by Terence O'Hara | Mar 18, 2025
Excellent New opportunity for a Personal Lines Account Handler for a busy insurance broker in Cork.
- Permanent
- Salary €30,000 – €38,000 DOE & APA Qualification
- Great benefits and study support
- Hybrid available after training period
- Insurance discount for motor, home, and travel
Task & Duties
- Undertaking market research and issuing competitive and tailored insurance quotations to new and existing customers, for personal cars, vans, and homes. Ensuring all documentation is in place and payment processed.
- Providing day to day support and servicing to clients on their insurance needs e.g., issuing renewals including market comparisons, finalising insurance placements, and updating policy schedules
- Managing ad hoc client requests as they arise including queries on their policies, applying mid-term adjustments, claims reporting etc.
- Staying up to date on insurer products / rates and competitor activity in the marketplace
- Maintaining good file management and documentation to ensure compliance with all legal requirements, Central Bank codes and company procedures and business ethics.
Experience and Qualification
- We are looking for an energic and driven Personal Lines Account Handler, with previous experience working in general insurance broking or in an insurance company.
- APA or CIP qualifications (some or all)
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Strong IT skills with previous experience of Relay being desirable but not essential.
- Excellent customer service and organisation skills with strong attention to detail
- Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative.
by Laura Collins | Mar 14, 2025
Total Talent Solutions is partnering with a leading global organization to recruit an experienced EMEA Supply Planner.
This is an exciting opportunity for a detail-oriented and analytical supply chain professional to join a collaborative team, playing a key role in optimizing operations across the EMEA region.
Your role will make a direct impact by:
- Work closely with local and European teams, including Sales, Marketing, and Demand Planning.
- Align demand plans with business goals through the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process.
- Identify and manage demand planning issues, such as forecast bias and unexpected demand changes.
- Oversee demand planning for product lifecycle stages, from new launches to phase-outs.
- Use market intelligence to improve demand forecasts.
- Optimize forecasting models in demand planning tools.
- Monitor and enhance forecast accuracy using performance metrics.
- Ensure data accuracy in the demand planning system.
- Forecast finished goods demand for the EMEA region.
- Conduct what-if analysis to evaluate forecasting scenarios.
- Lead and support key supply chain projects.
- Provide insights to enhance inventory and production planning strategies.
To succeed in this role, you should have:
- Experience in planning, supply chain, or logistics.
- SAP experience is essential to this role.
- Understanding of supply chain principles, inventory control, and forecasting.
- Familiarity with demand planning tools and experience with SAP/APO.
- Strong communication skills in English (written & spoken).
- A Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or a related field.
Total Talent Solutions is partnering with a leading global organization to recruit an experienced EMEA Supply Planner.
While not required, these qualities will help you excel in the role:
- Strong communication & assertiveness – confident in collaborating with teams.
- Analytical mindset & problem-solving skills – able to identify and resolve issues.
- Ability to work under pressure & meet deadlines – thrives in a fast-paced environment.
- Self-motivated & adaptable – takes initiative and drives improvements.
- Cultural awareness & emotional intelligence – comfortable working in diverse teams.
This role is Hybrid with 1 day a week mandatory on site in Athlone.
by Nycola Hillis | Mar 12, 2025
Senior HR Consultant
Our client is a leading provider of HR Services based in Dublin 3.
This role offers excellent salary and benefits and great opportunity for career development
Job Purpose
To contribute to the achievement of the company’s mission, through the provision of professional, high quality service delivery to clients in the areas of HR best practice and application of employment law.
Job Overview
We are currently recruiting an experienced Senior HR Consultant to join our very successful Consultancy team. The successful candidate will join an experienced and professional team and will work in a fast paced and stimulating environment. The role will be varied and involve the provision of high quality HR support to clients. The successful candidate will require an exemplary understanding of HR employment law & best practice and will combine this with a commercial outlook and approach when supporting clients.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities
- Provide specialist HR & Employment Law support to clients
- Design and present effective HR solutions for a variety of clients within different industry sectors.
- Lead complex workplace investigations, for example Dignity and Respect at Work, Disciplinary and Grievances for clients
- Provide robust, pragmatic advice and guidance to clients on-site, via telephone, video conference or email in relation to HR issues
- Build strong relationships within the current designated client base
- Create new client relationships and promote HR & Employment Law expertise
- Research current developments in Employment Law and HR practice
- Research, prepare content and present seminars and training workshops on current HR topics
- Contribute to the development of new compliance products and solutions
- Work with key colleagues within the wider organisation to meet client needs
- Work on site with clients to resolve HR issues and bridge gaps in their HR service or up skill HR teams in house in line with best practice and employment legislation
- Draft written content and be a key HR contributor for our employment law publications
- Review policies and procedures for clients and provide advice/guidance on required changes to ensure documentation is compliant with legislation
- Any other duties as may be required of the Consultancy Team
What you Bring to the Team
- Appropriate 3rd level degree programme in Human Resources / Employment Law, or equivalent experience
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in an HR role providing HR support to managers and/or the business
- Experience providing advice on company policy and procedures
- Excellent knowledge of Employment Law and its application in unionised and non unionised workplaces
- Comprehensive knowledge of Human Resource developments in Ireland and Internationally
- Understanding of the role of the third party industrial relations and employment institutions in Ireland
- Highly Commercial
- A flexible and adaptable individual with a constructive ‘can do’ attitude who is willing to contribute to the development of the business to maximise new business opportunities.
- Ability to research and write HR compliance materials
- Keen interest in current HR and employment law issues
- Excellent communication skills (business English – verbal and written)
- Strong administration skills
- Good project management skills
- Experience working effectively in a team environment
- Computer Literate with experience using Windows
- Ambitious, innovative and enthusiastic
Essential Requirements of Successful Candidate:
- This is a nationwide HR Consultancy Service; therefore the successful candidate will be expected to travel and stay overnight regularly.
- Must have own transport with full clean driving licence and appropriate motor insurance.
