TOY RECRUITMENT

𝐓𝐎𝐘 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐈𝐓𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓

Does your business need help finding the right people overseas?Well somehow through no defined plan of my own making that has become my weird little superpower…

Sales folks in the Middle East, Sourcing Managers in Hong Kong, General Managers in the US, we’ve been there & filled the role. Apparently 26 years of trying to flog Toys & Games to people around the world leaves you with a battered Liver, insomnia and a massive contact network of really well connected and experienced people! Who knew. Can’t help you much with North Korea alas, but otherwise pretty sure I can help with most geographies where you would be interested in hiring staff to grow your business.

One of the biggest moans you always hear about recruiters is:“They don’t understand the business. They waste my time with unqualified candidates I would never hire”.

In my case it’s literally understanding the Toy & Game business (to a degree) and the connections I made along the way which brought me to Recruiting in the first place.

I’ve been an Assistant Buyer in retail and seen an arrogant ego heavy Buyer delist a major supplier just for fun, I’ve sat across from the biggest Retailers on the planet both securing listings and getting ghosted – if you haven’t sat in a Retail office reception waiting 2 hours or more for a Buyer to bother to see you then you haven’t lived! I’ve also managed Sales teams along the way hearing every excuse for not getting listed out there. So when a candidate talks a big game but clearly doesn’t have the minerals to face a buyer or to influence them effectively… yeah, I can normally spot that a mile off.

So it's just much more likely that we can find the right person for the role you are recruiting because we truly understand what capabilities and experience they need, and we probably know some of the best candidates already.

I’ll be loitering around at the 𝐔𝐊 𝐓𝐨𝐲 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐫, 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠, and 𝐍𝐘𝐂 shows — chatting about how we help toy and game companies finding brilliant humans who can actually do the job. If you fancy a cuppa and a chat about this, give me a shout…

www.ToyRecruitment.com

Board Game Factories

We work with three specialist Board Game factories — one in China, one in India, and one in Vietnam — giving companies a genuinely strategic spread across Asia. Between them, they cover everything from high‑volume mass‑market Games to premium components, eco‑friendly materials, complex multi‑part builds and tight global compliance. These are proven partners with strong repeatability, competitive pricing and deep experience supplying major global markets, major global retailers and Games companies.

If you’re looking to diversify out of China, double down in China, reduce risk, improve pricing, or simply want to work with factories that understand the realities of board game production, I can point you to the right partner fast. 

Whether you need cardboard engineering, plastics, wood, FSC, print, packaging or full turnkey production, these factories deliver consistently and at scale. 

Drop us a message if you want an intro or want to explore which location best fits your needs.

Toy Factories producing sensory & compound dough, DIY Kits

If you work in toys, you’ll know some categories are simply harder to get right — chemically compliant, safe, repeatable, and still commercially viable. We Consult for 2 x specialist factories who excel in exactly those “difficult‑to‑make” areas – one has factories in China & Cambodia, and the other is closer to Europe.

These factories specialise in:

Fully compliant 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐲 & 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝/𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 play.

𝐊𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬. 

𝐃𝐈𝐘, 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲 & 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬 & 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐬 with various hard to be compliant chemicals.

Why some of the biggest Retailers & Brands in the world work with these factories:

- Proven compliance across EU, UK, US and global markets.

- Strong understanding of chemistry, testing and regulatory nuance.

- Reliable repeatability (no nasty surprises at the test house).

- Commercial pricing that still protects quality.

- Experience with complex formulations and multi‑component kits.

If you’re developing products in any of these categories and want to avoid failed tests, reformulations, or suppliers who don’t fully understand compliance, we can help - just DM for details!

With Toy Fairs around the corner, we can book you in to meet with these factories to help strengthen and diversify your supply chains regardless of the latest tariff rates and tribulations…