Case Studies

I joined 1st Executive in 2013 as a senior consultant after 7 years corporate and business development experience with two large global recruiters. The hiring process was exceptionally comprehensive and  I was given tangible examples of how other people had progressed through the business, a clear two-year plan for my role and how it would affect the business and complete tr...

The BackgroundA four year old corporate procurement function leading all areas of indirect spend in a highly decentralised organisation where the awareness of corporate procurement at market level was poor and where savings were behind projection. Our brief was to find a new VP of Procurement who had a strong background across indirect in a multi brand consumer goods environ...

The BackgroundAvon is an international manufacturer and direct sales organisation operating in the beauty, household and personal care categories.  It had procurement and supply chain hubs in the US and the UK with a large logistics and operations hub in Poland. Having been through a transitioning period, the company had sold off its North American business and the global HQ...

The BackgroundCRH is an international building materials company which had been undertaking a wholesale transformation of its global procurement function leading to a high volume of new positions across both directs and indirects. We were tasked to run an initial campaign to deliver 12 roles against a very tight time frame. Our Approach There were some core challenges which ...

The BackgroundWe were approached by the CPO of Revlon to assist with a recruitment campaign for two senior procurement roles after a local US search firm had failed to deliver.Our Approach We identified best in class organisations who had candidates that would match Revlon’s desired profile. After a thorough mapping exercise, it became clear that the organisations which had ...

The BackgroundOur relationship with BP goes back to 2005 when we won the tender for indirect procurement contract recruitment. Our ongoing success, depth of knowledge and the relationships we developed since then has led to our appointment onto the PSLs for every area of procurement and supply chain recruitment for both temporary and permanent appointments. Our ApproachIt’s ...

The BackgroundThis global life sciences company is split into three areas, pharmaceuticals, vaccines and consumer healthcare and won the tender to be appointed onto the preferred supplier list back in 2011. Our ApproachWe work through the MSP and have been instrumental in driving change to better engage second tier suppliers with spotlight calls and weekly review calls with ...

The BackgroundThe MSTAR framework is a national framework for the provision of managed temporary agency resourcing services to local authorities, schools and academies, emergency services, registered charities and other wider public sector organisations throughout the UK.  We are a fully vetted and approved supplier on this framework and deliver into 23 of the 30 London boro...

The BackgroundValue Retail is a family owned company which creates and manages luxury shopping outlet destinations. There are 16 sites across the world including Bicester Village – the 2nd biggest foreign tourist attraction after Buckingham Palace. Investors brought in a CPO and following a due diligence exercise approached 1st Executive in order to staff a lean procurement ...

The BackgroundFollowing the appointment of Inmarsat’s first Global VP of Procurement, and based on our proven track record of delivery across a number of her previous leadership roles, we were engaged to lead the delivery of a complex programme of recruitment in order to drive the growth of a new procurement organisation in a ‘Brownfield’ environment.  A clearly defined stra...