Can’t Find the Leaders You Need When It Matters Most?

The wrong leader costs time, damages culture, and stalls progress.

Through strategic Executive Search we help businesses secure senior supply chain leaders who bring more than experience. Our consultative, insight-led approach goes beyond job boards and CVs – ensuring alignment on culture, leadership style, and long-term vision.

The result? Greater resilience, stronger performance, and leaders who shape the future, not just fill a role.

The Critical Moment
Behind Every Executive Hire

When business direction is on the line, leadership decisions become defining moments - shaping stability, growth, and long-term success.

These are the pivotal moments where the right leadership decision reshapes the future:

A key
leader exits.

Stability must be protected
- fast.

Transformation
or restructure.

New leadership becomes critical
to succeed.

Performance
stalls.

A leadership reset becomes
urgent.

Internal teams
misalign.

Clarity on leadership vision becomes
essential.

When the future of the business is in play, leadership decisions aren’t operational - they’re transformational. Executive Search isn’t a process - it’s a critical investment in stability, performance, and leadership resilience. Finding the right leader demands precision, depth, and a strategy that goes far beyond filling a vacant role - because the right hire doesn’t just lead a team. They shape what’s next.

The Real Barriers to Hiring Supply Chain Leaders

The challenges we hear about the most

Sound familiar? You’re not alone

Unfilled or misaligned leadership roles don’t just cause delays – they cost. From lost revenue and reduced productivity to missed KPIs and damaged team morale, the wrong hire – or no hire at all – can slow growth, compromise service, and set your business back for months.

We’re brought in when securing the right leadership becomes critical – and when the risks of getting it wrong are simply too high. With the right recruiter in place, the right leadership doesn’t just steady the ship – it redefines what’s possible and steers the business into new opportunities.

Why Standard Recruitment Falls Short for Executive Hiring

1. Top Talent Doesn’t Apply - It’s Head-Hunted

Job boards won’t get you the leaders you need. The best candidates aren’t looking – we proactively headhunt from inside the industry, targeting proven performers.

Most internal teams simply can’t access top-tier candidates. We bring market access, trusted networks, and dedicated resource to run a full strategic search.

Standard recruitment focuses on experience. We assess cultural fit, leadership style and long-term impact – because at this level, alignment is everything.

Executive search brings insight. From benchmarking to competitor analysis, we give you the data to position your role – and your business – competitively.

Our Executive Search Method

Built for Results

We don’t start with a job description – we start with your goals. From leadership style to long-term business impact, we shape the brief around what success needs to look like.

Top-tier candidates won’t move for just any role. We use salary intelligence, competitor mapping and industry insight to position your opportunity where it deserves to be.

The right leaders don’t apply – they’re headhunted. We engage proven performers through targeted outreach and a specialist network generalist recruiters can’t access.

CVs don’t tell you who can lead your business. We evaluate for strategic capability, culture match, and future impact – because that’s what drives results.

We’re not done at shortlist. We support interviews, manage salary negotiation, and guide onboarding – helping you secure the right leader, with confidence and clarity.

Throughout the process, we manage all conversations discreetly, strategically, and with influence - ensuring complete confidentiality for both clients and candidates from initial brief to final offer.

Strategic Talent. Lasting Impact.

0 %

of executive placements still in role after two years.

Long-term fit - because the right leader shapes what comes next.

days
0

average time to executive shortlist.

Strategic hiring doesn’t have to mean slow.

0 %

of clients reach final interview stage with more than one candidate.

Because a strong shortlist gives you real options - not just a hopeful front-runner.

0 %

of executive offers made through us are accepted first time.

We align expectations early - so the right leader says yes, without delay.

Why Businesses Trust Us to Find Their Leaders

Our executive search and recruitment model focuses on quality, trust, and results – built specifically for supply chain leadership:

No Guesswork. Just Expertise.

Clients often come to us knowing there’s a leadership gap – but not exactly who should fill it. We challenge assumptions, define what great looks like, and set the search up for success.

We Bring the Wildcard

We uncover high-impact candidates others miss – through creative thinking, industry insight and a commitment to finding the right leader, not just the obvious one.

Passive Talent. Activated.

The best leaders aren’t applying – they’re already making an impact elsewhere. We engage them through headhunting, market insight and a trusted network built on years of sector experience.

We’re a Specialist, Not a Supplier

We live and breathe supply chain. That means faster shortlists, sharper briefs and better-fit hires — because we already know what success in your world looks like.

Commercial
Integrity Built In

We don’t charge beyond the retainer until we deliver. It’s our quality guarantee – and your reassurance that we’re in it for the right outcome.

PROVEN RESULTS

Leadership Hiring - Precise and Discreet

We simply didn’t have the internal capacity to engage the right senior candidates – or the time to get it wrong. Bis Henderson became an extension of our business: strategic, discreet, and completely aligned to our goals. Every hire strengthened our leadership team and accelerated our growth.

Executive Search | Transportation Business

NEED A DIFFERENT KIND OF SEARCH?

Looking for a Senior Hire - Without the Retained Model?

Not every leadership hire requires a retained search. Our permanent recruitment service delivers high-calibre talent through a contingent model – with speed, precision, and industry expertise.

Need an Executive on an Interim Basis?

When you need leadership fast – for transformation, stability or crisis response – our interim managers deliver results without delay or complexity.