Automotive and Aerospace Executive Search

Technological advancements, sustainability demands, supply chain disruptions, and intense global competition are among the most significant challenges facing the automotive and aerospace sectors today. In this rapidly evolving landscape, it is more crucial than ever for companies to attract and retain the right talent. Transformative leaders with the vision and expertise to navigate these challenges will be essential to maintaining competitiveness and securing a prosperous future. Talk to our experts today to get the best talent for your company.

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Client Testimonials - Section 1

I had the opportunity to work with Pacific International on a very tough-to-fill position reporting directly to the Chief Technical Officer.

Adam Nuzie, Group CCO and Managing Director for Americas was involved in the project throughout and his efforts, honest input, and strategic guidance helped to lead us to a successful outcome. The Pacific team's dedication, professionalism, and support throughout, particularly during the offer negotiations, was exceptional.

What I always hope for when working with an outside Executive Search partner is that they will be dedicated to attracting great candidates, committed to a true partnership and not just a paycheck, and deliver on their promises. The team at Pacific International did all these things and more. I would not hesitate to work with them again and I would wholeheartedly recommend their services to others at our company.

Andrea Bray, NAFTA Talent Management Specialist at Stabilus

The right talent is key to your company’s...

The right talent is key to your company’s success

For 25 years, fast-growing public and privately owned companies such as RUAG Aerostructures, Stabilus, Aptiv (formerly Delphi), and Airbus to name a few have benefited from Pacific’s talent expertise. Our global network across operational excellence, continuous improvement, manufacturing, engineering, supply chain, and commercial areas and a proven track record of placing exceptional leaders make us an ideal partner to help your company thrive in this challenging market.

With many major players in the industry now being challenged by electrification and disruptive technologies by the likes of Tesla, Amazon and Google, Pacific is helping its clients to create  diverse and high-impact teams to tackle these challenges.

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The Pacific International Promise

In a world where organizations are driven by talent, the executive search industry plays a critical role in identifying and placing high-impact professionals in key positions. In Pacific, you will find:

Automotive and Aerospace is one of the fastest growing sectors at Pacific International. An increasing number of companies trust Pacific with key business-critical talent requirements and confidential senior-level roles. Pacific has established secure systems, processes, and procedures to successfully complete these mandates.

Through exceptional functional, cultural, and industry expertise, we guide businesses toward diverse high-impact appointments that transform their business and secure their future. Our extensive cross-sector networks and thorough research-led sourcing process enables us to identify and attract highly qualified passive talent other companies may miss.

We commit to our clients and candidates for the long haul. Our multi-national, multi-lingual team build rapport, trust, and engagement with the top talent. This translates into our ability to attract and place the best candidates for our client is the shortest possible time. With our 20-day shortlist guarantee and an average timeline of just 90 days from the initial intake call to candidate offer acceptance, we outpace the industry's average by a wide margin.

The Automotive and Aerospace Sectors have traditionally been very male-dominated. We champion diversity for every engagement and it is our relentless drive to help companies appoint leaders from underrepresented groups that enable us to achieve success in this area. Over 40% of all our successfully introduced candidates over the last 3 years were diverse hires.

We commit to our clients for the long haul by focusing on adding value not only through finding exceptional talent but also between projects by providing sector insights and industry benchmarks, helping with onboarding and retention strategies and acting as our clients’ brand ambassadors among senior industry leaders. Over 80% of all new projects we are engaged in come from our existing clients, a number we are working hard to improve year-on-year.

We are committed to standing behind our work therefore we offer between 3-12 months placement guarantee, meaning if the candidate leaves or is terminated, we will find a replacement at no additional cost to the client.

Deep-rooted Aviation, Aerospace & Automotive executive expertise

Deep-rooted Aviation, Aerospace & Automotive executive expertise

As a leading executive search firm, clients leverage our team’s deep industry expertise and executive networks to identify and attract transformational aviation, aerospace and automotive executives. At Pacific, we understand today’s increasingly competitive landscape and have a proven track record of partnering with aviation, aerospace and automotive organizations to identify and recruit high-impact leaders and build highly effective specialist teams.

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Client Testimonials - Section 2

Active Sourcing is a complex and time-consuming endeavor that demands a significant amount of empathy and psychological finesse. Pacific has fully convinced me in all respects, particularly through their high degree of customer proximity, technical expertise, and impressive responsiveness.

With genuine enthusiasm and motivational prowess, Pacific International not only identified a remarkable number of compelling candidates for RUAG but also effectively placed them, providing invaluable support to our business.

Kerstin Krefft, HR Director Aerostructures Germany & Hungary at RUAG

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