Industries We Support
Leadership Practice
“Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion”, Jack Welch
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The right leadership is essential for any business to get close to its full potential and to achieve a high performance. Those who sit in the c-suite, around the board table and who sit on leadership teams need to be able to drive the culture of the business and to able to achieve short term performance whilst leading and implementing medium and longer term strategies, and, keeping investors and shareholders happy. Gaps in leadership performance will have exponentially negative effects on a business into the medium term so it is essential the right people are in the right jobs when it comes to an organizations leadership structure.
Supply Chain
Executive InQuest has extensive experience supporting our clients across the entire supply chain network placing mid and senior management positions. Recruitment is focused in the following three verticals:
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Software – procurement, supply chain planning, supply chain execution (WMS, TMS, Auto ID, Voice and RFID). The positions we recruit are regional management/VP/directors, sales, pre sales, professional services, marketing and product management roles. Clients include JDA, Infor, Navis and Kewill.
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Logistics vendors – 3rd Party Logistics (3PL’s), shipping, transport, parcel, post and courier providers. The positions we recruit are CIO’s and senior IT Management (Infrastructure, Applications and Architecture), demand side solution directors and managers, and project/PMO teams. Clients include DHL, Ceva Logistics, Norbert Dentressangle and Wincanton Logistics
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Consultancy/Outsourcing/Systems integration. The positions we recruit are regional Management/Directors/VP’s/Partners, sales, client/engagement managers, and various consultant grades.
Robotics
Robotics is a highly-complex and highly-evolving technological area which places automation and productivity at its heart. With sky-rocketing demand in robotics solutions across various sectors and industries, we help businesses to source the best talent globally to meet that increasing demand.
As exciting as automation is, the future holds virtually limitless possibilities. Thanks to the rapid development of robotics hardware and artificial intelligence, we are seeing an increasing amount of opportunities for its applications across every vertical.
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Technology: We provide executive search services to robotics companies across multiple verticals: retail, hospitality, manufacturing, industrial automation, automotive, logistics and supply chain, healthcare, farming, aviation, postal services, civil services, research and development and other adjacent areas. Our area of expertise is in placing professionals at the mid to senior level. We have a proven track record recruiting: CEOs, and their C Level teams – CFO, CRO, CPO, COO, CTO etc, board’s and advisory hiring, regional leadership, and their teams in sales, solutions consulting, marketing, services/customer success, product management and technology also. Our business is global with successful assignments completed across EMEA, the America’s and APAC region.
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Consulting services: We work with varied technology consulting business’s that also provide integration and service delivery solutions on a global basis.
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Retail
Retail is a high paced, continuously evolving environment. From the products on the shelf and the consumer demands, to the channels retailers use to reach their target markets. Technology within retail is no different.
There are factors at work to make sure IT does not only support the business, but pushes it forward, streamlining day to day operational processes, increasing brand awareness, accessibility and customer loyalty. Having the right systems in place has a direct contribution to a retailer’s bottom line, which is why it is important to have the right leadership team to support this.
We work with a number of international clients consulting on the best solutions for their growth and recruitment needs across the following main verticals:
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Technology – We provide executive search services right across the end to end retail technology marketplace from Artificial Intelligence and Digital Transformation through Ecommerce, Point of sale, Store Execution, Merchandising, Workforce Management and back office support functions. The positions we recruit are CEO’s and their C Level teams (including HR and Finance)/ VP’s/ Regional management/ Directors, sales, pre-sales, professional services, marketing and product management roles. The clients we work with range from start up, niche software vendors through to world-wide industry leaders.
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Retail – Grocery, fashion & apparel, non-food, luxury, web-based. The positions we recruit are CIO’s, Ecommerce Directors, Chief Digital Officer’s, Chief Customer Officer’s and senior IT Management (Infrastructure, Applications and Architecture), Directors and Project / PMO teams. Clients include large grocery retail, high fashion and ecommerce businesses.
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Consulting – Consultancies / Outsourcing / Systems Integration. The positions we recruit are regional Management / Directors / VP’s / Partners, sales, client / engagement managers, and various consultant grades. We work with varied companies in this area from small, niche consultancies right through to large system integrators.
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Private Equity/VC Community: Executive InQuest advise and support a number of small and large global PE and VC organisation’s with their investment’s within the retail market, placing NED’s, Chairmen and their leadership teams of technology and ecommerce business’s. Within each of these verticals we have dedicated teams focused on building relationships and networks, ensuring we are best placed to deliver strategic assignments. As trusted advisors, our main focus is building long term successful partnerships making sure we are there for our clients when they face challenges related to growth and building market leading teams. We support clients with their ongoing hiring strategy to ensure both clients and candidates career goals and business aspirations are achieved.
Legal
Exeutive Inquest has a proven track record of filling legal support roles such as: Receptionists, Legal Secretaries, Legal Assistants, Paralegals, Records, File Clerks, Case Assistants, Resource Center Assistants, Contracts Administrators, Docketing Specialists, and more! We also specialize in experienced associate level and above roles.
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We fill these roles across a variety of practice areas including, but not limited to:
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Litigation
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Corporate
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Finance
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Intellectual Property
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Tax,
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Bankruptcy,
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Real Estate
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Labor & Employment
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Environmental
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Healthcare
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Utilities
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Immigration
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Estate Planning
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Insurance Defense
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Manufactoring
The manufacturing environment is a fast paced, large scale and complex one. Technologies such as ERP & PLM are critical for organisations to be successful by reducing the overall costs and increasing efficiencies. Executive InQuest understands the importance technology has in manufacturing and why the best professionals are an integral component of any successful operation.
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As market experts we have developed and maintained ongoing relationships with SMEs and Tier 1 clients on a global scale. Our mission is to be committed to supporting individuals to be successful in their careers, be it candidate and client alike. This is the core of what we believe our success stems from.
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We have successfully completed various retained Executive Searches and Project Searches for manufacturing software solution Vendors, as well as global manufacturers across all industries.
Our area of expertise is in placing professionals at the mid-senior level. We have a proven track record recruiting; CEOs, VPs of Sales, MDs, IT Directors, Professional Services Directors, Presales and Sales Executives/ Managers, Project Managers and Consultants as well as IT/ Solutions specialists.