Search overview
The company
- One of the largest food and beverage companies in the world
- With eight $1 billion+ brands and global sales of approximately $25 billion.
The search
Defining the warehousing strategy and driving performance for the function across the globe-focusing on safety-quality-service-accuracy and efficient operations.
Head of Global Transportation and Warehousing to become a valuable member of the GCOE Global Logistics Team. The primary responsibility of the role to define the warehousing strategy and enhance performance on a global scale, with a specific focus on safety, quality, service, accuracy, and operational efficiency.
This involved identifying performance gaps by utilizing both internal and external best practices, leveraging profound subject matter expertise, and guiding and supporting initiatives to address and resolve these gaps across all regions.
S-CAP Tools deployed
- Operational Maturity Assessment
- Cultural Assessment
Mutually agreed Search approach
- Critical success factors and desired future state outcomes
- Competency matrix definition (Technical and Behavioural)
- Designed bespoke evaluation assessment from S-CAP inputs
- Value proposition creation to attract passive candidates.
- Project plan the process, stakeholder accountability, and route to success
Execution
Research & Outreach
- Research into supply chain management practices from central EU and US volume producers
- With a heavy network design in the US, and across borders we put a lens on experience with this level of scope and complexity
- In a very dynamic team, fast-paced team and culture, it was necessary to align our evaluation criteria with the values and “ways of working” already established
- Stress tested three profiles from different industries to agree on NORTH STAR profile
- Presented longlist through a range of data-lead, industry-leading tools and headhunting techniques
- Candidate universe defined – Commenced 4-tier confidential outreach, headhunt & evaluation campaign
Phase 1
Value prop delivered – (Stress test)
Phase 2
Exchange of information under NDA – (Stress test)
Phase 3
Competency interview - – (Stress test)
Phase 4
Behavioural assessment - including cultural fit, leadership style, personality, EQ/IQ
Shortlist delivery of five candidates from within Europe and the US, within the agreed timeframe accompanied by a detailed search report and SWOT analysis for each prospect
Result
- Melium provided client-side support to design and run the internal interview process
- Melium successfully identified and proposed several solutions that would add wider value to the scope
- Providing our client with a well-managed campaign process
- Identified candidate considerations from from companies and industries that would have likely never have been considered
