RPO for Wolseley Delivers Outstanding Results

1,200 hires a year by 15-person team

+89 Candidate NPS score

Flexible coverage of Head Office roles

Six-year contract

ResourceBank RPO works alongside the internal resourcing function at Wolseley to provide an effective and proactive talent attraction and engagement service throughout the UK. Wolseley UK is the country’s largest plumbing, heating and cooling trade specialist merchant. It is the UK operating company of Ferguson plc, a FTSE 100 company with revenues of over $18 billion.

“ResourceBank has made a significant impact on our business through the high quality of staff recruited into our branches. Staff attrition is down and customer satisfaction has improved as a direct result of their work. They are quick to suggest improvements and are an invaluable partner to Wolseley. I would have no hesitation in recommending them to any business looking for an RPO provider.”

Stuart Lee, Head of Resourcing for Wolseley

What were the challenges?

Back in 2016, the company operated several individual trading brands including Plumb and Parts Center, Pipe Center and Burdens servicing distinct customer groups. Recruitment was decentralized without any core process. Time to hire was anything between 70 and 100 days and attrition was very high.

What was our solution?

ResourceBank RPO established a dedicated team of 8 staff within its Telford office and quickly set out to build relationships with Hiring Managers throughout the Wolseley organisation.

The Results

As relationships were built, recruitment successfully delivered and candidates onboarded with positive experiences, the RPO relationship flourished. The contract was renewed, extended to incorporate additional elements of recruitment and is one of the reference contracts for ResourceBank.

Time to hire has been reduced from 100 days to 30 days and hiring manager promoter scores are outstanding.

1306

Vacancies per year

30

Day time to hire

89

Candidate NPS score
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