Case Study: Vienna Construction Company fills its Managing Director role in 45 days with Stanton Chase

Vienna Construction Company fills Managing Director role in 45 days with Stanton Chase

The Vienna Construction Company faced a significant challenge when a previous executive search firm failed to place a Managing Director for Electrical Engineering. They engaged the vendor Stanton Chase to find a highly specialized senior executive within Austria, but the search was complicated by a scarce talent pool, a budget below market rates, and a strict new requirement that candidates must have prior construction or electrical engineering firm experience.

Stanton Chase solved the challenge by expanding its search into Germany, where it identified an ideal Austrian national who accepted a substantial pay cut to return home for family reasons. The vendor presented this single candidate, who was hired immediately. This successful placement was completed in just 45 days, leading directly to a second, larger assignment from the client to find a successor for the company's overall Managing Director.

Vienna Construction Company