Our Team
We believe a ‘specialist approach’ is the key in today’s recruitment market of critical, scarce and high-demand skills. Our Specialists are committed to pursuing excellence in all areas of their core discipline and are dedicated to attracting top talent in their professional network.
Lee Dixie
Lee Dixie is the Managing Member and founded the business in 1999. Lee has 29 consecutive years’ experience in recruitment in Durban. “I believe that Dixie Recruitment has something special. A wonderful story built on the strength of a team of professional women, all of whom have had previous careers in the discipline that they now specialise in”.
Lindsay Copland – Financial Management Specialist
Lindsay has a BSocSci and after 12 successful years running her own recruitment company, she joined Dixie Recruitment in 2016.
Lindsay is sharp and intellectual, and her great wit keeps us entertained. Lindsay specialises in placing Financial Management professionals. With Lindsay’s honed client engagement and interviewing capabilities, clients and top talent alike have every reason to invest their trust in her.
- Financial Managers/Directors/CFO’s
- Management Accountants/Commercial Managers
- Audit, Risk and Governance
- Tax
- General Management/MD’s
To send your CV, please click on this link
To contact Lindsay directly, please email lindsay@dixierecruitment.co.za
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ROWEN SMITH (Pr Eng, BSc Eng Ch) – ENGINEERING SPECIALIST
Rowen has his BSc Chem Eng and is registered as a Pr Eng with ECSA and as a Chartered Chemical Engineer with IChemE (British Institute of Chemical Engineers).
He has 27 years’ experience in engineering and managerial roles in the process plant, structural, management consulting and engineering consulting environments.
As a Professional Engineer with a diverse project and engineering background, Rowen understands the engineering world and "what engineers require of engineers”.
He approaches commissions with attention to detail and an earnest desire to fully understand each client’s needs.
Rowen's scope of work includes:
- Engineering across all disciplines
- Environmental and the Sciences
To send your CV, please click on this link
To contact Rowen directly, please email rowen@dixierecruitment.co.za
Liezel Burbidge – Digital, Marketing and HR Specialist
Having had experience as an agency recruiter, and an in-house HRO in a top bank, Liezel joined Dixie Recruitment in 2017, doing what she loves most - developing people's careers! Liezel studied a BA Corporate Communications degree and having managed a Social Media platform herself, she feels very comfortable in the ever-changing digital and marketing space. In current times, where HR, Talent, Digital and Marketing go hand in hand, Liezel feels excited to be able to source talent in this "high demand" and growing industry.
- Marketing/Brand/Advertising
- eCommerce
- SEO/SEM/PPC
- Social Media
- Copywriting/Content
- Digital Design
- Human Resources
To send your CV, please click on this link for Digital and Marketing and this link for HR
To contact Liezel directly, please email liezel@dixierecruitment.co.za
Yvette Dreyer-Ferreira - Sales Management and Supply Chain Specialist
Yvette has over 20 years’ experience in Sales and Management – a career in managing teams, business development, customer service and meeting sales targets! Yvette is tenacious, a born networker and happiest developing trusted relationships. She knows what it takes to keep customers happy.
Yvette focuses on the following roles nationally:
- Sales Manager/Director
- Business Development/KAM
- Supply Chain Managers
- Supply Chain Analysts
- Commercial Managers
- Procurement Managers
- Logistics/Warehouse Managers
- Technical Sales Manager
- Export Sales Manager
- Customer Service Manager
- Call Centre Manager
- Retail Management
To send your CV, please click on this link for Sales Management or this link for Supply Chain Management
To contact Yvette directly, please email yvette@dixierecruitment.co.za
Mandy Hughes – Office Support Specialist
Mandy has a BComm Honours in Business Administration and Marketing and spent her early career years in Corporate Marketing. She then moved to an ‘Executive Support’ role for 8 years. In this role, Mandy had the responsibility for high-end administration and project management.
Her honed organisational skills, attention to detail, pride in everything she does, and her love for people make her the perfect ‘Office Support’ Recruitment Specialist.
Mandy focuses on all Office Support roles:
- Exec PA’s and Office Managers
- Receptionists and Administrators
- Bookkeepers and Accounts Assistants
- Customer Service and Sales support
- Legal Support
To contact Mandy directly, please email mandy@dixierecruitment.co.za
Jenny Burgess – Talent Researcher
Jenny is our Researcher - and a great one. Jenny co-ordinates the entire search process and having been a recruiter herself, she is a great support to the consultants. With more than 14 years experience at Dixie Recruitment, she has a deep-rooted network, long-term relationships and great memory bank of where the top talent is hiding in the Durban market. Jenny keeps our talent pool growing!
Jenny has a BComm Marketing Honours degree and extends her IT knowledge daily as she develops our crowd of followers in the digital space.
To contact Jenny directly, please email jenny@dixierecruitment.co.za