Global Supply Chain

ART recruits supply chain professionals principally from the managerial ranks --particularly Vice President of Supply Chain, VP Global Procurement, VP Worldwide Materials, Director of Purchasing, Materials Directors, and other managers who know how to fine tune a company's sourcing or inventory control structures, either at the global level, the divisional level, or the factory level.

ART recruits supply chain people for large, medium sized and small companies around the world. Being a worldwide search firm we might be able to offer client companies a broad array of candidates for their supply chain needs, be they headquarters-based managers or candidates located in other countries. Candidates are on six continents, and are of "world class" calibre.

ART recruiters  are often told by our clients that ART is one of the few executive search firms that really understands the supply chain management field. We have been recruiting in the supply chain field since our establishment in 1987, and we approach each supply chain executive search from a problem-solving perspective, rather than from a buzzword-chasing perspective, which sadly is a common practice among many recruitment firms. Each company structures its sourcing, merchandising, materials, distribution, and logistics needs differently; therefore, we have found that it is best to first ask a client what their company's specific problems are, what their goals are, what their current resources are, and then go out and headhunt people to fill their necessities. Our competitors, by contrast, if given a search for a "VP Supply Chain," frequently look for people with similar job titles and hope that somehow they made a good match. We know better, from long experience in supply chain recruitment, that often titles in this discipline can be deceptive. When we evaluate candidates for supply chain searches, we look beyond a person's job titles and focus instead on their achievements, duties, and the business culture or specialized markets in which they have worked.

In the global economy, too often companies expect that the main purpose of the Supply Chain department is to cut costs. ART supply chain candidates are recruited with the goals of making our clients more efficient, more effective, and more profitable, but not at the risk of jeopardizing the quality of the client's product or service in the eyes of their cherished customers.

ART's supply chain recruitment in the manufacturing sector includes the following industries and product sectors, among others:

• Electronics, Computers & Networks
• Wireless/ Broadband/ Fiberoptic
• Semiconductors/ Electronic Components
• Optics/ Sensors/ Displays
• Contract Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS)'
• Automotive Industry
• Mechanical & Hydraulics
• Electromechanical
• Machine Tools, Semiconductor Capital Equipment, Industrial Equipment
• Aerospace & Defense
• Battery/ Electrochemical Devices/ Printed Circuit Boards
• Chemical Industry
• Plastics Industry
• Ceramics/ Metals &  Advanced Materials
• Consumer Packaged Goods
• Medical Devices & Medical Equipment
• Pharmaceuticals