Nexus Search

🥳𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒!!🥳 We’re pleased to announce Sadie Sakellaris promotion to Senior Client Consultant 🎉 Since joining the Austin team, Sadie has made a significant impact and has seen huge success early on, breaking the “best first 6 months” record. But her contribution to nexus goes far beyond numbers. She has played a major role in strengthening both our client and candidate processes, bringing consistency, organisation, and a genuinely collaborative approach to every search she supports 🤝🙌 Sadie has also built a strong network in Mexico and has become a trusted partner for operations hiring across the region. Her ability to establish credibility quickly with clients, candidates, and the internal team has been a major part of her success 🌎 She rounded off the quarter by qualifying for the Q3 skydive, a fitting way to celebrate everything she has achieved so far 🪂 We’re super excited for her journey here at nexus and look forward to seeing the continued impact she will make within the business 🚀 Congratulations, Sadie!🧡 #promotion #growth #celebrate #skydive #hiring #applynow

🪂𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍 𝐐𝟑 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐁 - 𝐒𝐤𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠🪂 Last Friday, our Austin Q3 Members Club qualifiers took things to new heights with a once-in-a-lifetime experience, skydiving!🪂🥳 Greg Haydon & Sadie Sakellaris earned their spots through an incredible quarter and joined our director, Max Fitzgerald, for a nerve-racking (but unforgettable) jump from a plane. ✈️ They loved it so much that all three booked themselves another jump on the spot! A huge congratulations to both Greg and Sadie, what a way to celebrate! Bring on Q4!🥳🤩 #skydiving #incentive #membersclub #celebrate #thrillseeker #austin

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐈 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐂𝐎𝐎? This is a question I always receive from candidates looking for advice on how to shape their career moves towards the top seat in Operations/Supply Chain. Placing COOs and working directly with them to staff their leadership teams, we are fortunate enough to be able to get the insights directly: 🔸𝐁𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝟐𝐄 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞: Most COOs have had exposure to different functions across the E2E Supply Chain, as well as different regions and businesses. This wasn't by accident... they had intent about bridging any gaps in their experience to have a breadth and depth of knowledge across the future scope of the COO If you are looking for that first exposure to Manufacturing or Supply Chain, seek it internally where your capabilities are already known and trusted. A lot of clients we work with are unwilling to take these "bets" on external candidates over someone with a proven track record 🔸𝐃𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞: Although purposeful about broadening their career, most have deep technical grounding in a function enabling them to "walk the walk" and dare I cause some controversy 🫣 the emphasis tends to remain on manufacturing... 🔸𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬: every COO confirms they had at least 2-3 mentors who had walked the path previously and could share first hand experience & advice 🔸𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: proven track record in transformation is key. Most in my network admit taking on roles and projects that make them doubt themselves at first, but help them fail quickly, learn fast and grow 🔸𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: Stakeholder management & people leadership are what determines how successful a COO will be and the more you understand about people, countries and cultures the better What have I missed?

🙌𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒!!🙌 A huge congratulations to Kaan Morton on his recent promotion to Senior Principal Consultant👏 Kaan joined nexus just over 2.5 years ago having never stepped foot in an office environment before, let alone leadership search but he had huge ambition to be successful and the willingness to work harder than anyone else. He has quickly built a reputation for representing some of the best leadership talent in FMCG, paired with his natural Scottish charm and charisma meaning he has been very successful at building strong relationships with some of the biggest and best companies in the industry 🎉🥳 He has achieved some incredible numbers in such a short space of time, but we are confident this just the very start for Kaan as he has his sights on some huge milestones in the coming years. Well done Kaan, you are an inspiration to those around you🧡 #promotion #growth #progression #hiring #applynow #celebration

𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐒 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐄 At the start of 2024, me and Max Fitzgerald made it our number 1 priority to elevate our service offering and ensure we deliver world class client and candidate experience. We have worked hard on every touch point of our client/candidate journey and in parallel we invested in Talent Analytics NPS software to get real time feedback on where and how we can improve, as well as track our progress. The graph below shows our consistent improvement and in October we officially hit what is considered WORLD CLASS service levels (alongside having a MEGA revenue and KPI performance)🤩 The great thing is we still see plenty of opportunity for further improvement in what we do, but we appreciate all of the constructive feedback from all of our clients and candidates. Well done to our all time NPS champions Sadie Sakellaris Kaan Morton & Regan Downes 👏

🥳𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑!🥳 We are so excited to welcome Victoria Reyes as a Client Delivery Manager in our FMCG division!🙌 Victoria will be working closely with one of our founders Johnny, to elevate our service offering into some of our largest and longest standing clients to ensure we are continuing to evolve and offer a world class service in leadership search. Victoria was born in Colombia, before moving to Spain and then London where she spent three years at a reputable executive search company focused on manufacturing industries. Outside of helping leaders find their next great career move, she loves salsa dancing, travelling and good food.🧡 We are very happy to have you on board Victoria, and look forward to a very successful future with nexus!🥳 #newhire #client #delivery #growth #future #success #hiring #applynow

𝐁𝐈𝐆 𝐏𝐒𝐋 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐒... 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐋𝐘 Plenty reason to celebrate last week as we signed on 3 very significant PSLs with new clients across the group 📝 James Allen has worked incredibly hard over the last 4 months through the bid process, and has now signed for nexus to become the preferred partner for Manager/Director/VP level searches across E2E Supply Chain for a €10bn food ingredients company 👏 Aaron Quaintance has been successfully delivering our proof of concept searches with arguably one of the largest and most attractive employers in the FMCG industry, now receiving confirmation of nexus being added as a preferred partner to support with a significant amount of leadership roles across Ops & Supply Chain in 2026 👏 Max Fitzgerald doing what he does best and signing a framework agreement with an industry leading Automotive group to be one of two search firms to exclusively support with 100+ Director and VP level searches globally over the next 18 months 👏 Good to hear the second firm being a name we know well... Callum O'Brien Taylor Nathaniel Jack Cahill 🙌

𝐍𝐄𝐗𝐔𝐒 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐃 𝟑𝟕 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐃𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝟏𝟐 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐇𝐒... So I asked our leaders what they see as the key traits from the most successful Plant Directors - here's what they said: 🔹 Hands-on, shop floor–focused leadership: someone visible, engaging and able to unite the entire factory team behind a shared vision that also connects to the wider business goals. Along with a passion for people development 🔹 Excellent stakeholder management skills: a unique role where you are connected daily with the operators right up to the executive committee, it is key you know how to adapt your communication to engage different types of stakeholder 🔹 Data, results and KPI-driven: Can implement a structured, KPI and results-driven culture to deliver outstanding performance across safety, quality, OEE, OTIF and of course the P&L. As well as a data driven communication style 🔹 A passion for systems and process excellence: can demonstrate tangible examples of implementing Lean, TPM and automation initiatives that genuinely move the needle 🔹 A track record of cultural and performance turnaround: factories continue to go through significant changes in ways of working with rising costs and the digitilization of factories, so leading teams through change whilst maintaining performance is key 🔹 Strong technical knowledge: able to "speak the same language” as the shop floor whilst also empowering the team to create factory leaders of the future Thank you for your insights Regan Downes, Charlie Webb, Connor Ives, Greg Haydon, Alex Poole, Kaan Morton, Aaron Quaintance, James Allen and Max Fitzgerald I’d love to hear from others: what else defines an outstanding Plant Director?

𝐐𝟑 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 𝐔𝐏 - 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐐 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 Q3 brought big wins for the London team! 💥 We celebrated Regan Downes' 5-year anniversary and his promotion to Associate Director, a huge moment reflecting his lasting impact at nexus. We also saw James Allen step up as Senior Principal Consultant and become the first to hit our new £500k club incentive, a massive milestone for him! 👏 We launched the nexus Wellness Hub, supporting the team across stress, sleep, movement, nutrition, finance, and peak performance 💚 From sports day fun to new markets, and let’s not forget the St Tropez incentive!! It could have been our best yet… 🥂🌴 With Q4 underway, we’re locked in and ready to finish 2025 on a high🧡 #performance #Q3Roundup #incentives #highlights #growth #development #wellness

🙌𝐐𝟑 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 𝐔𝐏 - 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐐 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧🙌 Q3 was one to remember for our Austin team! 🧡 There were celebrations for Greg Haydon and Alex Poole, hitting 5 incredible years with nexus, two key people who’ve played a huge part in our journey so far! Greg also took a big step forward with a well-deserved promotion to Vice President 👏 We welcomed new talent Chris Burnett, marked some great business milestones, and wrapped up the quarter with a well-earned boat day out on the lake!🛥 It’s been a strong few months for the US team, and with things heading in the right direction, Q4’s already shaping up to be even better🥳 #Q3roundup #companyhighlights #promotions #5years #hiring #applynow