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Strategy Director, ASX-listed logistics
Ex-Bain Manager who had already led a network redesign at a listed competitor. Placed after two conversations.
- EX-BAIN
- TRANSFORMATION
- LOGISTICS
PLACED ATASX-LISTED
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The whole market, not just the people looking. We work with organisations to identify and place permanent talent from C-Suite to Manager level. By taking the time to fully understand the brief, offering honest and strategic advice, and accessing all possible candidates through our dedicated research team, clients hire from the best available talent in the market.
We provide permanent recruitment across Consulting, Industry and Private Capital. Organisations across Australia and New Zealand work with us when they need problems solved, transformation delivered and value created.
We tailor our approach to each brief, with the majority of clients running a retained search. Retained processes guarantee dedicated focus from our research team, giving access to the entire talent pool rather than only those actively looking. We also offer bespoke alternative processes where they suit, and will work with you to determine the right approach.
For each role we follow a structured process: an in-depth briefing, rigorous screening of potential candidates, regular work-in-progress meetings and comprehensive in-person reference checks. Our dedicated research team ensures you find the best possible candidate, whether they are actively looking or not, and our interview-to-placement ratio is testament to our ability to find the right fit for both clients and candidates.
An extensive searchable database of current and former management consultants, alongside a LinkedIn community of more than 20,000 first-level connections and 27,000 company page followers, built over fifteen years.
We understand both the candidate and client sides of the market, and we invest continuously in our specialisation through in-depth market insights, salary data and career guidance across Consulting, Industry and Private Capital in Australia and New Zealand.
Trust underpins everything we do. We consistently hear that we can be relied on for honest, transparent advice, that we are passionate about matching the right people with the right roles, and that we put others’ interests ahead of our own.
Most clients run a retained search, with our dedicated research team giving access to the whole market. Shortlisted candidates start arriving from week two because good people in this pool do not remain available for long.
We begin with an in-depth briefing to understand the role, the team, the organisation and what a successful hire looks like in practice. We benchmark the salary against the current market before we go out, so the role is positioned to attract the people you actually want, and we will tell you honestly if the brief and the budget do not match.
Our dedicated research team conducts a thorough search across our database, network and LinkedIn community to identify the best available candidates, whether they are actively looking or not. Every candidate is interviewed and assessed against the selection criteria before you see them, so a shortlist from us is a shortlist we stand behind.
We present qualified candidates to you as they are identified, given the dynamic nature of the talent pool we work with. Good people in this market do not stay available. At around the two-week mark we hold a progress meeting to calibrate on what you are seeing and adjust the search if we need to.
We work with you to schedule interviews and manage candidates through your selection process, briefing them properly on the business, the team and the role. Our interview-to-placement ratio is testament to our ability to find the right fit for both sides.
We support the offer process and maintain close contact throughout. We conduct comprehensive in-person reference checks and remain available to both parties when needed, well beyond the start date.
A sense of the level and the breadth.
Ex-Bain Manager who had already led a network redesign at a listed competitor. Placed after two conversations.
Came from a Tier 1 firm via an in-house strategy role. We had known her for four years before the brief existed.
L.E.K. background with M&A experience on both the buy and the sell side. Hired inside five weeks.
Ex-McKinsey Partner who had run a portfolio operations team. The role was never advertised.
Boutique strategy background, deep TMT. Third person we put forward and the one they hired.
Kearney alumnus who had done the same operating model work in a different sector.
The questions clients ask us most often about retained search, fees and timelines.
C-Suite to Manager level across Strategy, Growth, Transformation, Chief of Staff, Corporate Development, Digital, Data and Analytics, AI, Customer and Sustainability roles, wherever a consulting toolkit is needed.
The majority of our permanent work is retained. Retained search guarantees dedicated focus from our research team and full access to the entire talent pool, not just those actively looking. We also offer exclusive and contingent processes where they suit, and will work with you to determine the right approach.
A retained search typically runs eight weeks from brief to start date. Shortlist candidates start arriving from week two, and we hold a progress meeting at around the two-week mark to calibrate.
Yes, on every retained search. It is the most common reason a good brief fails to attract the right people, and it is far easier to fix before the role goes to market than after.
Comprehensive in-person reference checks as part of the placement stage, plus informal verification through our own network during the search.
We stay in contact with both parties, run a post-placement review and remain available well beyond the start date.
Whether you are looking to fill a permanent role, discuss your career goals, need salary data to benchmark, or want market insights, please get in touch.
