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etec Consult

etec Consult GmbH is a specialist executive search and leadership recruitment partner for the German Mittelstand and numerous hidden champions, focused on placing national and international specialist and leadership roles. With deep sector expertise in smart factory solutions, automation, electrical engineering, measurement and control technology, mechanical and plant engineering, building technology, and life sciences, the firm delivers value through targeted, research-driven headhunting and a rigorous, transparent process. etec Consult operates an Executive Search Center dedicated to C-level and senior management assignments and has a broad track record across CEO, CDO, COO, CTO, CSO, CFO, CHRO, and CMO roles, as well as second-line leadership in sales, marketing, R&D, engineering, operations, supply chain management, logistics, and core corporate functions. The consultancy combines precise requirements analysis, direct approach, and structured evaluation to secure long-term leadership fit, including a strong capability to appoint female leaders in technically oriented environments. Internationally, etec Consult supports client growth across Germany and Western Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia, and Eastern Europe, leveraging a global network of more than 30,000 contacts built through a three-digit number of successful projects on three continents in over 60 countries. Its consultants act as entrepreneurial peers for owners and executives, aligning search strategies with market dynamics in industrial and technology segments and maintaining close, ongoing communication throughout each mandate. From mid-sized market leaders to globally active technology firms, clients rely on etec Consult for discreet, precise, and culturally aligned executive and senior specialist appointments that accelerate transformation, safeguard delivery capability, and enable sustainable growth across international markets.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsAutomotiveAerospaceDefensePharmaceuticalsBiotechnologyMedical Devices

HQWettenberg, Germany

expert careers

expert careers is a boutique German recruitment consultancy dedicated to the machinery, electrical engineering, and industrial automation sectors, serving Mittelstand manufacturers and industrial groups with precision hiring. The firm focuses exclusively on permanent recruitment and executive search for technical specialists and leaders, bringing deep insider knowledge to every mandate because each consultant has held senior roles in the very industries they support. This practitioner-led approach allows the team to understand both the operational realities of clients and the career aspirations of candidates, creating what they call a DNA match that aligns personality, competencies, achievements, and cultural fit. Their structured three-step method combines coaching, performance, and matchmaking: candidates receive honest, peer-level guidance, sharpened application materials that highlight measurable impact, and a meticulous fit assessment against the target company. The result is long-term outcomes, evidenced by a 100 percent candidate recommendation rate and 95 percent of placements lasting longer than five years. expert careers partners widely across the machinery value chain, including drive technology, machine tools, components (pneumatics and hydraulics), automation and robotics, IoT and Industry 4.0, electrical engineering, special purpose machinery, plant engineering, tool and mold making, plastics, optics, ultrasound, automotive supply, and defense technologies. Hidden champions trust the firm for confidential, targeted search and direct approach across sales, engineering, project management, and international leadership roles. The team is led by owner Rolf Bleisteiner and senior partners including Stefan Lehn, Ulf Grether, Jens Hammerschmidt, Frank Schrader, Stephan Regentin, and Volker Goebel, each with defined domain strengths such as automation, robotics, drive systems, IoT, electrical and process engineering, and special machinery. Beyond search, candidates benefit from career coaching, interview preparation, and CV optimization, while clients gain access to a cultivated network reinforced by ongoing trade fair presence and collaboration with academic partners such as TU Darmstadt. Above all, expert careers is known for listening closely, investing time before any ROI, and delivering precisely matched, sustainable hires.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtSOW/ProjectsAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseCybersecurityData ScienceIT Infrastructure

HQGermany, Germany

AIMS International Germany

AIMS International Germany is the German partner within a global network dedicated to executive search and leadership consulting, supporting organizations with mission critical appointments across the DACH region and beyond. Working with Mittelstand champions, listed corporations, and scale ups, the team focuses on senior management and board roles and applies a research led, assessment driven methodology to identify and attract leaders who combine proven results with cultural alignment and future potential. Consultants bring strong functional expertise across general management, finance, operations, sales and marketing, technology, and human resources, and align this with deep sector knowledge in manufacturing and engineering, technology and digital, and healthcare and life sciences. Core offerings include retained executive search for permanent leadership hires, interim management solutions for transformation and continuity needs, and project based services such as talent mapping, succession planning, and leadership assessment. Clients value the firm for transparent process management, rigorous market intelligence, careful candidate care, and a partnership mindset oriented to long term outcomes, succession readiness, and diversity and inclusion. Leveraging a collaborative international partnership, AIMS International Germany delivers seamless cross border searches and multi country talent projects, ensuring consistent quality while adapting to local market specifics and regulatory requirements, including strict data privacy and GDPR compliance. With discreet outreach, structured interviews, psychometric tools where appropriate, and thorough reference validation, the team reduces hiring risk and accelerates time to impact. Whether appointing a CEO to lead strategic renewal, a CTO to drive digital product innovation, or an interim operations leader to stabilize supply chains, AIMS International Germany helps clients secure leaders who can execute strategy, build resilient teams, and deliver sustainable growth.

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

HQGermany, Germany

ARSAN International Consulting Group

ARSAN International Consulting Group is a cross border executive search and professional placement partner that helps world class companies hire world class talent across the United States and Mexico. Positioned as expert one on one career matchmakers, the firm focuses on bilingual and bicultural executive and professional leaders who align with each clients values, culture, and performance expectations. Backed by more than 30 years of experience in HR, finance, operations, and C suite management for top global companies, ARSAN serves a wide spectrum of manufacturing led industries including automotive, aerospace and defense, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, consumer electronics, chemicals, food and beverage, textiles, construction materials, heavy equipment, and oil and gas manufacturing. Typical mandates span C suite leaders, board directors, plant managers, and functional managers and professionals, with a stated emphasis on confidentiality, transparency, and high ethical standards. In addition to executive search and talent acquisition, ARSAN offers nearshoring support that provides immediate access to skilled professionals in Mexico to accelerate project execution and reduce costs while maintaining quality and collaboration. The firm also delivers corporate retreats and interactive team building experiences that use experiential learning to strengthen collaboration and innovation, as well as individual coaching and corporate mentorship programs that advance leadership development. Clients range from high growth firms to Fortune 100 and 500 companies, including complex, multicultural, multi plant organizations operating across the USA, Mexico, Europe, and Asia. Drawing on deep market insight and a best practice, excellence based approach, ARSAN is committed to timely delivery and a high placement success rate, positioning clients to build resilient, high performing leadership teams that can drive results in competitive, dynamic markets.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseHealthcare AdministrationMental Health CareVeterinary

HQGermany, Germany

arvea

Arvea GmbH is a private recruitment, headhunting, and consulting agency that focuses on permanent placements rather than temporary staffing. Headquartered in Elsdorf with an additional office presence in Aachen, the firm serves employers and candidates across North Rhine Westphalia including Aachen, Duren, Monchengladbach, the Rhein Erft and Rhein Sieg regions, Cologne Bonn, Leverkusen, Dusseldorf, Krefeld, Neuss, Solingen, Remscheid, and Wuppertal, and also operates nationwide in Germany as well as in the DACH region, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Arvea covers commercial, industrial, and IT roles and works with SMEs and larger companies. Its Match Day process begins with consulting to understand each client organization and role requirements, followed by optimizing and publishing vacancies across up to 100 job portals worldwide and promoting them on social media. The team runs targeted active sourcing to approach top talent directly, then manages structured screening, selection, and shortlisting so that clients see only the most suitable candidates. A dedicated candidate manager guides applicants through interviews and keeps them informed. Pricing is transparent and risk sharing: a modest sourcing and advertising fee is fully credited against a success based placement fee typically equal to one to three gross monthly salaries, invoiced in three stages at contract signature, after three months, and after six months, with later installments waived if the employment ends early. Arvea maintains its own job portal and a broad talent pool spanning IT and telecommunications, automotive and manufacturing, chemicals and pharma, finance and insurance, healthcare and social care, logistics and transport, real estate and facility management, retail and consumer goods, marketing and PR, law and tax, culture and events, and skilled trades. Services for candidates are free, and a single application can reach multiple employers. In addition to recruitment, arvea advises companies on commercial rooftop photovoltaic options, from leasing to investors to own investment, to lower energy costs and support sustainability goals.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtRPOSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceElectrical EngineeringIndustrial AutomationHospital & Health Care (Nursing)

HQAachen, Germany

Becker + Partner

Becker + Partner is a German executive search and personnel consulting firm dedicated to the sustainable placement of key experts, specialists, and leaders for the mittelstand across industry and services. Founded in 2002, the firm operates nationwide with regional consultants active in major hubs including Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Munich, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Munster, Hamburg, Dresden, and Berlin, combining local presence with national reach. Its core services cover executive search with direct approach headhunting, permanent recruitment for specialist and management roles, and interim management assignments to bridge leadership or capability gaps. Complementary offerings include job advertisement marketing to increase reach and response quality, candidate evaluation and assessment, succession advisory for owner and management transitions, and management consulting grounded in hands on industry experience. The consultants at Becker + Partner draw on successful careers in sectors such as automotive, mechanical engineering, plastics, and electrical industries, enabling precise role scoping, systematic research, and confident engagement with target candidates. The firm has been repeatedly recognized as a Top Consultant and was ranked first in the Wirtschafts Woche study Beste Mittelstandsdienstleister in the Personnel Consulting category in multiple years, including 2026, underscoring consistent client satisfaction and delivery quality. Client references span medium sized champions and international groups in manufacturing and engineering, energy and utilities, and transportation and logistics, reflecting breadth across industrial machinery, automation, chemicals, building materials, renewable energy, and supply chain operations. Becker + Partner emphasizes partnership, transparency, and discretion, aligning closely with client culture and long term objectives to ensure lasting appointments that secure future performance. With a robust network, clear process governance, and an ethically anchored approach, the firm mobilizes targeted market mapping, professional outreach, and thorough selection to deliver shortlists quickly and responsibly, ensuring the right fit from shopfloor adjacent technical specialists through senior management up to C level leadership.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseUtilitiesSupply Chain ManagementFreight Forwarding

HQBensheim, Germany

Dr. Richter Heidelberger

Dr. Richter Heidelberger is a leading German personnel and strategy consultancy focused on high caliber executive search and leadership recruiting. From its base in Heidelberg and as part of the QUESTAX Group, the firm combines boutique advisory depth with the scale and agility of a nationwide talent platform. Clients gain the benefit of an exclusive in house research and recruiting team that partners closely with senior consultants to map markets, identify target candidates, and run rigorous, transparent processes tailored to each mandate. The collaboration with QUESTAX expands reach across IT and engineering domains and gives access to a database of more than 95,000 candidates while complementing permanent and executive search with group capabilities in contracting. The firm operates with a client friendly fixed fee model, avoiding hidden costs and aligning delivery to C level, senior leadership, and expert team appointments. Recent success stories shared publicly include the placement of a Vice President Intellectual Property, a Chief Sustainability Officer for a machinery and plant engineering company in Bavaria, and a site leader for a leading family owned business in Baden Wuerttemberg, underscoring strengths in industrial machinery, engineering, and technology enabled roles. To support international expansion, the company partners in Poland with Zbigniew Brinken of HEZARG to help German clients recruit top executives for the Polish market. Recognized among the Top 85 Personalberatungen 2024 by the SZ Institut and INNOFACT, the firm adheres to the BDU GoPB standards for qualified executive search. Under the leadership of Managing Partner Jan Eike Schumacher, with founders Dr. Hans Joachim Richter and Michael Heidelberger continuing as executive partners, Dr. Richter Heidelberger delivers discrete, precise, and timely search outcomes that create lasting value for both clients and candidates.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentContract StaffingAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseCybersecurityData ScienceIT Infrastructure

HQHeidelberg, Germany

Ceres

CeresRecruitment is a specialist recruitment consultancy focused exclusively on the food and agriculture sector, connecting selected people with employers across the entire agri food value chain. Operating from Germany with integrated teams in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy and Poland, the company combines local market knowledge with cross border collaboration to deliver high quality search and selection. CeresRecruitment supports clients from initial role analysis through to contract signing and is trusted for transparent, GDPR compliant communication, industry experienced consultants, a far reaching agri food network, and modern marketing and search techniques. The firm recruits qualified specialists and managers for permanent positions and also covers interim assignments, while dedicated executive search capabilities address leadership and board level needs. Typical assignments span primary production, horticulture, animal nutrition, genetics and breeding, crop inputs, food processing and manufacturing, quality and operations, commercial and business development, and related supply chain functions. With an active international vacancy portfolio, strong success ratios and a multi country presence, CeresRecruitment focuses on creating the perfect match that enables both candidates and employers to reach their potential. For candidates, the consultancy offers guidance at every step, helping professionals pursue permanent roles, interim projects or international opportunities within the food and agribusiness landscape. For employers, tailored solutions, clear role profiling and rigorous selection provide access to an exclusive and diverse talent pool backed by market insight and a collaborative delivery model across its six European locations. The result is an efficient, people centered process that balances speed, quality and cultural fit for organizations ranging from innovative scale ups to established market leaders in food and agri.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtContract StaffingFarmingFood ProcessingFishing & AquacultureSales & Business DevelopmentIndustrial & ManufacturingSenior Executives

HQBaden-Württemberg, Germany

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

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