"The Ingredients & Technology practice at Torres & Partners has provided a service for a number of businesses in the ABF Ingredients group – each with their own unique requirements in the International speciality ingredients sectors. In each case we have found their approach to be excellent.

Our requirements are often very specific and we have been impressed by Torres & Partners capacity for understanding niche sectors. Their ability to secure the interest of senior industry professionals across Europe is testament to their credibility.

I would say that our relationship has developed into a partnership, and I would have no hesitation in recommending their services to others."

Stephen Catling, CEO of ABF Ingredients Group (A division of Associated British Foods)

"Torres work closely with the internal HR team and also the recruiting partners, which is one of the great strengths of the relationship. One of the other great advantages of the managed service relationship is that it enables recruitment to be carried out on a full time basis without the need to bring in permanent recruitment staff internally.

The managed service arrangement is governed closely via a Service Level Agreement, which sets out agreed response times for all stages of the process, includes regular review of performance, and provision of a detailed weekly activity report from Torres. This means that we know, at any point in time what recruitment activity is occurring and what stage it has reached. The Torres team are a delight to deal with and I enjoy working with them enormously. They are extremely helpful, keep us consistently well informed, and it is greatly reassuring to know that our recruitment activity is in such safe hands."

“Our three vacancies were probably some of the toughest to fill that I have ever given to any consultancy . . . Torres & Partners never gave up and provided us with just the right candidates.

Now, Torres & Partner is a highly respected name at Baxter Healthcare Limited, and, because of their expertise and friendliness, we have no hesitation in recommending them to any other company.”

The brief was for a European Business Development Manager and was crucial to the future strategic development of our business.  We were not to be disappointed. The process from initial research to successful appointment was handled calmly, efficiently and professionally, and within agreed time frames. The short-list Torres presented to us was outstanding, making our decision on who to appoint an incredibly difficult one.

That appointment has now been made. We will not hesitate to continue to use Torres and Partners and commend then as an excellent search and selection consultancy”.

“All the campaigns recommended by Torres & Partners have been successful and against a variety of candidate specifications, so that a new approach needed to be designed on each occasion. In my experience they bring a unique approach to the client/customer relationship”

“I would like to thank all the team at Torres & Partners for the high levels of both candidates and service that you have provided me.

Even though the market place has been going through a difficult time, Torres & Partners has always managed to supply us with excellent candidates and they have very good ratios of candidate interviews to placements. Accordingly, I have no hesitation in recommending their managed recruitment service to companies requiring low-maintenance service together with fast results.”

“Having taken on a difficult assignment and during a challenging period of development within our own business, your partnership approach contributed significantly to being able to hire the right person for us.

I feel your investment in time, in trying to understand CRC better, has indeed now paid dividends for both parties. This understanding you clearly put into practice, as your evaluation efforts delivered an excellent calibre of shortlisted individuals from which to choose”.

Excelsyn

“Prior to this brief, we had no experience of the recruitment services that Torres and Partners provide. They  became involved in our search for a Global Business Development Manager quite late in the process. We had several consultants looking at the brief on our behalf and had already conducted a number of interviews. However, we were extremely impressed with how proactively they approached the brief, and with the quality of the candidates they put forward for the role. They certainly had the clearest understanding of our specification. They were without doubt the pick of the various consultants we used. As a direct result, we were able to recruit one of their candidates based in Chicago.

We will certainly use Torres again, and on a dedicated basis, and have no hesitation in recommending them to any potential recruiter.”

“Torres & Partners have worked with GlaxoSmithKline  for a number of years and have recruited employees into a large variety of areas in the business. My view is that Torres truly reflects the values of our organisation both in their style of working, which is business partner orientated, and their commitment to delivering a high quality service in line with our employer branding, enabling candidates to “Realise Their Potential” through a thorough and ethical process. Torres truly have become a partner working with us not only on recruitment assignments, but in the wider sense of consulting, to ensure that we have in place all the items that allow us to remain attractive to candidates in the market place.”

“I have worked with Torres on a number of assignments in the speciality materials sector, and have found the Torres & Partners approach to be first class. From the initial meetings,  where a thorough understanding of the job brief was ascertained, through to final candidate selection, Torres & Partners showed exceptional acumen which I have rarely experienced within the specialist recruitment field.  Equally important, there was a high level of effective communication throughout the recruitment process.  The identified candidates have been high calibre, and certainly I did not have to spend any time assessing inappropriate candidates. I have been impressed by not only the quality of the candidates put forward, but also the range of candidates and skills offered. Frequently our requirements are very specific, and clearly the Torres method of candidate identification is highly effective. I have been truly impressed by all those I have worked with at Torres, and their professionalism and commitment should be commended.  I would say that our relationship has developed into a true partnership, and I would have no hesitation in recommending their services”

“I do want to reiterate how utterly delighted I have been with the services and therefore the quality of candidates Torres has provided to me in this search. It has been outstanding.

My general experience with head hunters is they do little more than collect resumes from attorneys, type their name of the top, and then send them to us whether they are remotely qualified for the position offered or not. I have never experienced such incredibly thorough work done on each candidate as you have done. I especially appreciate that you delve not only into their technical experience but also in trying to determine if there will be a good fit with the organisation and management (which in many cases is as or more important than the technical skills)”

Following the recruitment of a Legal Counsel for the EMEA region.

“As we continue to grow and develop as a business it is essential that we retain the heart & soul of our Culture. We know this gives us a unique competitive advantage. A balance of people and technical competencies, coupled with intellectual agility, flexibility and passion, are therefore, a prerequisite for success at Nike. Torres "get it".

They understand our chemistry and have formed a partnership with our UK business in supplying people that we want to work with but also enjoy spending time with”.

"We have worked with Torres & Partners on a number of assignments in the speciality ingredients sector, and have found their approach to be first class. From the initial meeting, where a thorough understanding of the assignment was ascertained, through to final Candidate selection, Torres & Partners showed an excellent understanding of the sector and a high level of effective feedback throughout the recruitment process.

The candidates they identify have been high calibre and I have been impressed by not only the quality of the candidates put forward, but also the range of candidates and skills offered. Frequently our requirements are very specific, and clearly the Torres method of candidate identification is highly effective. I have been very impressed by all those I have worked with at Torres, and their professionalism and commitment should be commended. I would say that our relationship has developed into true partnership, and I would have no hesitation in recommending their services”

Richard Barcoe (European HR Manager)

“The brief we gave to Torres and Partners was acknowledged as being a very tough one. The role was diverse and pivotal to the perception of the Trust by patients, staff and visitors alike. The research they carried out investigated every available avenue to sourcing the right quality of candidates. The short list we received was of impeccable quality, which made the final decision a very difficult one. We could have recruited three of the four candidates that we interviewed. Just as importantly, the perception by the candidates of the Torres process was extremely positive.

As a Trust, we will have no hesitation in involving Torres and Partners in future strategic assignments on our behalf and have no qualms in commending them as an outstanding search and selection organisation. They provide an undoubted ‘value for money’ solution.

“Torres has worked with Red Bull since July 2001 when we challenged them to help us build a sales organisation unrivalled within U.K. drinks. Over the intervening two years, Torres has provided us with a succession of excellent candidates, whose appropriateness to and congruence with our business can be measured by the fact that many are now Red Bull employees. Indeed the majority of our sales personnel, as well as a number of key individuals, have joined the business through Torres.

 This level of success is built upon Torres' ability to intimately understand both our commercial operations and our culture. It is coupled with processes for identification, selection and pre-briefing which ensure candidates are both well prepared and highly motivated. Torres' professional advice and candidate and client communication is exemplary. They also understand that fun is an element of the mix. I thoroughly recommend them as a recruitment partner.”

“Torres & Partners has worked with us on a number of recruitment assignments, from director to project manager level. We believe the success of this relationship is founded on the calibre of the consultant team, their knowledge and understanding of our industry and their ability to work in true partnership with Sema.”

“We have come to regard Torres as a natural extension of our in house personnel function. Their ability to analyse a requirement and then produce a shortlist on the basis of key role competencies illustrates their genuine professionalism.

Furthermore, such a relationship is clearly based on the ability of the consultancy to gain a thorough understanding of the client’s business objective and culture and this continues to develop as Torres undertakes assignments from a variety of businesses that operate under the banner of Siemens in the UK.”