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Heidi Steinberger Human Resource Service

Heidi Steinberger Human Resource Service is a Munich based boutique search and career advisory firm founded in 1998 by Heidi Steinberger. For more than two decades the firm has supported mid sized companies, hidden champions and family owned businesses in Germany and internationally with the search and selection of specialists and leaders across the first, second and third management levels. Combining classical direct search with qualitative career consulting, the firm acts as a trusted first ambassador of each client, ensuring a respectful, transparent and discreet candidate experience. Every mandate starts with an in depth briefing and a jointly crafted position profile, continues with the development of target company lists, proactive outreach and confidential first interviews, and progresses with regular reporting and close coordination. Heidi participates in client interviews, moderates the mutual alignment of expectations, gathers references on request, and remains engaged through offer and contract stages up to onboarding and beyond the probation period. With roots in cross industry and function oriented research, assignments span sales, engineering, operations, HR and controlling, without restricting to a single sector; recent mandates include robotics and sensor systems, intralogistics solutions, industrial automation and ERP driven digital transformation consulting. Clients value professionalism, trust, openness, quality and clear communication, while candidates benefit from practical coaching, profiling and outplacement support that enable sound, sustainable career moves. In tight labor markets the firm prioritizes meticulous preparation and high quality, person to person outreach over mass advertising, leveraging market insight and a long standing network to access scarce talent. Whether the objective is to appoint a key executive or secure a hard to find specialist, Heidi Steinberger brings curiosity, persistence and sound judgment to align skills, values and culture, so that placements deliver measurable, long term business impact.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseTelecommunicationsCloud ComputingTelecom

HQEurasburg, Germany

HMP Executive Search

HMP Executive Search is a specialist search and leadership onboarding partner focused on placing upper and middle management roles with a strong emphasis on values compatibility and cultural fit. As a business unit of DS Group UG based in Aschaffenburg, Germany, the firm supports both Mittelstand companies and international groups across industry, trade, and services. Its core offering spans direct and executive search built on jointly defined requirement profiles and an analysis of the role context, leveraging deep knowledge of sub labor markets and an extensive network to secure integrative leaders with high professional and social competencies. HMP commits to quality with a guarantee to refill the position and resume the search at no fee if a placement does not prove sustainable. Beyond placement, the firm continues as onboard coaches, guiding young professionals and newly hired leaders through the first 100 days to secure traction and acceptance within the existing corporate culture. Senior coaches and business mentors facilitate structured reflection of critical situations through regular in person sessions and interim calls to reinforce impact. The team also provides HR marketing support, developing job ad concepts aligned to the clients corporate identity, advising on media selection and timing, and, if required, publishing searches discreetly under the HMP name; this service is free of agency fees, with clients paying only publisher insertion costs. HMP extends its leadership development reach with keynotes, board conversations, and curated entrepreneur roundtables limited to small groups, addressing topics such as transformation, succession, and cultural change. Managing partner Kornelia Straub Kuri leads the personnel consulting practice and has advised high potentials since 1998, with long standing experience in coaching and systemic organizational consulting, including initiatives to increase the appointment of female leaders. Senior Advisor Dr. Dietmar Straub contributes over 25 years of executive experience from machinery and automotive supplier industries to mentor first level leaders.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseE-commerceLuxury GoodsManagement Consulting

mbm Consulting Partners

mbm Consulting Partners is a German recruitment consultancy and executive search network that helps companies hire specialists and leaders across key industries. The firm positions itself as an advisor to both clients and candidates, emphasizing an equal commitment to accurate role definition, systematic search, and human insight. Its consultants bring first hand industry experience and operate as a collaborative network, allowing an expert in mechanical engineering to team up with an IT specialist when a search requires cross domain expertise, while maintaining a one face to the customer approach. Services span end to end permanent hiring and retained executive search, complemented by aptitude testing and structured interviews designed with the hiring manager to evaluate objective criteria such as career path, experience, qualifications, and application quality, and to ensure only legally compliant, widely accepted assessment methods are used. In addition to classic mandates, mbm offers an Alternative Placement Method, a lean project process that connects employers with highly qualified, change ready professionals identified through direct search, inbound applications, and candidate advisories, particularly when a formal consulting contract is not yet in place or when the best candidate for a vacancy emerges from an adjacent search. The firm recruits white collar professionals and executives for roles in technology and IT services, finance and insurance, chemical and process industries, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, consumer goods including cosmetics and food, eLearning, and healthcare. Typical assignments include commercial and technical leadership, regulatory and quality roles, and sales and marketing functions. Clients benefit from rapid, pragmatic delivery based on a precise search objective, a transparent methodology, and long standing market know how, while candidates gain access to curated vacancies, a job search profile service, and an opt in info letter with tailored opportunities.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceMental Health CareVeterinaryAutomotive

HQMülheim an der Ruhr, Germany

HR-Expertgroup Executive Search & Consulting

HR-Expertgroup Executive Search & Consulting is a German executive search and recruitment partnership that focuses on bringing extraordinary people together for specialist and leadership roles. The firm positions itself as a team of true industry insiders: every partner has decades of hands-on operational leadership experience as a managing director or senior manager in the very markets they serve, which enables precise understanding of client needs, competitive dynamics, and the capabilities that drive long term value. HR-Expertgroup specializes in the direct search and selection of top performers for specialist and executive appointments, combining rigorous market mapping, targeted outreach, and structured evaluation to align skills and personality with the cultural and strategic requirements of each client. In addition to executive and specialist hiring, the company supports career transitions through newplacement and outplacement programs and operates two curated talent communities, the Manager League and the Specialist League, which make proven leaders and in-demand experts more visible to hiring organizations. The firm works across a wide range of sectors including mechanical and plant engineering, industrial automation, chemicals, energy, automotive, packaging, plastics, aerospace, logistics and transport, construction, food and FMCG, retail and luxury, media and print, IT and cybersecurity, medical technology, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and the recycling and circular economy. For employers, HR-Expertgroup provides a high touch, confidential, and results driven search process that reduces risk and time to hire while securing sustainable performance gains. For candidates, the team acts as a trusted partner for both professional and personal development, offering access to curated vacancies and one to one advisory conversations with consultants from their own industry. Quality and authenticity underpin the company ethos, with the objective of delivering durable matches that enhance stability, security, and growth for all parties involved.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentContract StaffingAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseHealthcare AdministrationMental Health CareVeterinary

HUNTING/HER - A division of Stanton Chase

Founded in 2007, HUNTING/HER HR-Partners, a division of Stanton Chase, is Europes leading executive search consultancy focused on advancing women into leadership. The firm helps organizations across industries and sizes achieve measurable gender balance, delivering search mandates for senior management, C-suite, and board roles while also building future pipelines through its curated female talent pool. As part of the global Stanton Chase network, HUNTING/HER combines boutique specialization with the infrastructure, market reach, and sector expertise of a top 10 executive search generalist. With presence in Hamburg, Duesseldorf, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Munich, Basel, Zurich, and a growing footprint in Stockholm, the team partners with clients throughout the DACH region and Nordics. Its approach blends rigorous search and identification with data-driven diversity recruiting, addressing the structural underrepresentation of women in specific management segments and tailoring outreach, assessment, and stakeholder alignment to overcome hidden barriers. Beyond search, HUNTING/HER Career-Partners provides an integrated HR lifecycle offering for women, including onboarding coaching, leadership development, retention programs, and respectful transitions via newplacement and outplacement, complemented by diversity consulting and business coaching for client organizations. The firm publishes regular thought leadership, hosts executive talks, and collaborates with business media to advance the case for diversity performance, translating research evidence into practical hiring roadmaps. Clients value the combination of discretion, speed, and cultural fit, as well as the firms long standing access to trusted networks that have matured over more than 15 years. Whether a mid sized company seeking its first female role models in key functions or a global enterprise scaling inclusive leadership across regions, HUNTING/HER delivers tailored, repeatable solutions that strengthen competitiveness and unlock the full potential of mixed leadership teams.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentTotal Talent MgmtAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseFashion & ApparelFood & BeverageConsumer Electronics

HQZürich, Germany

Höchsmann & Company

Founded in 2000, Hoechsmann & Company GmbH & Co. KG is an owner led boutique executive search and leadership advisory firm with offices in Frankfurt and Duesseldorf, Germany. The firm partners with hidden champions, Mittelstand family businesses, international groups and public institutions to identify, assess and appoint C level and senior management leaders who deliver measurable impact. Its offering combines Executive Search and Board Search with succession planning for entrepreneurs and family businesses, leadership coaching, management assessment and competency management, and structured post hire integration support to ensure rapid effectiveness. Hoechsmann & Company blends direct search with rigorous leadership diagnostics to evaluate track record, leadership style, cultural fit and stakeholder alignment, and to define clear 6 to 12 month success criteria before a hire is finalized. Senior consultants personally lead every mandate, run a disciplined and transparent process, and remain involved beyond contract signature as trusted advisors to turn strong selections into lasting results. Sector strengths include transportation and logistics, machinery and plant engineering, and professional services, while the team also delivers cross functional leadership appointments spanning finance, operations, commercial and technology for industrial and service oriented clients. Recognized by WirtschaftsWoche as one of Germanys best recruitment consultancies in 2025 based on client feedback, the firm operates to the highest ethical and quality standards as a long standing certified member of AESC and an active member of BDU. By working with a limited number of clients per segment, Hoechsmann & Company ensures full market coverage without off limits constraints and provides a confidential, precise and hands on approach that reduces mis hire risk, accelerates onboarding and strengthens leadership teams, while offering senior executives discreet career guidance and long term coaching.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsSupply Chain ManagementFreight ForwardingAirlines & AviationIndustrial MachineryChemical ManufacturingElectrical Engineering

HQFrankfurt, Germany

Kienbaum

Founded in 1945, Kienbaum is a European leadership advisory and talent consulting firm headquartered in Cologne, Germany. The company partners with clients across industries to solve critical people, leadership, and organization challenges. Its core offerings span executive search and interim management for C-suite and senior leaders; permanent recruitment for key specialists and managers; and project-based consulting in organization design, transformation, compensation and benefits, leadership assessment and development, succession, and outplacement. Kienbaum combines decades of sector insight with data-driven diagnostics, proprietary assessment methods, and comprehensive compensation benchmarks to deliver objective, evidence-based recommendations. Its consultants support family-owned Mittelstand companies, private equity portfolio firms, multinationals, and public institutions, aligning leadership and talent strategies with business goals such as growth, digitalization, and international expansion. The firm is recognized for its ability to run complex, cross-border searches and to build diverse slates, emphasizing inclusion, compliance, and long-term fit. Beyond placement, Kienbaum designs governance and operating models, advises on reward architecture and pay equity, and equips leaders through coaching and development programs, ensuring measurable impact from strategy through execution. With teams located across major German cities and an international network spanning Europe and beyond, Kienbaum provides local expertise with a global perspective and a single standard of quality. Its collaborative approach brings together senior partners and specialized researchers, rigorous market mapping, and transparent communication to reduce time-to-hire and risk while strengthening employer brands. Clients value the firm for discretion, accountability, and a relationship-driven ethos that prioritizes sustainable outcomes for organizations and the people who lead them.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseFinTechSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurity

HQBerlin, Germany

HSH + S Headhunter

Founded in 1994, HSH+S Headhunter Germany is a retained executive search firm dedicated to helping German and DACH industrial companies secure leaders who drive technological change. Serving CEOs, CXOs, shareholders, investors, and supervisory boards of international mid sized businesses and hidden champions, the firm focuses on management roles in engineering, technology, and sales, from C level and managing directors to division heads, sales directors, team leads, and key specialists. With roots in industry since 1990, HSH+S brings deep expertise across mechanical and plant engineering, electrical engineering and I&C, industrial automation, process optimization, and digitalization aligned with Industry 4.0. Its search methodology blends goal oriented research, rigorous assessments, reference analyses, and careful evaluation of motivation, professional competence, and leadership potential. Acting as bridge builders, the consultants position themselves as a trusted, independent partner to both leadership and HR, providing a fast, discreet process and clear recommendations while avoiding conflicts by serving no more than three clients per industry. The practice supports clients that develop, manufacture, and distribute machines and equipment, components and systems, materials and software, and also works in medical technology, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, FMCG, and intralogistics. Known for pursuing entrepreneurial, results driven candidates rather than administrators, HSH+S helps clients turn complexity into competitive advantage by strengthening leadership, automating manufacturing, and improving processes from development and production through supply chain, sales, and service. Led by founder Alexander, whose background spans engineering studies at KIT Karlsruhe, an industry traineeship in the USA, and business administration in Mannheim followed by product management, international executive assistance, turnaround leadership, and marketing and sales head roles, the team understands both shop floor reality and board level priorities. Since 2004 the firm reports a placement rate above 95 percent, reflecting its disciplined, tailored search projects in Germany and beyond.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseCloud ComputingTelecomHospital & Health Care (Nursing)

HQHesse, Germany

INSEMACO® Recruiting & Executive Search Consultants

INSEMACO Recruiting & Executive Search Consultants is a German headquartered partner for leadership hiring and interim management within The First Advisory & Ethics Group, connecting top experts and executives with organizations across the DACH region and worldwide. From its base in Solingen-Grafrath, the firm delivers retained executive search, interim experts and management, and permanent recruiting, complemented by AI supported HR services. INSEMACO supports the full talent lifecycle with diagnostics and assessment, onboarding, outplacement, and a distinctive Personal Expert & Leader Branding offering that helps executives and specialists sharpen their positioning, visibility, and communication. Through its Executive Lounge it curates and presents pre evaluated top candidates for critical leadership roles and transformation programs. Clients benefit from deep sector and functional coverage spanning general and executive management, finance and controlling, sales and service, HR and legal, technology and engineering, production, logistics, marketing, and real estate and construction. Industry strengths include manufacturing and engineering, technology and telecoms, consumer goods, financial services, transportation and logistics, healthcare, and the public sector, with long standing experience serving family businesses, mid sized champions, and international groups. As part of a global alliance and network, the group provides access to more than 55 offices in over 40 countries and a community of about 350 executive consultants, enabling cross border searches and interim appointments at speed and scale. Searches follow a rigorous, transparent process from scoping and role design through direct approach headhunting, structured interviews, evidence based diagnostics, and reference validation, with a strong emphasis on ethics, confidentiality, and candidate experience. INSEMACO also advises boards and owners on succession, assembles interim project teams to bridge leadership gaps or accelerate change, and offers career counseling and application guidance to senior candidates. The blend of executive search accuracy, interim agility, and tailored HR services makes INSEMACO a comprehensive partner for mission critical hiring and measurable hiring success.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentContract StaffingAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseCloud ComputingTelecomHospital & Health Care (Nursing)

Jobrecruiting

Jobrecruiting is a boutique German search and recruitment practice led by Dr.-Ing. Volker Helbig that focuses on the placement of sales professionals and leaders across all levels and industries, with a particularly strong track record in Mittelstand manufacturing, engineering, and technology-driven environments. Operating with a nationwide network of contacts, the firm concentrates on executive and management search as well as specialist sales recruitment, and complements these core services with project-based mandates supporting company succession, including the structured identification and vetting of suitable buyers such as established entrepreneurs and investors in close cooperation with a network of lawyers, auditors, and tax advisors. Jobrecruiting works to clearly defined, market-aligned fees of 25 to 35 percent of gross annual salary including agreed bonuses, with payment typically split between project initiation and the signing of the employment contract, and it does not require exclusivity, choosing instead to compete transparently in the open market. For candidates listed as frei verfuegbare Fachkraefte, the firm offers a simplified fee model of one monthly salary for BVMW members or two monthly salaries otherwise. Its methodology begins with a detailed role briefing to refine requirements, followed by targeted research across an internal candidate pool, direct outreach to network contacts, personal referrals, and a proprietary algorithm used for sourcing via social networks. Applications are pre-screened, a client-specific question set can be administered, interviews are coordinated, and participation in client interviews is available on request, with continual feedback loops to sharpen the search. The firm has successfully filled roles such as Bereichsleiter Kabelkonfektionierung, Geschaeftsfuehrer (including an overseas mandate in the USA), Vertriebsleiter, Vertriebsingenieur for CNC machine tools, and technical sales positions, with time-to-hire ranging from two to ten months and client testimonials from companies such as Aufzugbau Dresden GmbH and Feingeratebau K. Fischer GmbH highlighting fast, high-quality shortlists and professional delivery. By combining hands-on expertise in sales and leadership hiring with engineering-savvy searches in precision measurement and electronics, Jobrecruiting provides pragmatic, reliable recruiting solutions for SMEs across Germany.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtSOW/ProjectsAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseCybersecurityData ScienceIT Infrastructure

HQSaxony, Germany

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