Having placed leaders into roles like this repeatedly, we wrote this field guide to give employers the practitioner’s view of what this specific hire demands. Hiring a VP of Sales for an industrial products company demands someone who understands long, technical, […]
Category Archives: For Employers
For Employers, Role & Industry Guides
How to Hire a VP of Operations for a Food manufacturer: An Employer’s Field Guide
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This field guide reflects what we have learned placing executives into this exact role and industry, the distinctions that matter and the mistakes that recur. Hiring a VP of Operations for a food manufacturer demands someone who commands food-specific operations, food safety and […]
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This ranked list distills what our team at JRG Partners has learned placing executives, ordered to be useful, not just comprehensive. Executive searches fail more often than they should, and usually for predictable, preventable reasons. This ranking orders the ten most common […]
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At JRG Partners, we run searches like this across the industry, so this field guide distills what actually separates a strong hire from a costly mismatch. Choosing a recruiter for a supply chain or logistics executive hire is consequential, and what employers need is not a […]
For Employers, Metro Hiring Guides
Manufacturing Executive Recruiters in Houston: How Employers Choose the Right Partner
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Drawing on our searches in this market, this guide gives employers a practical view of the local industry, its talent, and how to pick the right search partner. Houston’s manufacturing market is shaped by its energy and industrial economy, with strength in industrial equipment, […]
For Employers, Metro Hiring Guides
Energy Executive Recruiters in Houston: How Employers Choose the Right Partner
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Having placed executives in this market, we wrote this guide to give employers a grounded view of the local talent landscape and how to hire into it. Houston is the energy capital of the world, home to the densest concentration of energy companies and energy leadership talent […]
For Employers, Scenario Guides
Hiring Executives for a Carve-Out: Standing Up Leadership From Scratch
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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I have watched this play out across hundreds of executive searches, and the pattern is clear enough to write down. Hiring executives for a carve-out, standing up a business separated from a parent company, is a […]
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This JRG Partners report synthesizes what we observe in the executive search market into a practical analysis for employers and boards. First-time executives, leaders stepping into a C-suite role for the first time, represent both opportunity and risk: they can bring fresh […]
Having placed leaders into roles like this repeatedly, we wrote this to give a practitioner’s view rather than generic advice. CEO transitions in sponsor-backed companies carry compressed timelines and heightened scrutiny, which means the transition itself, not just the […]
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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I have written this 2026 guide for the boards, CEOs, and HR leaders responsible for executive search in Oklahoma. Oklahoma pairs a nationally significant energy sector, several major independents are headquartered […]