Faced with the need to replace a poorly performing Paris based finance director, the European subsidiary of a major US textile manufacturer hired a culturally aware and fluent French speaking Global Executive as Senior Director of Finance. He is charged with improving control systems, planning and forecasting techniques along with accurate and improved expenses control and full budgeting requirements. His tasks particularly included rebuilding damaged morale among the team of 25 staff.
So successful and impressive are the results, that we have recently agreed a one year extension of his services to cover European Financial Operations for the Group.

An eastern European white goods company received substantial improvements in sales and marketing technique and performance through the deployment of a Global Executive of German origin as Sales and Marketing Director. Under the sponsorship of the EBRD and the country’s privatisation fund, our executive successfully addressed a wide range of issues – distribution, pricing, exports and sales volumes on a pan-European basis.

A major group of book distribution companies engaged two exceptional Global Executives to review and revitalise the warehousing and distribution systems of the company across two of its major operations. Our executives spent some four months delivering the key assignment tasks which included seeking productivity improvements to yield over £300,000 – more than a three fold return on investment. Process mapping, order procedures, picking sequences and warehousing layouts all featured as major elements of the projects.

Global Executives supplied the Logistics Manager required by a major international firm in the entertainment sector, to instigate significant improvement of its logistics systems and operations in the UK and Holland along with its broader European network.

We provided a Supply Chain Manager to a major European tapes manufacturer. First determining the distribution methods for the UK across three sites, he then successfully re-specified the distribution need and placed it to open tender. Considerable added value accrues with the new system in place following this major project.

A major telecommunications firm has assigned one of our executives to take charge of its many Customer Service needs in the position of Call Centre Manager. The firm is carving out a significant share of UK traffic and needed specialist experienced resource within its extensive call centre. The Global Executive supplied has made a significant improvement in satisfaction ratings and brought in disciplined systems, scripts, training methods and regulatory compliance to provide long term stability.

A major US owned personal care company is currently enjoying the benefits of a Global Marketing Director to refocus its major brand and customer strategy in western Europe. The company is passing through a period of market uncertainty with a major reorganisation in view. Reluctant to replace permanently, an IM is the best solution and is providing continuity in strategic marketing in a specialised fmcg product group.

An international chemicals group based in the UK needed a General Manager to resolve a number of operational issues in its French subsidiaries. A fluent French speaker of English origin, but living in France for many years and thus culturally aware, has delivered much success in rebuilding performance, morale and understanding between the UK parent and its local employees. Profitability is restored, sales, marketing and operational performance is significantly better and financial control and reporting is much enhanced.

A major Housing Association managing more than a 1,000 employees and 25,000 properties needed to re-asses and develop its IT management systems and restore flagging moral/direction loss with its IT staff. Our executive, appointed as IT Director within days of the enquiry and definition of the key tasks, has substantially improved the department’s service profile internally and secured a number of key systems for the Association’s external relations profile, including its emergency care call centre service for elderly tenants.

A Dutch yacht manufacturer enjoyed a 6 month production turnaround following the efforts of the Production Manager we supplied. Simple improvements in day to day control transformed the financial viability of the operations, much inefficiency was eliminated and morale and operational systems reformed.

An international supplier of specialist polymers needed a manufacturing manager to restore its delivery performance. The executive appointed achieved such substantial results for the client and created such confidence in the delivery of performance that he was re-assigned as European operations manager to effect further improvement and to deliver part of the group's world-wide rationalisation programme. Global Executives has now been awarded "first refusal" on all future interim assignments that might arise.

Deployment of a senior procurement executive by a client in the semiconductor industry resulted in tangible savings in excess of £250,000 - a return of nearly 5:1 on the costs of deployment. Future savings from the exercise might well exceed another £600,000 next year. Charged with conducting a full procurement project in supplier performance and with negotiating the annual price review, this success was achieved in just 4 months.

Document production in a major London city law practice needed to be decentralised; no easy task given a team of over 100 to organise, consult and re-assign. A talented executive on our register, with just the right blend of administrative and management experience, completed the task with minimum disruption and the maintenance of morale and productivity over a 12m period.

A major world player in logistics, distribution and airfreight based in northern Europe with an English subsidiary was short of financial control skills. After a Global Executive began work, these constraints turned out to be far more serious than at first thought. The FD left the company after the audit failed and, pending a full time appointment, our executive was required to make an extended commitment.

Following poor performance by the previous incumbent and increasingly complex business development achieved by a Scandinavian telecomms company, a highly experienced executive was urgently needed to develop modern control systems. The Global Executive supplied made a substantial and fully professional contribution to the strategic direction of the company, laying foundations for a full-time role and restored team confidence. The financial benefits proved vital to the reported results for that year. Additionally, team confidence was restored, control systems were secured and considerable stress for the local MD was minimized at this time of rapid expansion.

A large motor components company whose task was to improve the output of a major proportion of its Welsh operations, engaged the services of a Global Executive to produce real improvements in finished stock levels. His 3 month assignment enabled attained sales revenue values to rise by over £300k. Improvements since the assignment ended have continued to generate additional sales units, improving margins at the year-end by more than three times his costs.

In order to establish efficient methodologies in the movement of waste materials around their reprocessing plant, a well known environmental company retained a Global Executive to act as lead manager to develop and apply appropriate incentives, revise plant layouts and materials flows. This short sharp shock treatment added greatly to the company's capacity and its efficiency.

Faced with the need to transfer a sizable chunk of its product portfolio to a major competitor resulting from anti-trust and monopoly law in the US/UK, a well known UK food manufacture successfully used a Global Executive to ensure a smooth extraction and integration of many of its brands.

A large work wear group required a short term managing director to integrate a subsidiary fully and to improve its operational efficiency. The Global Executive supplied had industry experience and succeeded in both tasks particularly in the improvement of key ratios. The executive's involvement continued for some years afterwards.

A British group acquired the assets of two manufacturing companies in eastern France with 110 employees and sales of £55m. Global Executives supplied a general manager to set up administrative and financial controls, improve quality performance, customer and supplier perception. The assignment involved a rapid assessment of employee efficiency, organisational restructure and a 20% headcount reduction.

Unconnected companies in telecommunications supply equipment – one in Wales the other in N. Ireland - received vital assistance from executives supplied by Global Executives. One company was rescued from imminent closure and ultimately sold on as a successful going concern; the other saw its manufacturing facilities improved and its productivity greatly enhanced.

Research is under way into appropriate continental locations for new green field manufacturing facilities for a major US Corporation with European interests. While France is the preferred location, investigations have extended to Germany and Spain. supplied by Global, the senior French speaking Marketing Director will ultimately be deployed to bring the new facility into production.

Deployment of a senior Operations Director for a laminate tubes manufacturer resulted in remarkable plant productivity and efficiency improvements. Another of our executives, a logistics expert, is improving the stores and warehousing systems at the same site.

A significant United Nations sponsored organisation based in Brussels and Sarajevo recruited two executives from our database; a Belgian Information Technology Director and a French Finance Manager. They assisted them for over eighteen months to bring further civilian restructuring and stability to the countries of the former Yugoslavia.