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Our Expertise
As FMCG & Consumer Goods Executive Search specialists, our expert team work across all categories; from operations and supply chain to finance, procurement and sales & marketing, we deliver C-Suite Executive and operational appointments across all departments and divisions that are essential to any FMCG business, ensuring our clients get the management expertise they need to achieve the growth they want.
Tailored Executive Search Solutions
The rising expectations of the FMCG industry have made executive search in this arena more complex than ever.
New technologies have permeated every facet of the industry, from logistics management to smart manufacturing equipment. The post-COVID landscape has created challenges across the entire supply chain, and fundamentally changed the economics of FMCG.
Meanwhile, consumers themselves have changed as well—more and more people want the businesses they support to share their values, and sustainability is fast becoming one of these key values.
The call to action for FMCG businesses, then, is to adapt quickly—or risk fading away. That adaptation can only be accomplished with the right talent at the helm.
At ELR Executive, we’ve fine-tuned the FMCG executive search process to support growth-focused businesses. Our consultants know exactly the right kind of people to help you with your specific business goals.
We keep a close eye on the market and proactively adjust our methods to provide you with continuous access to high-quality executive assets, exactly when you need them.
Executive Search
Any executive search process will benefit from casting as wide a net as possible. Not every executive search firm will have access to the appropriate networks and contacts, potentially missing out on qualified candidates.
At ELR Executive, we’ve built up our talent network in the FMCG space over a period of twenty years. We’ve developed search networks both locally and internationally, allowing us to find active, passive, and hidden talent within the relevant markets and fields. We also carry out new research and employ marketing techniques to discover and engage with talent across multiple channels. Our clients have valued our executive search services for the wide reach that we offer, ensuring that no prospect is ever missed.
ELR’s executive search processes are carried out in complete confidence, on both client and candidate sides. We know very well how critical executive search is—and how even the knowledge that its ongoing can represent a competitive opportunity for third parties, or a potential mark of uncertainty in the market.
“OUR top priority is to earn your trust and keep it."
(John Elliot, Founder)
Executive Assessment
It’s one thing to reach out to as much potential talent as you can. It’s another entirely to screen this pool of talent in an efficient way that leaves only the most qualified and appropriate candidates.
Throughout our decades of expertise, ELR Executive has interviewed and matched countless candidates. The insights derived from this experience have allowed us to craft a detailed psychometric and behavioural assessment approach that identifies the most suitable talent for each role.
Each candidate is interviewed and screened based on your business’s unique requirements. Their skills and expertise are also benchmarked against the FMCG leadership talent pool, ensuring that you get the best performers.
We also consider each candidate’s in context with your growth goals, helping ensure the best possible transition.
It’s also important to note that we don’t just look outwards.
As part of our search process, we also look at the people in your existing team, and look out for any potential candidates for internal promotion. There are hardly any better choices for a good company fit than someone with whom you’re already working.
“Don’t find customers for your products, find products for your customers.”
(Seth Godin)
Reach & Talent Mapping
The right talent is critical to driving positive organisational change, amidst the uncertainties and dynamic changes in the FMCG industry. But what constitutes the “right talent” is itself a constantly moving target that needs a proactive approach to maintain relevance.
ELR Executive’s partners represent some of the most important players in the FMCG and Consumer Goods arena. They have benefited from our meticulous executive search methodology, which consistently sources quality leadership that enhance our clients businesses beyond just skill and expertise, but bring personality and vigour to your company culture.
Key to our approach is our proactive, continuous mapping of the FMCG executive talent pool, as well as our cultivation of relationships with talent networks in the industry. We eschew one-off engagements in favour of long-term relationships with clients and groups, ensuring that lasting brand relationships are maintained—and that we continue to be a trusted firm for both FMCG businesses and executives.
We have also developed a comprehensive due diligence process that ensures that every candidate who ever makes it onto our short lists has been carefully background checked and referred as necessary.
“A market is never saturated with a good product, but it is very quickly saturated with a bad one.”
(Henry Ford)
Diversity & Culture Fit
At ELR Executive, we don’t view diversity as merely a checkbox to tick off for corporate success. Rather, we see it as an essential aspect of any organisation that must be considered in every decision. most especially in the search for leadership. Indeed, for the true benefits of diversity to be realised, it must begin with your leadership.
ELR Executive works closely with our partners to help them create a culturally diverse and inclusive environment, opening the floor to a wider variety of voices and backgrounds. Through our role as one of the top providers of executive talent, we enable the FMCG industry to become more inclusive, allowing for a greater range of talent to permeate the field.
At first glance, this might appear to be at odds with cultural fit—hiring with diversity in mind seems to run counter to the notion of establishing a common culture for your company.
However, at ELR Executive, we know that cultural fit isn’t merely hiring those who conform. Rather, it is about enriching a company’s cultural environment by introducing collaborators who work well with the company, while bringing their own unique perspective to the table.
“Most businesses think that product is the most important thing, but without great leadership, mission and a team that deliver results at a high level, even the best product won’t make a company successful.”
(Robert Kiyosaki)
Leadership Access & Restrictions
ELR Executive’s long-standing presence in the FMCG executive search field has led to the formation of strong relationships with the top players in the industry. We have placed a wide variety of candidates on the executive seats and boards of Australia’s leading FMCG companies.
We have achieved all this without harming our partnerships with existing clients or damaging the competitive landscape. We value healthy, positive client footprints and strong relationships with our prospects, and strive to ensure that nothing we do compromises our standing with anyone in the field.
Key to this is our careful management of access and restrictions during our operations. Our outreach, search, and assessment processes are carried out in total confidence.
Executive ManagemeNt jobs we recruit
Chief Technical Officer
Chief Supply Chain Officer
Our Process
The ELR Executive search process is a detailed, rigorous methodology that prioritises getting it right the first time. We engage talent across multiple sectors and job markets, perform extensive research on each candidate, and explore our networks to seek out passive talent beyond the reach of other firms. We’re not easily wowed by long resumes or decades-long careers.
We go the extra mile in analysing how each candidate forms a piece of your talent puzzle. Any approach with less attention to detail or tailoring to your needs, and which takes more shortcuts or focuses on quick wins, could risk matching your business with inappropriate talent—a prospect that could be severely damaging.
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