UK’s Top Consumer Products & FMCG Recruitment Agency

Q: How long does recruitment take?

Typical time-to-hire is 6–12 weeks, varying by role complexity.

Advocate Group is the UK’s leading consumer product recruitment agency and specialist recruiter across FMCG, food, drinks, CPG, and beauty cosmetics.

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What Is an FMCG Recruitment Agency?

Consumer Product Recruitment Agency Explained

A consumer product and FMCG recruitment agency focuses on sourcing, screening, and placing candidates in fast-moving consumer goods and other consumer sectors. As a specialist consumer product recruitment agency, we build relationships with both hiring managers and candidates, guiding them through every step of the hiring process.

FMCG Recruitment Agency UK Key Functions

As a top consumer product and FMCG recruitment agency UK, Advocate Group provides market mapping, talent pipelining, and salary benchmarking. We leverage proprietary insights to advise on role design, ensuring your team attracts, engages, and retains high-calibre professionals.

What Services Do Consumer Products Recruiters Offer?

Permanent & Executive Search by CPG Recruitment Experts

Our FMCG & CPG recruitment experts conduct tailored searches for senior and executive roles. We combine headhunting with targeted outreach to build shortlists of pre-qualified candidates ready to lead your business.

Contract & Interim Drinks Sector Talent Acquisition

Our drinks sector talent acquisition team sources contract and interim professionals for project-based work, ensuring minimal disruption and rapid onboarding to keep your operations on track.

What Services Do Consumer ProductsRecruiters Offer?

How to Choose a Consumer Products Recruitment Agency?

Evaluating Consumer Product Recruitment Services

Look for transparent processes and measurable outcomes. Assess consumer product recruitment services by reviewing case studies, client testimonials, and time-to-hire metrics.

Questions to Ask Food Industry Recruitment Specialists

When speaking with food industry recruitment specialists, ask about sector networks, candidate pools, and DE&I best practices. A trusted partner will proactively share insights on market trends and diversity strategies.

How to Choose a Consumer ProductsRecruitment Agency?

Our Specialist Recruitment Sectors

Why Partner With Advocate Group?

How Our Sector Networks Speed Hires

Our deep relationships in consumer product, FMCG, and CPG sectors give clients early access to hard-to-find talent, for speed hires without compromising quality.

Why DE&I Boosts Retention

Diverse teams outperform. We embed DE&I at every stage — from candidate sourcing to onboarding — to enhance engagement and reduce turnover.

FAQs

Q: What sectors does Advocate Group cover?
A: We cover FMCG, food & drink, CPG, beauty & cosmetics, fashion, homeware and toys & games recruitment.

Q: How do I engage Advocate Group’s services?
A: Complete our contact form or call us to discuss your hiring needs; we tailor solutions to your sector.

Q: What sets Advocate Group apart?
A: Deep sector expertise, DE&I best practices and a proprietary talent insights platform drive our success.

Q: How long does recruitment take?
A: Typical time-to-hire is 28 days, varying by role complexity.

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What Our Partners Say About Advocate Group

“I have recently worked with Advocate Group closely recruiting on some key roles within the Global On trade sales teams. They’ve been extremely professional in all aspects of his role. They have followed up every time and gone above and beyond in every way to find the right candidates for me to consider. I would have no problem recommending Advocate Group to anyone internally looking for a similar service and would also do so to all my industry contacts I have built up over 25 years. The best service I have ever received from a recruiter in all my years as a hiring manager.”

Global Brands

Richard Elvis (Field Sales Manager)

“Advocate Group was a huge help in the recruitment process for a role in the sales team here at Scholl. They presented a number of very credible candidates and kept an open dialogue throughout the process. The process was seamless and the team at Advocate were always responsive when called upon.”

Scholl

Michael Johnston (Head of Sales)

“I can’t recommend Advocate Group highly enough! The team have amazing energy and passion to drive agendas and find the right people. They’re super enthusiastic, efficient and fast. I absolutely loved their approach to work, and it was probably my best experience working with a recruitment manager so far!”

Henkel

Eve Kolesova (Head of Marketing)

“Advocate Group were great during the recruitment process for a recent vacancy. Extremely professional and took the time to really understand what we were looking for. He then introduced us to some great candidates and his communication throughout the process was great. Will definitely work with him again in the future and would highly recommend.”

Grenade

Andrew Mayor (National Account Manager)

“I approached the Advocate Group to help support on the newly created Head of Operations role. Following a detailed briefing, they mapped out a robust recruitment plan for the position and supplied a credible shortlist within a short space of time. Throughout the interview process, the candidates were managed effectively, the process was easy to follow, and outcome was very positive."

Livekindly Collective

Domenico Speciale (General Manager)

“The Advocate Group are a pleasure to deal with. They really know their stuff! They are friendly, knowledgeable, helpful and above all extremely professional. The calibre of that they have sourced has been of an exceptional standard.”

Fiddes Payne

Donna Hale (Head of HR)

“The essence of this partnership is based on truly understanding our values of being a good business that makes good food with good people. Their ability to seek out high performers who will fit our culture is admirable coupled with exemplary communication. Needless to say, Advocate Group effectively delivered on their first assignment which has now led to further assignments both here in the UK and Ireland. I would definitely recommend.”

McCain

Sharon Jennings (HR Business Partner)

“Advocate Group are are true professionals in the Search & Selection recruitment market. They provide a focused "one-to-one" approach, ensuring that both employer and candidate are the optimum match and best cultural fit for each other. The team at Advocate demonstrate a great attention to detail and availability even during out of office hours. They are responsive, personable and very supportive. I would have no hesitation in recommending Advocate to any potential businesses seeking new talent.”

Monster Energy

Marina Gurina (Quality Director)

“During a recent recruitment process, I got lucky and worked closely with Advocate Group who helped to replace a key member of my team. They were extremely professional throughout; from the moment we were introduced through to finding the right person to fit for the role. The service they provided was above and beyond what I hoped for, and I would heartily recommend them to any prospective employer entering a critical recruitment process. Thanks!”

Saucony

Tom Hunt (UK & Ireland Country Manager)

“Advocate Group have been instrumental in my jobhunting success. From matching me to a job that suits my career path, to supportive interview briefings and liaising with HR, the process has been super positive and productive. Thank you so much for your help.”

William Grant & Sons

Liam Peacham (Senior Communications Manager)

“To all the clients, candidate and stakeholders... Advocate are without hesitation one of the best recruitment companies that I’ve came across in my 7 years of recruitment experience as a recruiter and this time as a candidate. They are accurate, resilient, respectful, firm, and extremely hard working to give the best service and bring the good talent to their vacancies. If you are honest and clear about what you need, the team at Advocate will help you and excel at the task given.”

Schneider Electric

Antonio Navarro (Senior Talent Acquisition Business Partner)

“It has been a very smooth process making our first hire with Advocate Group. I’ve been really impressed with the consistent nature of all of the members of the team I’ve dealt with. I assume the processes or training help facilitate, but everyone works in the same way with a similar style, making it very easy to understand where we are at in the process, keeps us up to date consistently, and you appear to have more frequent and better quality pre and post calls with candidates versus other recruiters I have worked with previously. The portal also helps make the process very clear and easy, along with the fact that the candidates have also been on brief.”

Nuby

Chris Budge (Head of Sales)

“Finding the right recruitment partner was imperative for us as an organisation. Due to the volume and complex nature of the appointments, it was important for our partners to not only have the skillset and knowledge, but also truly understand how our business operates and the culture that we live by. We feel that Advocate Group have ticked these boxes and have consistently delivered on our behalf by providing top talent. We are looking. forward to continuing the relationship into the future!”

Wolverine Worldwide

Louise Cameron (HR Director)

“Advocate Group have been a massive support to us at ACTIPH, both supporting us in finding the right talent as well as right through the process, including consistent follow-up to ensure the new hires works out. Our Advocate consultant was a lovely person to deal with and a great partner to support our business growth.”

Actiph

Nick Ross (CEO)

“I've had the pleasure of working with Advocate for over a year now and I appreciate their continued commitment to finding the right talent for our business. My consultant is very informed about the FMCG industry and always offers the right insights to help us make better decisions regarding talent. I look forward to continuing our work together!”

Sodastream

Natalie Ateere (HR Business Partner)

What Our Partners SayAbout Advocate Group

FMCG & Consumer Sectors We Cover

FMCG Recruitment

Our FMCG recruitment team strategically sources top-tier talent in sales, marketing, and supply chain for fast-moving consumer goods companies through unparalleled industry insight and tailored service.

Food Recruitment

Our food recruitment specialists connect businesses across the food supply chain with top talent in production, quality assurance, procurement, and operations through industry expertise and personalised service.

Drinks Recruitment

Our drinks recruitment specialists connect beverage producers and distributors with top talent in brewing, packaging, sales, and distribution through deep industry insight and personalised service.

Health & Wellbeing Recruitment

Our health and wellbeing recruitment experts source and place leading professionals across branded health and wellbeing products by leveraging sector-specific expertise and tailored hiring solutions.

Beauty & Cosmetics Recruitment

Our beauty and cosmetics recruitment team specialises in sourcing skilled professionals in product development, marketing, and retail operations using in-depth industry knowledge and customised service.

CPG Recruitment

Our CPG recruitment specialists identify and secure top-tier talent in product management, logistics, and brand marketing for consumer packaged goods companies through expert insight and bespoke recruitment strategies.

Fashion Recruitment

Our fashion recruitment experts match marketing, e-commerce, and supply chain talent with leading brands via a personalised approach and extensive industry network to drive your business forward.

Homeware Recruitment

Our homeware recruitment specialists source top candidates in product design, sourcing, and sales for home goods brands by leveraging deep sector knowledge and customised recruitment strategies.

Toys & Games Recruitment

Our toys and games recruitment team connects manufacturers and retailers with talented professionals in design, development, and marketing through tailored solutions grounded in industry expertise.

The Best Jobs in FMCG & Consumer Products

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NPD Manager

Swinton, Greater Manchester

£45,000 to £55,000

Are you a commercially minded food innovation specialist with a passion for turning ideas into shelf-ready successes? Our client, a fast-growing and trend-led product design business, is seeking a New Product Development Manager to lead the charge in bringing high impact products to market.

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Senior NPD Commercialisation Project Manager

Uxbridge, London

On application

We are seeking 3 experienced Senior Project Managers to join our NPD commercialization team. You will lead a team of 1-3 commercialization project managers with responsibility for the end-to-end delivery of an incredible pipeline of Innovation, Supply Optimization, Productivity, Promotions and Maintenance projects across our Monster, Affordable and Strategic Brand portfolio into our rapidly growing, high traffic EMEA region.

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Director of NPD Operations & Capability

Uxbridge, London

On application

Are you a seasoned programme leader with a passion for innovation and operational excellence? Monster Energy – the world’s fastest-growing energy drink brand – is seeking a Director of NPD Operations & Capability Programmes to power up our New Product Development (NPD) function across EMEA.

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Senior Director of NPD Programme Management

Uxbridge, London

On Application

Monster Energy – a brand known for boldness, attitude and global impact – is seeking an inspiring Senior Director of NPD Programme Management to lead and enhance our New Product Development function across the EMEA region.

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Key Account Director – Grocery (Co-op & Morrisons)

Once a week in Uxbridge plus regular customer visits., London

On application

Want to re-energise your career with Monster Energy, the powerhouse behind one of the world’s fastest-growing drinks portfolios? Are you a commercially driven leader with a track record of building high-impact customer strategies and delivering sustained growth?

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Key Account Manager

East Midlands, Midlands

Up to £40,000 base salary + car allowance + bonus

I’m looking for a driven, relationship-focused sales professional to join my client’s team and help grow their premium drinks portfolio throughout the Midlands. This role is all about building meaningful partnerships with pubs, hotels, and retail outlets - from local independents to national chains.

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