Search overview
The company
- Market-leading logistics provider with over 100 strategic locations nationwide
- 14,000+ employees- offering a full range of supply chain solutions to anywhere in the world via air, overland or sea.
- One of the most successful contract logistics operations.
- Responsible for the distribution of some of the world's most popular brands.
The search
European and Country-level reorganisation, transformation strategy, and roadmap for operational effectiveness and growth and market share penetration.
S-CAP Tools deployed
- Research and Data
- Diversity Metric
- 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 operational excellence programs within substantial volume manufacturing firms with their own logistics capabilities.
- Research into 3PL and contract logistics providers with established Operational Excellence (OPEX) programs
- Research into “Transformation maturity” in the above examples
Evaluation
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 six candidates within the agreed timeframe accompanied by a detailed search report and SWOT analysis for each prospect
Result
Melium provided several solutions, however, there was one clear standout prospect. From one single candidate introduced into the formal client-side process, it was a unanimous decision from the board, to complete the search and secure that individual to drive the transformation.