Two Steps to Operational Leader

Corporate Development Director

Zurich / Switzerland

The Challenge

A career in Strategy Consulting had given our candidate the toolkit needed to perform transformation at scale, but now they wanted to prove their capability in an operational role. Without hands-on operational experience this move could have proved a difficult transition, so they needed to join a group which could see their potential as a future leader.

Our Input

Recommended

a two-stage career path. One move to a Corporate Development team, then the second move (after 2 years) into an Operational Leadership role

Focussed

the candidate on bringing out their end-to-end project experience

Introduced

the candidate to an industrial market leader who utilises their corporate development team as a talent pipeline

Candidate Impact

Developed

change strategy for an industrial giant

Implemented

the strategy in an Operational Leadership role

Managed

a national P&L and budget

CANDIDATE WE PLACED

Engagement Manager / Tier 1 Strategy GroupPhD - Chemistry and Business
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Master of Business Administration
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First role outside consulting

CLIENT WE HELPED

Industrial Giant - Switzerland50,000+ staff
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Internal talent pipeline strategy for operational roles

“Building a network and the trust from the outset was the path to the leadership role that I really wanted, and the strategy and patience paid off”

the candidate

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