OUR
RECRUITMENT FOCUS IN
ICELAND,
NORDIC & BALTIC
REGIONS
Typical
ART Search Scenarios
Icelandic,
Swedish, Danish,
Finnish, Norwegian
& Baltic Managers
for Foreign Companies
to run National,
Nordic, European, or
EMEA business units
Foreign
Managers in
Europe, Asia,
North America,
Latin America,
Africa and the
Middle East for
Nordic companies -
especially successful
medium sized firms
that need low-risk,
experienced, and
trustworthy local
managers with the
highest standards of
global business
ethics and trust to
build international
business units
Local
Icelandic-, Swedish-,
Danish-, Finnish-, or
Norwegian-speaking or Multilingual
"Change Management"
Senior Managers who
can update, modernize
or internationalize
their firms' style of
business, particularly
with a focus on expanding
beyond Nordic home
markets, making the
most of business
opportunities across
Europe and worldwide while
preserving the best
characteristics of the
company.
.
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,...
FURTHER
DETAILS
Local
managers for foreign
companies, where the goal
is to increase local
market share with
bilingual or multilingual
managers who
have strong track records of success in the
national markets of
Iceland, Sweden, Denmark,
Finland and Norway, or in
the European or EMEA
market as a unity.
- Our
emphasis in this
kind of search is to
find managers who
perform well in
accordance with the
business culture of
the foreign company.
In addition to being
fluent in their
native language
(Icelandic, Swedish,
Danish, Finnish,
Norwegian) and
English, ART has
candidates in
certain industry
sectors who are
fluent in other
European, Asian and
Mideast languages,
allowing for
stronger
communications
between HQ and the
local market.
Scandinavian
candidates who are
truly fluent in more
than one
Nordic language
are especially
valued.
- Whenever
possible, for this
kind of search we seek
candidates who have
worked at their best
in this role at
foreign firms. 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, large
Swedish firm, for
example, might not be
the right person as
employee #1 at a
medium-sized foreign
greenfield business
unit in Sweden.
- Our
objective in this
search is to find
candidates who are
sensitive to both the
business culture of
the home company and
to that of the local
Icelandic, Swedish,
Danish, Finnish, or
Norwegian customers.
The objective is to
find a leader whom the
foreign company can
trust to run their
business, while
effectively reaching
local customers in a
way that they will
find comforting.
- Searches
might be at the
national level,
Nordic level,
pan-European level, or
EMEA level.
Fast-paced,
internationally
oriented Icelandic-,
Swedish-, Danish-,
Finnish-, or
Norwegian-speaking
managers for
Nordic firms
that need to change
their management
style to reflect a
more outward,
pan-European or
global management
style, in order to
compete more
effectively globally
- Very
large
Nordic corporations,
medium sized public
corporations, as
well as traditional
medium sized privately-owned Nordic
firms, that might
need to find a
change-agent senior
manager to help
their long range
business growth
plans.
Foreign
managers, some fluent
in Icelandic, Swedish,
Danish, Finnish, or
Norwegian as well as
English and the local
language, who can be
trusted to manage
Icelandic-, Swedish-,
Danish-, Finnish-, or
Norwegian-owned business
units in Europe, Asia,
Latin America, North
America, Africa or the
Middle East
- When
expanding overseas,
many Nordic firms
do not know where to
find local managers
who have a high enough
standard of training
to properly manage
their business. ART
candidates in other
countries, some
trained in Europe,
have been tested as
managers at leading
world companies, and
they could be the best
way for
Nordic companies
to expand abroad.
- ART's
approach to executive
search is to avoid
risks whenever
possible and to find
candidates who bring
the best long term
benefits to the client
company.
- Unlike
most recruitment firms
based in Iceland,
Scandinavia or
Finland, which have to
depend upon outsourced
recruiters and unclear
partnerships with
foreign recruiters for
overseas searches, ART
does 100% of all our
own recruitment. We
recruit directly in
over 100 countries,
and we never use any
other recruitment
company to find our
candidates. In this
way, we are able to
deliver excellent
candidates with the
same level of
efficiency and quality
of service that is
expected in our
clients' home
countries.
- We
also recruit Icelandic,
Swedish, Danish,
Finnish, or
Norwegian managers
outside of the
Nordic region.
Most of these managers
have strong business
experiences in the
target area, language
and market. Because
many of these managers
have effectively
localized, they often
do not require
expatriate benefits.
ART
EXECUTIVE SEARCHES IN
THIS MARKET
To
see representative
examples of past or
current recruitment
searches
in which respected,
leading employers have
asked ART to conduct its
executive search work: click
here.
ART
IN THE
EUROPEAN PRESS
To
learn more about ART's
approach to senior
management executive
search in your country and
beyond, you may read
online interviews with ART
management, appearing in
some of the most respected
publications in the fields
of business, technology
and finance: click
here.
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