Welcome
We are a leading specialist and knowledge based search business operating within the UK Food and Drink manufacturing industry.
We ‘head hunt’ across all sectors, chilled, ambient and frozen; All disciplines – General Management, Commercial, Operations, Supply Chain, Technical, NPD, Engineering, HR and recognizing the skills shortage across all management levels of the industry, we search for junior management positions right through to Board Level appointments. As we are so incredibly well networked, working with and linking into the industry top performers, we successfully work on interim assignments as well as permanent placement.
We understand our market: We know our market. We know exactly where to source and target the pool of candidates not ordinarily reached by conventional recruitment methods.
Refreshingly Different
Here at Harmas Riley, quite simply, we are refreshingly different. We challenge the norms in executive search as we take it to the next level.
We strip away the stuffiness surrounding head hunting taking it right back to its core function – identifying and targeting the best talent the industry has to offer. We DON’T expect to be paid upfront retainer payments and we DON’T charge extortionate fees for this service. We offer extremely competitive rates for our intelligent and thorough resourcing.
With the war on talent in an industry of constant challenges, we recognize the absolute value of people and individual contribution. We don’t differentiate between ‘Clients and Candidates’, as many of our Candidates have gone on to become our Clients. Whether we operate as your Resourcing Partner or Career Partner, we work in partnership with you, as an individual and not a commodity. Talent alone is not enough – Talent and Fit is the differential.
Our values are underpinned by a philosophy of delivery and establishing relationships over the longer term. Driven by performance and passionate about delivery, we genuinely get great satisfaction when placed individuals really do make that positive impact in a business.
Without compromise, we operate discreetly and confidentially. We have a back to basics set of values when it comes to ethics, standards and integrity.
Be prepared for us to ask the questions that others may not. We will go beyond the standard and dig deep to understand real thinking and real needs, in order for us to truly deliver.
Recent appointments include:-
Project Manager – Food Consulting
Technical Manager – Ingredients
Process Manager – FMCG
Project Engineer – Consulting
Interim Technical Manager – Chilled
Interim Production Manager – FMCG
Development Director – Chilled
Senior Development Chef – Chilled
Senior Project Manager / Chief Engineer – Ambient
Supply Chain Manager – Ambient
Senior Commercial Manager – Chilled
Commercial Manager, New Business – Chilled
Interim HR Manager – Frozen
National Account Manager – Foodservice
Production Manager – Ambient Ingredients





