Retained

Middle Market Portfolio Company, VP Finance

Client

A market-leading Private Equity backed pallet management platform focused on transforming the pallet industry, providing reliable, cost effective end-to-end pallet solutions, pallet supply and retrieval, on-site services, and reverse logistics.

Scope

Our client retained Eastward Partners with the desire to locate an executive Finance individual that would drive key initiative analysis, including support M&A, and lead build out of supplementary financial and operational KPI tracking to inform business strategy, bringing various contributors together to achieve a combined goal and also collaborate across all functional areas of the business constructively and efficiently within a fast-paced, highly acquisitive, private equity-backed company.

Solution

Once scope was established and timelines agreed, we agreed upon a retained search campaign. We jointly developed the responsibilities of the role and function, a go-to-market narrative and search toolkit, including job descriptions, scorecards, and livelists. Eastward Partners carefully mapped the market for individuals who fit the exact brief in the Greater Houston area.

Eastward presented 1 shortlist of relevant individuals, each matching core competencies and culture, with a different strength to bring to this newly formed role. Given the opportunity to define a new function for the client, Eastward Partners endeavored to show the client the benefit of each candidates’ respective skills and background.

Result

shortlist

placed candidate

months to conclude project

Eastward Partners successfully appointed a Vice President of Finance in the Greater Houston area. The project cost was managed as a pre-agreed fee relating to the hire prior to placement, with a remained fee paid out upon successful completion and onboarding of the candidate.

The recruitment process was concluded in less than a month and deemed an absolute success.

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