Case Studies
Client: Lendlease Malaysia Position: Head of Development & PM&C Recruitment Solution: 2 Stage Retained Search Recruitment Period: 12 weeks
Client: Confidential Highway Consortium Project in Asia Position: Multiple Senior Management Roles Recruitment Solution: Market Map / Retained Search, Long & Shortlist Process Recruitment Period: 12 weeks
• Brief: To find a pool of senior expatriate highway construction experts. • On retention by the client MRG PA met with the senior consortium management team in Kuala Lumpur. We agreed on the criteria for the search: the roles, skill sets required, the personality type required to succeed in the roles, suitable companies to source from and the target project types. • The brief had a number of key criteria; the candidate will preferably be Western and have extensive South East Asia experience. • The candidates must have extensive experience in highway construction or highway widening projects to R5 standard. • Design Build Operate Finance Transfer, Public Private Partnership and project owner-side experience would be highly desirable. • The client agreed to undertake an initial market map / retained search followed by a longlist and shortlist process. • The initial market map consisted of 250 senior profiles, over a 6-week period these candidates were approached and considered, each week the longlist was presented to the client stakeholder team for their review and rejection of known / unsuitable candidates. • On the 8th week after having Interviewed, rejected, accepted / considered all 250+ candidates MRG PA presented a long-list of 30 candidates to the client stakeholder team. • MRG PA re-interviewed these candidates using a selection matrix, in corporation with the client we formed a shortlist of 10 candidates. • The 10 candidates where then put through a serious of behavioural tests. • From the 10 shortlisted candidates:
• 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.
» 8 were interviewed by the client, » 5 candidates reached second interviews, » 4 candidates was hired; » Project COO, » Senior Project Director, » Project Director, » Construction Director
• Over the next 3 months MRG PA assisted the client in mobilisation of the selected candidates.
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