OUR
RECRUITMENT FOCUS IN CROATIA
& CENTRAL & EASTERN
EUROPE
Our
the first recruitment in the Central
and Eastern Europe region was in
2001, with the placement of a Sales
Manager for a leading Danish
industrial company. Since that time,
we have recruited across this vast
and diverse region many outstanding
General Managers, Sales Managers,
Finance Managers, Supply Chain
Managers, Factory Managers, Human
Resources Managers and other
talented managers, in dozens of
industrial and service sectors.
Our
focus in Croatia and in the CEE
Region: Experienced,
internationally trained Local and
Expatriate Senior Managers to run CEE
regional or single-country business
units of major international companies
that are based outside of the region.
In
the Central and Eastern Europe
region we recruit Senior Managers
for mostly European,
North American, and Asian
companies where the goal is to
increase local market share or to
increase the efficiency of the
business unit. Often the best
solution is to recruit
local bilingual or
multilingual managers who have
strong track records of success in
the markets of the
CEE region. Most of these
candidates have been trained at
major global companies.
A
significant percentage of our CEE
candidates have been educated in
Western European or North American
universities, making them
knowledgeable cultural
bridges between national and
regional corporate business
cultures. Because ART is a global
executive search firm, if needed,
we can supplement a local national
search with national candidates
who might now be based in Western
Europe, North America, or other
world locations.
While
we try to focus on local
candidates whenever available, we
also recruit foreign managers,
often fluent
in the business language(s) of the country, who
have strong track records of
management in the target location.
Our
emphasis is to find managers who
perform well in accordance with
the business ethics and business
style of the foreign company. The
objective is to find a leader whom
the foreign company can trust to run
their business, while effectively
reaching local
customers, suppliers, and employees
in a way that they will find
comforting.
Whenever
possible, we seek candidates who
have worked at their best
in similar roles at foreign
firms, often at our client's
direct competitors or
near-competitors. Familiarity with
the target industry or market
sector usually means faster
success and greater organizational
effectiveness.
We
take particular care to try to
find people who are accustomed to
working in a business model that
resembles that of the client
company. A person who works well
at a top CEE or even large blue
chip firm, for example, might not
be the right person as employee #1
at a medium-sized foreign firm's
greenfield business unit in the
CEE.
Typical
ART Recruitment Profiles
General
Management:
Chief Executive
Officer (CEO), Chief Operating
Officer (COO), President,
Managing Director, General
Manager, Vice President,...
Sales
& Marketing
Management:
VP Sales and
Marketing, Sales Director, Sales
Manager, Commercial Director,
Marketing Director, Regional
Sales Manager,...
Finance
Management:
Chief Financial
Officer (CFO), Finance Director,
Finance Controller, Finance
Manager,...
Manufacturing
& Operations:
Chief Operating
Officer (COO), VP Operations, VP
Manufacturing, Plant Manager,
Factory Manager,...
Supply
Chain Management:
VP Supply Chain,
Supply Chain Director, Logistics
Director, Procurement Director,
Sourcing Director, Materials
Director,...
Information
Technology: CIO's,
CTO's, VP's and Directors
R&D
and
Engineering: CTO's, VP's and Directors
Human
Resources & Legal:
CHRO, VP Human
Resources, Director of Human
Resources, Human Resources
Manager, Chief Legal Counsel,
Lawyer,...