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d consult

Founded in 1987, d consult is a German executive search and recruitment boutique that specializes in active sourcing to fill hard to staff positions for mid sized companies. The firm has built long standing client relationships by combining reliability, quality and measurable outcomes with a pragmatic, hands on approach grounded in real industry experience. Its consultants have held leadership roles in sectors such as automotive, wood products, medical technology, and machinery and plant engineering, which equips them with strong diagnostic capability and credible dialogue with both clients and candidates. d consults proprietary IQS method structures each mandate end to end, beginning with an in depth briefing and profile analysis that clarifies role scope, competencies, motivation drivers, and cultural context. Findings are distilled into a comprehensive position dossier defining essential and differentiating criteria. A tailored search strategy then maps target geographies and adjacent industries, and researchers proactively identify and approach largely passive candidates across all relevant channels, including internet research, telephone outreach, trade fairs, conferences and publications. Interested and suitable individuals are interviewed by the responsible consultant first by phone and then in person at the candidates location to validate expertise, motivation and fit. Only handpicked shortlists are presented, with transparent status updates throughout and, on request, personality profiling tools to align candidate attributes to situational requirements. The approach consistently reduces time to hire and the risk of mis hire, supporting a favorable total cost of ownership for clients. Whether the need is for seasoned leaders, functional experts or scarce niche specialists, d consult applies disciplined direct search to secure people who contribute to stability and long term success, operating nationwide and serving clients in German and English with discretion, persistence and a collaborative team ethos.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentPayrolling/EORAutomotiveAerospaceDefensePharmaceuticalsBiotechnologyMedical Devices

HQDüsseldorf, Germany

Daniela Lucas Personalberatung

Daniela Lucas Personalberatung represents the Executive Services Group in Muenchen, Germanys leading growth region, and has supported responsible companies since 2003 in identifying and securing technical leaders and specialized engineers. Working across all hierarchy levels, from technical managing directors to young engineers, the team blends discreet direct search, rigorous process handling, and balanced advocacy for both clients and candidates to achieve durable, high quality placements. As part of an entrepreneur led network of independent consultancies with locations across Germany, the practice benefits from shared knowledge, national reach, and an extensive candidate community while maintaining senior, local ownership of every mandate. Its domain focus mirrors the industrial backbone and public institutions of southern Germany: construction, electrical engineering and electronics, mechatronics and automation, energy and environmental technology, plastics engineering, machinery and plant engineering, automotive and vehicle technology, as well as the Oeffentlicher Dienst and Universitaeten and universities of applied sciences. Beyond classic retained executive search for technical and commercial leadership roles, the Muenchen office conducts tailored projects such as structured Berufungsverfahren fuer Professoren and applies INSIGHTS MDI based personality analysis to align cultural fit, soft skills, and leadership potential with organizational needs. Hallmarks of the approach include confidential market mapping, targeted outreach to passive candidates, competency and personality assessment, and close guidance of both sides through decision and onboarding. Clients value deep technical fluency, long standing relationships in specialist talent communities, and the ability to craft a compelling and accurate narrative about the role and employer brand. For candidates, the consultancy offers honest feedback, preparation, and access to opportunities that are seldom public. The result is a pragmatic, people centered search partnership dedicated to sustainable placements that endure beyond the first 100 days and create measurable impact for companies and careers alike.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseLaw EnforcementMilitary & DefenseEducation Administration

HQHaar, Germany

Gallmond GmbH

Gallmond GmbH is a Leipzig based IT recruitment and headhunting firm specialized in cyber security, IT infrastructure, and engineering. From its office at Dittrichring 15, 04109 Leipzig, the company partners with Mittelstand, scale ups, and enterprise clients to reduce time to hire for critical roles, frequently filling positions in about 28 to 45 days and maintaining a high placement success rate reported at around 95 percent. Gallmond combines experienced consultants with AI assisted search and a structured four phase process covering requirement analysis, active sourcing and direct search, multi stage qualification with technical assessments and DISC (DISG) profiling, and hands on support through interviews, offer, and onboarding. The team focuses on passive talent across Germany and the DACH region, leveraging a curated network of 14,000 to 15,000 specialists and community presence at security events to reach CISOs, security architects, SOC analysts, penetration testers, GRC managers, cloud architects for AWS and Azure, DevSecOps and Kubernetes engineers, network administrators, mechanical and OT security engineers, and other scarce profiles. Beyond matching, Gallmond offers strategy advice on the search approach, builds efficient recruiting processes, conducts reference and compliance checks, provides DISC personality assessments, and stays engaged with structured onboarding and active retention management, supported by a three month replacement guarantee. Clients cite consistent delivery of relevant shortlists, a single point of contact, and discrete outreach that reactivates hard to reach candidates. With a clear specialization in cyber and infrastructure domains and fluency in the language of engineers, Gallmond enables companies to mitigate vacancy costs, accelerate project timelines, and secure sustainable team fit through personality informed selection and rigorous quality control.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtRPOSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceDefenseConsumer Goods ManufacturingIndustrial Machinery

HQLeipzig, Germany

Freund HRC

Freund HRC is a Germany based headhunting and human resources consulting firm headquartered in Erfurt, Thuringia, that has supported companies for more than 30 years with the discreet direct search of specialists, engineers, and executives. Operating across Germany and internationally, the firm focuses on value creating industrial sectors as well as public services, combining deep technical insight with a partnership approach to fill key roles sustainably. Its engineers for engineers model ensures that consultants speak the language of customers in fields such as mechanical and plant engineering, EMSR and automation, future technologies including new mobility, aerospace, fuel cells and hydrogen, laser and photonics, as well as hard and software related disciplines. Beyond manufacturing and technology, Freund HRC recruits for public utilities and infrastructure providers, municipal services, and technical functions within public administration, and it supports construction industry needs across civil, structural, road, and bridge building. Assignments span first and second line management, middle management, and senior leadership, and also include W2 and W3 professorships in cooperation with universities where companies and academia intersect. The firm also covers 3PL and 4PL logistics roles in operations, quality, controlling, and sales, and it is experienced in sourcing international talent, including skilled workers and apprentices from Vietnam, to help clients address structural talent shortages. Core services include executive and direct search for permanent placements, coupled with problem oriented collaboration projects that align external experts with client challenges. Each mandate is delivered as an equal partnership in the candidate, advisor, and enterprise triangle, emphasizing market mapping, targeted outreach, rigorous assessment, and transparent communication. Known for reliability, discretion, and persistence, Freund HRC aims to deliver hiring excellence by aligning role requirements with personality and performance, helping customers bring the right people into the right positions and enabling long term business success.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseEnvironmental ServicesWater ManagementUtilities

HQErfurt, Germany

GEJOBA Personalberatung

GEJOBA Personalberatung is a specialist recruitment consultancy focused on filling technically demanding and time critical roles for industrial clients. Acting with discretion and reliability, the firm combines deep industry know how, an international network, and a hands on approach to support both specialist and leadership hiring. GEJOBA engages candidates through active, professional direct approach, presents clients as attractive employers, and delivers authentic candidate profiles via GDPR compliant online access to its database. With more than 30 years of practical experience in complex technologies, the team has a proven track record across electrical engineering, automation, electronics, Industry 4.0, measurement and controls technology, analytical instrumentation, special mechanical engineering, IT, and production technologies, serving target markets that include power engineering. The firm recruits across the full business value chain, frequently covering research and development, product and project management, sales, service, quality control, finance and controlling, human resources, purchasing, and marketing. GEJOBA works in close partnership with HR, hiring managers, and executive stakeholders to fully understand requirements, ensure cultural and technical fit, and streamline selection so clients meet only the best matched candidates. Engagements are tailored with transparent and fair fee models, and the process is designed for clarity, speed, and candidate care. GEJOBA also enables secure and efficient remote recruiting by organizing video and phone interviews, ensuring continuity of hiring while safeguarding all participants. Throughout every search, the consultancy emphasizes authenticity, trust, and mutual confidence, aligning its methodology to client needs and market realities. Whether the brief calls for a highly specialized expert or a seasoned leader, GEJOBA leverages its sector expertise, market insight, and network to deliver results and long term value for clients and candidates alike.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentPayrolling/EORAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseTelecommunicationsCloud ComputingTelecom

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

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

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

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

Meyer und Söhne

Founded in 2009 by Marcus Meyer together with his sons, Meyer & Soehne is regarded as one of Germanys most renowned executive search consultancies. Led by six experienced partners and supported by a first class in house research team, the firm focuses on the direct search and selection of leaders for the top two management tiers as well as appointments to supervisory and advisory bodies. Meyer & Soehne combines rigorous research, modern search technology, and a deep network to identify candidates who align not only on experience and results but also on culture and leadership style, which they view as decisive for sustainable client success. While the consultants serve clients across a range of sectors, they feel particularly at home in the producing industries, including automotive and industrial machinery, chemicals, electrical engineering, and industrial automation. Beyond executive search, the firm offers executive development services that strengthen decision quality and performance, such as structured assessment of internal and external managers and tailored coaching that supports onboarding, transition, and succession. As the exclusive German partner of the ECI GROUP, one of the oldest networks in the search profession, Meyer & Soehne enables its clients to fill key positions consistently across borders, maintaining the same quality standards internationally as in the domestic market. The firms philosophy is grounded in humanistic and ethical values and an authentic passion for engaging with leaders who have made a difference. This approach, paired with discretion, persistence, and transparent communication, has established Meyer & Soehne as a trusted long term advisor to mid sized hidden champions and larger enterprises alike. Headquartered in Bocholt with additional locations in Germany, the team delivers a high touch, partner led service model and upholds strong data protection practices throughout every engagement to safeguard the interests of clients and candidates.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseElectrical EngineeringIndustrial AutomationSenior Executives

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