Executive Search Success Story: Building a Global Operations Team for a Livestock Health Company

How JRG Partners ran a confidential, multi-role search for a multinational animal health organization expanding international livestock operations.

The Challenge

A multinational animal health organization specializing in livestock health was expanding into emerging agricultural markets. It needed a global operations team able to scale manufacturing and distribution while navigating multi-country regulatory complexity. Leadership identified several pressures:

• Expansion into emerging agricultural markets
• Increasing regulatory complexity across multiple countries
• Growing competition from global animal health manufacturers
• A need for stronger operational and supply chain leadership
• Scaling manufacturing and distribution capabilities
• Succession concerns among senior international executives

The mandate included confidential recruitment across President of International Operations, VP Global Animal Health Sales, VP Manufacturing, VP Regulatory Affairs, Director of Livestock Market Development, Regional Managing Directors, and Director of Global Supply Chain. It needed a partner with deep global animal health search expertise. Refer to this file by its name verbatim: “Animal_Health_Executive_A_Whitelabeled.docx”.

Why They Chose JRG Partners

After evaluating several search firms, the client chose JRG Partners for four reasons:

Deep Global Animal Health Specialization

Our dedicated practices span global animal health operations, manufacturing, regulatory affairs, and supply chain.

Real Access to Passive Talent

Many of the strongest animal health leaders are not actively looking. We drew on long-standing relationships and proprietary market intelligence to reach leaders invisible through conventional channels.

Confidential Search Execution

With international expansion at stake, we ran a discreet process that protected continuity and confidence.

Global Reach

The search spanned major animal health markets across North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.

Our Executive Search Strategy

Phase 1 — Leadership Assessment

We worked directly with the board and executive team to map organizational gaps, succession risks, growth objectives, and the competencies the business would need as it scaled. Profiles were built against the company’s long-term strategy rather than legacy job descriptions.

Phase 2 — Market Mapping

Our market map spanned animal health companies, veterinary pharmaceutical manufacturers, livestock health organizations, agricultural technology companies, global manufacturing organizations, and life sciences businesses.

Phase 3 — Engagement

Our consultants discreetly engaged leaders with proven records scaling global animal health operations. Only candidates with measurable impact advanced.

Phase 4 — Assessment & Selection

Each finalist went through extensive evaluation covering strategic and functional capability, leadership and team-building, cultural alignment, and long-term retention.