High-impact talent delivers high-level results.
Our Core Competencies
Klavins Executive Search (KES) is built on the simple premise that it exists to serve clients and help them grow their businesses by recruiting high-impact leaders — leaders who are carefully assessed to fit each clients' unique situation, culture, and corporate environment. We leverage our strong industry expertise and deep understanding of our clients' needs with tremendous access to the best talent. This philosophy, along with our unparalleled, personalized and hands-on service which cannot be replicated by larger search firms, is why our clients continue to turn to us time and again.
Functional & Industry Experience
As true industry specialists, we limit our practice to consumer products and industrial manufacturing sectors, yielding a deep understanding of these industry sectors and respective landscape, as well as a thorough sense of the nuances of various industry verticals. This includes:
Consumer durables segments such as building products, furniture, hardware and home improvement, housewares, lighting, and office products, among other industry verticals.
Consumer packaged goods including food, health, and personal care segments.
Industrial manufacturing such as medical devices, contract manufacturing, electronics, fabricated metal products, electrical components, and wireless products sectors.
We work with clients of all sizes and ownership types — large, mid-sized, and small public corporations, family-owned companies and private-equity-backed enterprises. Our search expertise encompasses recruiting President and General Management roles, and key functional leaders in Sales and Marketing, Manufacturing and Engineering, Design and Human Resources.
President and General Management
- President, Retail – private equity-owned housewares company
- General Manager – division of publicly-traded consumer packaged goods business
- General Manager – rentals business unit of publicly-traded medical device manufacturer
Sales and Marketing
Manufacturing and Engineering
- Vice President Engineering – fast-growing leader of residential and commercial lighting
- Vice President Engineering – medium-sized manufacturer of residential and commercial products
- Vice President Engineering – leading manufacturer of professional and consumer electronics
- Vice President Operations – division of leading consumer durable good products entity
- Director of Purchasing – largest decorative lighting company in North America
- Director of Research & Development – publicly-traded manufacturer of outdoor power equipment
Design and Human Resources
- Vice President, Global Design – leading producer of kitchen and bath products
- Creative Director, Visual Branding – diverse manufacturer of branded consumer goods
- Director of Compensation & Benefits – global producer of personal care and hygiene products
- Manager of Communications – diversified manufacturer of consumer and foodservice products
Intangible Experience
A critical component to our success lies in the intangibles: the time we devote to delving in and understanding, listening, and learning about our client's organization, culture, business needs and challenges; the intricacies of assessing candidates beyond hard accomplishments and roles and pairing their fit with our client's unique fiber and idiosyncrasies; and the customized and personal commitment bestowed to each and every client and project until the ultimate match of candidates and client is complete. These intangibles deliver great value to our clients and translate to high success rates for our candidates.
