Client : Lendlease Malaysia Position : Head of Development & PM&C Recruitment Solution : 2 Stage Retained Search Recruitment Period : 12 weeks
• The brief had a number of key criteria; the candidate must be Malaysian or be in Malaysia with an intention of staying in Malaysia for the foreseeable future, have real estate development, project management and construction experience from sufficiently process lead, safety conscious, preferably international organisations and have extensive exposure to large complex joint venture / master developed mixed used schemes with large retail elements of 1m+ NLA’s. • On retention by the client, MRG PA met with the senior management team in Singapore. We requested that due to their uniqueness in Malaysia that the search look at the individual and not the company, thus allowing MRG PA to explore exceptionally talented candidates with relevant project experience in what could be seem as non-comparable companies. • Our initial market map consisted of 150 CEO, COO, Executive Director level Malaysian candidates. Over a 6-week period these candidates were approached and considered, each week the longlist was present to the client stakeholder team for review and rejection of known candidates. • At the 8-week stage after having interviewed, rejected, accepted / considered all 100+ candidates, MRG PA presented a longlist of 30 candidates to the client stakeholder team. From this list of 30, 5 candidates were mutually agreed for second round interview by us and then client stakeholder team. • From the 5 shortlisted candidates, two candidates were hired, one for the role, one for a lesser role and a third candidate has been placed in holding until the correct project starts, but will be hired.
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