meet medical devices
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Our Brand
Our brand has been defined by our three founding directors who sought to build an agency on five core pillars - Quality; Positivity; Integrity; Creativity and Success. Meet’s founders implemented this concept by working with every consultant that has joined the business ensuring that the promises made to clients are met by a team of consultants who are just as passionate about the work they do.
The result has been a deserved reputation for excellence, an award-winning attitude and – most importantly – extremely happy customers. Our client retention rate alone speaks to the level of satisfaction we provide, and candidates tell us they feel both supported and empowered as we help them further their careers.
Our History
Founded in 2009, Meet are a privately owned life sciences search agency that partner with a range of top Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Medical Device and Clinical Research Organisations. Through seven years of development we have reached a number of milestones but we have always been aware that our history has been built on the belief that every client relationship is fundamental to our growth. We strive to exceed expectations and ensure a high level of service is continuously delivered to our clients. Evidence of our values in practice has seen us become accredited by APSCo and additionally we have recently been awarded the ‘Gold’ standard by Investors in People.
We are determined to make sure our past defines the future for every client, candidate and employee that interact with Meet.
Medical Devices
We have always acknowledged the differences between the Medical Device and Pharma worlds. With this approach, we made the decision to hire a Head of Medical Devices who joined us at the start of the year. Throughout 2016, the Medical Devices team has grown to a headcount of 5, delivering into clients across Europe in both technical & non-technical positions which include:
• Research and Development • Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance• Engineering• Clinical• Commercial
“To build a brilliant Life Sciences staffing company that people love working for, working with and want to shout about.
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I head up the Medical Devices Team here looking after permanent recruitment. For over 5 years now, I have had most of my success within Quality, Regulatory, Audit & Operations. Our market coverage allows us to function in various areas in Europe; QA, RA, Operations, R&D, Validation and Commercial. My years’ experience in the industry has allowed me to build long lasting relationships with highly skilled professionals and businesses ranging from small startups to huge blue chip organisations.
Having transitioned from our pharmaceutical team, previously focusing on quality assurance, my role is now to recruit into the contract side of our Medical Device business, and place candidates in interim and consultative positions. With an attentiveness to the ever-demanding needs of our clients, I work with a strong network of individuals in the areas of Quality Assurance, Regulatory Affairs and R&D.
My area of focus is the contract market within QA, RA, Audit, Clinical Literature & Senior Operations. I have been in the recruitment industry for three years & in this time I have forged strong relationships with clients & I represent arguably the strongest network of contractors in the above field in the UK. My ethos is simple, the candidates I put forward for roles are a representation of myself. This means I am fiercely proud of the contractors I work with & deliver on my client’s needs due to knowing which candidates are right for each company based on both skills & personality..
Joseph Dykes - Principal Recruiter
Alice Howarth - Senior Recruiter
Matthew Lowe-Lauri - Recruiter
Rob McCarry - Senior Recruiter
KEY PEOPLE AT MEET
I lead the Commercial, Sales and Marketing searches. Having previously worked within Healthcare Communications here at Meet, I made the decision to join our Devices offering given the ever-increasing need for personable & strategic communicators to work within the highly technical and scientific world of medical device manufacturing & distribution. I place candidates within: Business Development, Sales, Brand Management, Strategic Marketing and Key Account Management.
Meet Unique Selling Points:
• Senior Management led model – All key clients have a senior manager as a point of contact and you would be no different. You are different to all other clients; the degree of contact would be specifically tailored to you. This could be from an agreed escalation point of contact through to CV filter, feedback and interview arrangements.
• Ensuring that whichever consultant you may be working with there is always a safeguard for quality of CVs, which are reviewed by the senior team before being submitted to you.
• 100% client retention – from the beginning we have always put the client and candidate experience first; in over 7 years we have never lost a client. This approach on quality has seen us establish ourselves as the preferred vendor to a number of the innovative global Pharmas, CROs and Medical Device companies globally.
• Consultant retention levels – knowing that one of the most common frustrations for clients is a continuing change of contact at agencies, we are proud that our consultant retention rates are very strong and exceptionally low for the industry. This combined with our senior management led model ensures that you do not have to continually ‘start afresh’ with new consultants.
• Current Global Pharmaceutical Successes – with over 7 years of experience in recruiting for the sector we are already the top supplier to a number of the world’s fastest growing Pharmas, from which 8 sit within the Top 20. We are not an agency to overpromise and under-deliver; with each of these Pharmas we made a strategic decision to work with them, reviewing their requirements against our capabilities.
• To give you confidence in our understanding of the difficulties that can be faced in pharmaceutical recruitment, currently, we are leading suppliers to both global companies including AstraZeneca,3 Notified Bodies as well as to smaller far more niche companies. Given our focus on relationships and quality of service, we are confident that we can use this expertise to build lasting relationships with our customers.
How are recruiters targeted at Meet?
Whilst, as in every recruitment environment, our consultant team are targeted against placements made per month, we do not feel that this has been the key to Meet’s success. We are unique and determined to distinguish ourselves from our competitors through:
Targeting on service and not KPIs; Quality rather than Quantity. Meet put emphasis on the quality, not quantity, of delivery by our team of consultants. To reflect and encourage this we talk about ratios rather than KPIs internally, we expect almost every CV sent to result in an interview request, targeting our teams on a maximum 2:1 ratio of CVs:interview. From this we target our teams on a maximum interview:placement ratio of 5:1 to ensure not only strong CVs but equally good matches on a personality and company fit. This dually saves clients time.
Repeat business incentives. At Meet, we want to ensure that our standard of service continues and that the level of success increases as we better understand your processes and tailor our approach to your requirements. We strive to be the highest performing agency to all companies that we sup-port and we want you to know that every role is treated with focus, drive and determination, there-fore consultants are targeted on repeat business with key accounts. This is reflected in the fact that in 2015 we made 172 successful placements across just 50 clients.
Don’t take our word for it…….
Take that of the clients and candidates we’ve partnered with over the past 12 months:
“I have worked with Joseph over the last 2 years to recruit in a specialised area and he has proved extremely efficient in his delivery. In my opinion his best attributes are the ability to listen to the requirements that you have to ensure he only puts the top applicants forward, this saved me many hours in reviewing CV’s”.
- Present client, UK Notified Body
“Alice has been a tremendous help in my search. She gave me ongoing support and demonstrated real professionalism and dedication. Thanks to her and the team at Meet, I had opportunities to meet in no time, great companies and great people. She made the whole process so easy and enjoyable”.
- Placed candidate, Strategic Planner
“Having appointed to Joseph to help me with a number of recruitment needs, I can honestly say that Joseph has provided me with a service level that has surpassed my expectations and made my recruiting experiences as quick and as pleasurable as they could be!”.
- Present Client, Global Medical Device Manufacturer
“I have worked with Matt over the last 12 months. In that time, he has placed me in two different contract roles. I have always found Matt to be a very pro-active and responsive recruiter who is always honest and easy to speak to. I very much look forward to working with him again soon.”
- Placed candidate, Regulatory Consultant
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