Jonathan Lee keeps new exec search brand close – but not too close
6 August 2013
The director of engineering and manufacturing recruiter Jonathan Lee Recruitment’s revamped sister executive search brand tells Recruiter that the launch should bring the companies closer together – five miles, to be precise.
Tue, 6 Aug 2013The director of engineering and manufacturing recruiter Jonathan Lee Recruitment’s revamped sister executive search brand tells Recruiter that the launch should bring the companies closer together – five miles, to be precise.
“We find that keeping a separate office is extremely useful,” says Adrian Davies (pictured), the director of Jonathan Lee Executive Search, “because obviously you don’t want to be speaking with a managing director, who then finds that one of his engineering managers is sitting there with you.”
The two West Midlands companies are separate entities, with the search firm replacing Jonathan Lee’s previous search sibling, Factura.
Factura had been set up a decade previously by Jonathan Lee and also operated out of a different office, although the two “remained absolutely aligned” in terms of markets served, Davies says. The new company will also work “in very close co-ordination” with Jonathan Lee Recruitment, he adds.
Davies adds that the firm has a particular opportunity to cover the “grey zone” of £60k-£100k roles that fall between traditional contingency and executive recruitment boundaries.
It will also look to increase its international business, he says, through its existing membership of global executive search network IMSA.
Jonathan Lee Executive Search will be staffed by “former industrialists, so when we look at applicants we’re able to use our own experience”, says Davies, who spent 35 years in various automotive supply firms across the world before joining Jonathan Lee three-and-a-half years ago.
“We find that keeping a separate office is extremely useful,” says Adrian Davies (pictured), the director of Jonathan Lee Executive Search, “because obviously you don’t want to be speaking with a managing director, who then finds that one of his engineering managers is sitting there with you.”
The two West Midlands companies are separate entities, with the search firm replacing Jonathan Lee’s previous search sibling, Factura.
Factura had been set up a decade previously by Jonathan Lee and also operated out of a different office, although the two “remained absolutely aligned” in terms of markets served, Davies says. The new company will also work “in very close co-ordination” with Jonathan Lee Recruitment, he adds.
Davies adds that the firm has a particular opportunity to cover the “grey zone” of £60k-£100k roles that fall between traditional contingency and executive recruitment boundaries.
It will also look to increase its international business, he says, through its existing membership of global executive search network IMSA.
Jonathan Lee Executive Search will be staffed by “former industrialists, so when we look at applicants we’re able to use our own experience”, says Davies, who spent 35 years in various automotive supply firms across the world before joining Jonathan Lee three-and-a-half years ago.
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