Some hires are too important to leave to chance.
Our deepest engagement, for your most critical manufacturing roles. Exclusive, committed, confidential.
Is this you?
This appointment will shape the business for years.
It needs to stay quiet, internally and in the market.
We do not want three agencies racing on it. We want one firm fully accountable.
What it is
Retained Search is how we engage when a role matters most. You partner with us exclusively; we commit our full resource to a complete, structured search, not a shortlist scramble. Every credible candidate in the market is identified, approached, and assessed against the brief.
When to use it
Use this when the role is business-critical, confidential, or both: a new plant leader, a succession-sensitive appointment, a senior hire you cannot be seen to be making. The difference from Executive Search is not the seniority. It is the commitment: one firm, total focus, full market coverage, and accountability for the result.
How we work
Exclusive partnership from day one. A full mapping of the market, not just the people in our network. Regular, structured updates so you see the search progress.
Complete confidentiality: your competitors, your team, and the market only learn what you choose to share. We do not stop at good enough. We deliver the right person.
One firm, total focus, and accountability for the result.
Retained means one firm carries the search end to end, with structured updates and full accountability for who ends up in the seat.