Situation:
River was instructed by a Global Consumer Products leader to recruit a global leadership team for one of its newly acquired brands: namely MD and Global Commercial Director (London); MD and Head of APAC Region; MD Head of Sales EMEA (based in Cologne), and MD and Head of Southern Africa. The culture of the business is highly entrepreneurial, and the leadership team is widely dispersed globally and highly decentralised. The client emphasised the need for best in class capability for all candidates, a need for both subject matter specialisation and breadth of leadership skills, often in Tier 2 geographic office locations.
Outcome:
River was able to assimilate a complex set of briefs (each subtly different), manage a broad and diverse global stakeholder community, and ultimately deliver mapping, market insights and well qualified candidate shortlists across all geographic regions; meeting all quality expectations ahead of schedule. The longlist contained approx. 60% / 40%, male / female spilt, as we strove to identify a diverse talent pool.