About
Private Equity
Talent Acquisition Achievements
Our relationship with American Industrial Partners goes back more than a decade. In 2015 AIP asked us to build an exclusive Talent Acquisition team inside their firm. Our goals were to improve retention, reduce recruiting costs, and increase the quality of talent available at their Portfolio Companies.
Success
- Hand-picked by $7b equity firm to build a talent acquisition team from scratch
- Built a talent brand for all of AIP
- Reduced recruitment costs
- Completed searches in the U.S., Europe, Asia and Australia
- Heavy emphasis on searches in industrial automation, aftermarket, engineering, finance and IT
- Filled positions from C-Suite to Technical/Professional
- Conducted 5 HR leadership conferences
- Partnered with On-Campus Recruiting efforts at MIT and University of Michigan
Identified Unique Private Equity Profiles
- Individuals who can manage through ambiguity
- Tackle the challenges of a chaos-to-order work environment
2018
- Industrial Manufacturing Leaders will continue working with AIP's portfolio of companies as well as new clients
Our Experienced
Team
Jim Baran
Senior Partner
Jim is a veteran manufacturing executive recruiter whose hiring and experience ranges from Global Fortune 500 to mid-market private equity. Jim has 25 years recruitment experience in Public, Private, and Private Equity Companies. Jim has placed 650+ lean savvy manufacturing executives on four continents. Jim's passion is rebuilding and transforming U.S. manufacturing companies.
Kristi Boyer
Managing Partner
Experienced managing partner of manufacturing executive recruiting firm. Specializing in passive candidates for US based global industrial manufacturing businesses. Skilled in Career Development, Operations Management, Sales, Executive Search, and Lean Management. Strong enterpreneurship professional with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) focused in Journalism from Ball State University.
Morgan Sellers
Partner, Executive Recruitment
Morgan specializing in finance and operations. He is our expert in finance and IT searches. Morgan is an experienced account manager, and enjoys interacting with clients and visiting plants whenever possible. Morgan holds a BS in Business Administration from Appalachian State University in Boone, NC.
Jenny Pittillo
Operations Manager
Operations and Data Manager - responsible for data integrity, metrics, reporting, and supporting competitive intelligence and research. Coordinates between recruiters and clients and assists with branding and social media. Jenny holds a Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences from North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC.
U.S. Focused
Global Recruiting Capability
- Industrial Manufacturing Leaders has worked extensively in North America and on 4 other continents
- Access to global markets to identify manufacturing and industrial leaders
- Take into careful consideration all cultural differences when working in other countries.
Select International Placements
- China - General Manager in Southern/Rural area with a specific dialect
- South America - Lean Consultants
- Canada - Operations Leaders
- Mexico - Lean Specialists
- Germany - trilingual Supply Chain Integration Specialist
- U.K. - Manufacturing Operations leaders
- France - CI Specialists
- Australia - Placed finance team to transition finance department from Sydney to U.S.
