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Interim Vendor Selection Lead

Interim Vendor Selection Lead
Global Storage & Distribution
An American owned, global storage and distribution company, had an ambition to bring its international corporate functions together in a shared services environment and then outsource the transactional elements of finance to a third party provider. Hoggett Bowers briefed the client on the benefits of using interim over a consultant and worked exclusively to understand […]
Read full case studyInterim Group HR Director, International Retail Group

Interim Group HR Director
International Retail
The Group HRD had resigned and the company was looking for a straight-forward replacement in the interim. However, upon closer examination, their thinking had shifted around the level of this role. The Group was expanding and it was clear that not only was the group anticipating much change in terms of the need for increased […]
Read full case studyInterim Marketing Director, B2B & B2C, International

Interim Marketing Director
B2B & B2C
A resignation led to a referral to Hoggett Bowers and a request for our support as the client was concerned about replacement timescales. The search for the permanent appointment was underway but it could take as long as 6-9 months before the successful candidate could start. Meanwhile, the Marketing function was under performing, had a […]
Read full case studyFinding a Managing Director for a large infrastructure company

Managing Director
Infrastructure
Network Rail is one of the UK’s largest infrastructure companies, with £57bn worth of assets, including 20,000 miles of track, 18 key stations, 2,500 other stations, 30,000 bridges, tunnels and embankments. This £6bn turnover business is split into 8 geographical regions (Routes), supported by several central functions. Hoggett Bowers were retained to find a Route […]
Read full case studyEuropean-wide market mapping in the FMCG sector

Market Mapping
FMCG
Our client, a major European FMCG organisation, was considering organisational redesign in particular across the whole supply chain. There was a knowledge gap in how other ‘peer group’ organisations were structured and the procurement function in particular was deemed to be the most critical. We were asked to conduct an assessment of other organisations’ procurement […]
Read full case studyRecruiting a Managing Director in the UK insurance sector

Managing Director
Insurance
Our client is a market critical industry body that develops and safeguards the e-Trading Standards for the UK Insurance Broking and General Insurance markets. The business provides defined data products and services that supports the implementation of key standards, to achieve good customer outcomes. The business has a unique position in the market and significant […]
Read full case studyRecruiting an Executive Director of HR

Executive Director
HR
Highways England is a leading infrastructure business responsible for 4,300 miles of road networks and while this represents only 2 percent of all roads in England by length, these roads carry a third of all traffic by mileage and two thirds of all heavy goods traffic. The organisation employs around 5,500 staff based in locations […]
Read full case studyChief Technology Officer in Industry Sector

Chief Technology Officer
Industry
As a pre-revenue disruptive technology company, our client needed a CTO to assist them in becoming a commercially viable enterprise. The challenging brief given to Hoggett Bowers included a demonstrable track record of value engineering to improve the value of products through multi-disciplined teams; international market/product development experience; experience of deploying scrum/hybrid agile methodology to […]
Read full case studyCEO Designate in Industry Sector

CEO Designate
Industry
Following a successful competitive pitch against two other global executive search firms, Hoggett Bowers was commissioned to find a COO for a challenger brand in the UK energy retail sector. The parent group’s instruction was that the successful candidate must have the headroom to step up to the CEO role within 12 months of being […]
Read full case studySupply Chain Director for International Healthcare Group

Supply Chain Director
International Healthcare
Leading international healthcare provider Celesio UK, whose £5bn UK operations include Lloyds Pharmacy, were purchased by McKesson Corporation, a FORTUNE 500 business, in 2014. Having suffered from underinvestment and being hit by changes to NHS funding, the business needed a major transformation, including introduction of IPOS and SAP systems together with needing to establish an […]
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