and deliver cost savings
    • Accurately report costings in line with budget and timescales
    • Deliver buying processes within agreed timescales and targets as determined by the business

    Essential Skills:

    • Experience of supply chain management
    • Excellent & Strong communication skills
    • Attention to detail
    • Good IT skills
    • Display strong Negotiation skills

    Working hours are 08:30 – 17:00/09:00 – 17:30, Monday-Friday. This is a office-based role.

    Salary is £26,000 – £30,000 DOE.  

    If you’re ready to be a part of a growing and dynamic business and dedicated to offering seamless service, we invite you to explore this opportunity and join them on their journey of excellence.

    So, if you would like to continue your career as a Production Planner with an ever-growing company, apply today!

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    • Customer Service

    Customer Service Representative (12 Month FTC)

    £25,000

    Customer Services Advisor – 12 months FTC.

    Our finance company is recruiting a Customer Services Advisor to work in their office in Cheadle. This is a 12 month fixed term contract.

    In your role as a Customer Services Advisor you will be be helping customers via inbound calls and emails

    Duties include:

    • Dealing with issues and queries and being proactive to solve problems
    • Resolve customer queries
    • Update the database
    • Assist with all admin scanning, dealing with the post etc

    As a Customer Services Advisor you will be expected to work Monday to Friday 9-5, a weekly rota will mean one day is 8-4 or 10-6. Salary is £25,000.

    You will need:

    • To be educated to GCSE level or equivalent with passes in English and Maths.
    • Be able to use different systems including Microsoft Office 365.
    • Great communication skills, and to be able to prioritise and manage your time effectively.
    • You will need to really care about helping customers and be able to work in a team environment.

    Benefits include:

    • 33 days holiday allowance – includes bank holidays
    • Extra day – your birthday day off!
    • Pension Scheme & Salary Sacrifice
    • 4 x Death in Service

    If you would like a career as a Customer Services Advisor with a great local company apply today!

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    • HR & Office Support

    Admin Assistant

    £25,000 – £28,000 DOE

    Administrative Assistant

    Essential Personnel are excited to be working with a fantastic company based in Manchester who are seeking an Admin Assistant to join their Business Support Team in an office-based role.

    Main Responsibilities:

    • Opening and maintaining client files
    • Greeting clients and reception duties
    • Digital dictation (audio) typing and copy typing
    • Booking visits
    • Diary management
    • Collating trial bundles
    • Keeping the office and kitchen area tidy
    • Receiving and making telephone calls, recording and passing on accurate messages.
    • Taking debit/credit card payments over the phone
    • Raising invoices and sending invoices to clients and (on occasion) assisting accounts in credit control.

    Essential Skills:

    • Good typing skills
    • Excellent telephone manner
    • Organised / Efficient
    • Ability to be flexible
    • Professional
    • Discreet

    Benefits:

    • On site Gym
    • Employee Assistance programmes
    • Wellness Programme

    Working hours are 08:30 – 17:00, Monday-Friday. This is an office-based role.

    Salary is £25,000 – £28,000 DOE.  

    If you’re ready to be a part of a growing and dynamic business and dedicated to offering seamless service, we invite you to explore this opportunity and join them on their journey of excellence.

    So, if you would like to continue your career as an Admin Assistant with a fantastic company, apply today!

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