Five years and 150+ hires into a partnership that keeps compounding
TOP 10 TIER 1 AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLIER
The Impact
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150+
Hires delivered together across the relationship
Spanning plant leadership through to supply chain and engineering roles, across Europe, the Americas, Brazil and South Africa.
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5yrs+
Length of the search partnership
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83%
Of submitted CVs progressed to first interview, on average, across our 5+ year partnership
Roles Placed
- President
- Vice President Operations
- Global PC+L Director
- Global FES Director
- Quality Director
- HSE Director
- Manufacturing Engineering Director
- Digital Transformation Director
- Launch Director
- Deputy Plant Manager
The client
Our client is one of the world’s largest automotive technology suppliers, formed through the merger of two major tier-1 suppliers, with 300+ production sites in 37 countries and €26bn+ in annual revenue.
The business is expanding rapidly toward ambitious 2030 growth targets, which brings constant restructuring and change, and a steady need for senior operational leaders who can step in and drive results quickly. One recurring theme behind the roles: many long-tenured staff had grown stagnant, so the client leaned on the search to bring in fresh energy – people capable of moving up two levels quickly, building a new first line of operational leadership across the business.
The Challenge
Large, matrixed organisations move slowly by nature: multiple stakeholders local HR, an HR director, an operations director, a VP of operations, sometimes even a COO – all want to meet candidates, and offers have to clear several approval stages. Left unmanaged, that timeline risks losing a candidate’s motivation altogether.
The client’s reputation in the market cuts both ways too – some candidates arrive with preconceptions, good and bad, that the search has to work through.
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Keeping candidates engaged through a long,
multi-stakeholder approval process
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Managing the client's mixed market
reputation with candidates
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Recovering from a rejected offer without losing momentum
