ART
recruits supply chain
professionals principally
from the managerial ranks
--particularly Vice
President of Supply Chain,
VP Global Procurement, VP
Worldwide Materials,
Director of Procurement,
Logistics Directors,
Materials Directors,
and other key managers who
know how to fine-tune a
company's logistics,
sourcing or inventory
control structures, either
at the global level, the
divisional level, or the
factory level.
In
addition, ART recruits critical
stand-alone sole
contributors in the
Supply Chain field.
These are people who may or
may not be needed to manage
a staff on day one of
employment. Their hire
absolutely however requires
that they be subject matters
experts in solving problems.
They might be Strategic
Sourcing Specialists, Global
Logistics Specialists, ERP
Specialists, or other
talented and knowledgeable
persons who have seen how to
remedy their firm's problems
and who are enthusiastic
about replicating their
success at new firms.
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. ART
candidates are on six
continents, in over 100
countries, and are of "world
class" calibre, typically
having worked at industry
leading firms in their
sectors, with established
track records of success.
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
the typical practice among
many recruitment firms
today.
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 supply
chain related problems are,
what their goals are, what
their current resources are,
and then we 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 sometimes hurried pace
of the global economy, too
often companies expect that
the main purpose of the
Supply Chain department is
merely to cut costs. ART
supply chain candidates are
recruited with the goals of
making our client companies
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. What this can
mean to a company is that
ART would seek a Procurement
Head who not only knows
where to save costs (ie.,
where to source from), but
also how to monitor
consistent quality of those
products. Similarly, if ART
were asked to find a
Logistics Director, we would
not only seek a candidate
who knew how to run an
existing logistics
operation, but also how to
improve its efficiencies
and even how to make it
better than those of the
competition.
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!
