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Finance Director
Life Sciences
Hays drove the executive search for a multi-national life sciences company looking for a new Finance Director in Latin America.
Vice President and CFO
Technology
We supported our client in their search for a Vice President to lead their Brazilian and Latin America businesses, with the challenge to develop integrated solutions for its customers, increasing its market share and reputation globally.
Commercial Director
Security
We provided our services to help hire a Commercial Director for a client needing to overhaul its business processes and policies, while bringing efficiency and productivity to its teams.
General Manager
Consumer, retail & luxury goods
Hays Executive was tasked with finding a General Manager for a market leader in the automotive sector.
Operations Director
Industry
One of the leading companies in specific distribution, part of an international group with its corporate HQ in France, asked us to search for their next Operations Director.
Finance Director
Finance
The local Belgian production unit of a machinery manufacturer and distributor, part of an international holding group, asked us to search for a Financial Director.
Interim Chief Financial Officer
Finance
As a result of internal promotion, our brief was to source an external candidate for the post of Finance Director.
HR Planning and Development Director
Industry
One of the leading integrated building materials solutions providers in the Czech Republic with operations in more than 50 countries around the world, approached Hays Executive to recruit an HR Planning and Development Director.
Product Manager
Financial services
Hays Executive was asked to recruit a Product Manager responsible for establishing a new product in the Czech market for a fast growing multinational insurance company.
Nordic Finance Director
Financial services
An international listed company and leader in their sector tasked Hays with sourcing a Nordic Finance Director.
Turbine Energy Expert
Industry
We were tasked to source a very complex and specific Turbine Energy Expert, a role that the client had had great difficulty in filling.
Director
Industry
We were set a brief in Denmark to recruit their new Danish Director, a person with proven industry experience.
Production Manager
Industry
As a result of previous contact we had with this multi-specialist firm that included a plastics factory in France, we were tasked with finding suitable candidates for this sensitive role.
Director
Technology
We were approached by a manufacturer of driver information systems who supplies the world’s leading automotive brands. Located in various European countries, we were set the challenge to find the right person to spearhead the opening of their very first office in France.
HR Manager
Consumer, retail & luxury goods
The challenge was to find a business oriented HR profile with very strong generalist skills but also a good track record in HR project management at corporate level.
Product Manager
Financial services
The challenge was to discreetly identify outstanding individuals within a niche industry sector, in which specialists could be based in North America, Asia, the UK or Continental Europe.
Expediter
Industry
A leading company in the energy sector engaged us to search for an Expediter for their Italian HQ in Milan.
Web specialists
Technology
As a result of previous successful collaboration with Hays Italy, a household name in Children’s Entertainment gave us exclusivity to search for Italy’s new web team, its aim to revolutionize, renew and make their site one of the most competitive in its sector.
Area Managers
Consumer, retail & luxury goods
One of the biggest names in medical devices approached us to recruit two Area Managers to reorganise their sales force in central and northern Italy after a period of high turnover.
Country Head
Financial services
One of largest emerging international trading companies approached us to search for the Country Head to start up their Italian branch.
Plant Manager
Industry
Hays Executive was asked to recruit a plant manager / managing director to manage and reorganise the European facility for the Dutch production site for a major operating holding company.
International Trader
Consumer, retail & luxury goods
A global trading company asked us to search for an international trader.
Chief Financial Officer
Financial services
We were approached by one of the world’s biggest steel manufacturers to recruit a CFO for their recently acquired subsidiary in the Netherlands.
Procurement Manager
Industry
Hays Executive was asked to recruit a Procurement Manager for Poland, Germany & Czech Republic.
Managing Director
Industry
Hays Executive was asked to recruit a Managing Director, Poland for one of the world’s leading specialists in the field of metal processing for the construction industry.
Managing Director
Industry
Hays Executive was asked to comprehensively map a specific target client list in order to provide information to evaluate a possible recruitment need for a Managing Director and set a benchmark for the client’s organisation.
Various
Industry
One of the largest global public works and civil construction companies asked us to present a proposal to identify talent with geographical mobility to fill several positions in a new branch.
Store Manager
Consumer, retail & luxury goods
We were approached by one of the biggest fashion retailers who were looking to recruit a Store Manager to help drive the organisation’s growth strategy.
Various
Life sciences
A renowned pharmaceutical company tasked us to define new roles in the therapeutic sector, which were to be introduced in Portugal.
Air Conditioning Engineers
Industry
One of the biggest consumer electronics companies in the world approached Hays Executive in Madrid to hire air conditioning engineers. Given the difficulty to identify and attract these skilled professionals, we offered to conduct a Talent Benchmarking related to this search.
CEO
Logistics
We were approached by a major Spanish logistics company to search for a new CEO as their current one was about to retire.
Sales and Marketing Manager
Life sciences
A Portuguese pharmaceutical company tasked Hays with sourcing a fluent English speaker with more than three years’ experience working as a Sales and Marketing Manager in the pharmaceutical industry.
Regional Business Manager
Industry
We were contacted by an international transportation systems operator, who was looking for a new regional business manager for one of their Swedish regions.
European Sales Manager
Technology
An award-winning global leader in hardware and software solutions for eye tracking needed to start up a direct sales force; we were tasked with finding a European Sales Manager.
Senior Asset Manager
Financial services
One of the world’s leading Real Estate Investment Managers tasked us with finding a Senior Asset Manager in the Nordics.
CIO
Consumer, retail & luxury goods
A leading Swedish gaming company was looking to appoint a new CIO given the high demands on its IT department in terms of availability and security.
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