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Specialist Sales Recruitment. Built on Market Knowledge.

Harris Carlton is a specialist sales recruitment consultancy with a strong focus across four core UK markets: Fine Food, Gifts & Toys • Foodservice • Garden & DIY • Pet Products.

Whilst our core focus is on these 4 specialist market sectors, Harris Carlton’s experience extends across the wider FMCG and Consumer Goods market, and we continue to undertake selected sales assignments in sectors where our experience and established networks can add value.

Sales Recruitment at Every Level

We recruit sales professionals at all levels, from Territory and Area Sales Managers through to National Account Managers, Sales Controllers, Sales Directors and senior commercial appointments.

More Than Filling Vacancies

But our approach goes beyond simply filling vacancies.

Almost 30 Years of Market Experience

With almost 30 years' experience in recruitment, we understand that successful hiring comes from knowing the market: the companies, the people, the salary levels, the routes to market and, importantly, what makes good salespeople move, and what makes them stay.

Advice That Makes a Difference

That specialist knowledge enables us to provide clients with informed, practical advice throughout the recruitment process, whether that's benchmarking a salary, defining a role, understanding candidate availability or identifying people who may not be actively looking for their next opportunity.

About Richard Eggleston

Four specialist sectors

Richard Eggleston, Founder/Owner Harris Carlton Recruitment.

With 30 years’ experience in commercial sales recruitment, I have developed an in-depth understanding of the four specialist sectors in which Harris Carlton operates: Fine Food, Gifts & Toys • Foodservice • Garden & DIY • Pet Products.

Over the years, I have built an extensive and highly specialised network of clients and candidates, along with strong, long-standing relationships across these industries.

Harris Carlton is completely independent and I take personal responsibility for every assignment. Whether you're a client or a candidate, you'll deal directly with me throughout the entire recruitment process, ensuring a genuinely personal, knowledgeable and consistent service.

Outside of work, I'm a family man with two grown-up children and a lifelong passion for sport.

Richard Eggleston 
Founder/Owner  

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Four specialist sectors

Today, Harris Carlton has a particular focus on four specialist sectors: 

Fine Food, Gifts & Toys • Foodservice • Garden & DIY • Pet Products.

These are markets I know particularly well. I recruit salespeople at all levels, from Territory and Area Sales Managers through to National Account Managers, Business Development Managers, Sales Directors and senior commercial appointments. 

Independent

Being a specialist means understanding much more than a job title and a CV.

I understand the routes to market, the types of businesses operating within each sector, the backgrounds that transfer successfully between channels and, importantly, where to find good salespeople, including those who may not currently be looking for another job. 

Market insight

Alongside recruitment, I provide clients with additional market insight through salary surveys, retention reports, hiring trends and competitor intelligence, helping them make better informed decisions about attracting and retaining salespeople. 

While these four sectors are my principal areas of specialism, my experience extends across the wider FMCG and consumer goods market. I continue to undertake selected assignments in other sectors where my experience, network and knowledge can add genuine value. 

Direct

Running Harris Carlton independently also means clients deal directly with me throughout the entire recruitment process. There are no account managers or layers of consultants and assignments aren't passed from one recruiter to another.

I get to know the business, understand exactly what they're looking for and personally manage the search from start to finish. That experience has given me an extensive network of contacts, but more importantly, a genuine understanding of the markets I recruit within and the people who work in them.

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