ART
manufacturing
operations
candidates come
from a wealth of
managerial
experiences and
training, bringing
your firm
manufacturing
leaders who can
balance and work
well with your
engineering,
supply chain, and
quality
organizations, to
help bring
efficient overall
manufacturing
operations to
your company.
In
many cases our
Manufacturing
Operations Heads
are in effect the
General Manager of
a business unit.
This is especially
the case where a
company has
international
operations outside
of their home
country, and the
person needed to
run that key unit
needs to be as
much a "business
manager" as an
effective factory
manager. In other
cases, where a
client has many
factories and
needs a competent
and trusted person
to make its plant
be as efficient as
possible, ART
candidates are
also available.
ART
has been
recruiting in the
manufacturing
operations sector
since our founding
in 1987. Over the
years, our
recruiters have
recruited managers
in virtually every
product line and
technology in
existence, across
every possible
market. Even more
importantly, ART
recruiters
understand the
linkages between
R&D,
Engineering,
Production,
Process
Engineering,
Industrial
Engineering,
Quality and Supply
Chain. This means
that when given a
Manufacturing
Operations search,
ART recruiters
will always first
try to ascertain
from the client
which departments
are well run,
which are not, and
why or why not. We
take this
step as standard
procedure, because
we understand well
that not all
manufacturing
operations are the
same, and that
sometimes what is
needed in an
Operations Head is
a person who
brings in specific
expertise and
training from one
of the constituent
departments. If
all is well in the
factory, then
perhaps there is
more flexibility
in the profiles
that might be
sought.
In
the case of very
large
organizations with
multiple plants
across multiple
countries, then a
particular
personality and
management style
might be required
of the Chief
Operations Officer
who is to be
recruited.
In
the sometimes hurried
pace of the global
economy, too often
companies expect
that the main
purpose of
a COO, VP Operations or Plant Manager
is to just make sure
that the
manufactured goods
ship out on time
without too many
complaints from
customers. At ART,
we have a much
higher expectation
of our candidates
and our clients. We
want our clients to
want to have the
most efficient
factories possible
with the least
possible staff
turnover possible.
We want our
candidates in turn
to want to be
improvers and
builders of their
operation, not
simply their
maintainers. Our
formula for the
success of both our
clients and
candidates is to
find companies and
candidates that want
to be the best for
their staff and
customers. One way
to achieve this is
to have a COO, VP
Operations, Plant
Manager, etc. who is
a mentor of
excellent managers.
Such people have
high records of
achievement at well
known leading
companies in their
field and who know
how to train and
motivate their
managers and staff
to do their jobs
with the greatest
efficiency and
enthusiasm possible.
In
addition, we need to
see a candidate's
track record of
success in business
models and styles
that are comparable
to and suitable to
our client's
business style. A
person who is
successful, for
example, at a
multi-billion dollar
multinational might
find the resources
and expectations of
a great and
fast-growing medium
sized firm as
incompatible. By
seeking
candidate-client
matches where both
parties make their
assumptions about
manufacturing
possibilities and
limitations from a
practical and
realistic
standpoint, we are
all much more likely
to be happy to see
long term comfort
and success in a
placement -
candidate, employer
and recruiter alike.
Knowing how to
find such characteristics in Operations
Management candidates comes
from our experience
as recruiters. It
also comes from a
desire to build long
term careers for our
candidates at our
client companies.
This
is the difference
between ART and
our competition.
We are not just
filling vacancies.
We are helping
make our clients
better companies.
Companies whose
management wants
their firm to be
the best in their
field. Companies
that lead.
Companies that
last. How best
for companies to
achieve this
success? By
hiring ART
candidates who are
empowered to be
the best that they
can be!
