The automotive skills gap is doubling every five years. A shrinking labour market and intense competition at all levels of seniority in the industry – not just in the UK but across the world, has led to significant shortages across the industry.
At Ennis & Co Group, we have spent 15 years finding amazing people to work for amazing organisations, with a focus on attracting skilled executive talent for crucial strategic roles in the automotive and mobility industry. We understand the challenges of finding the right senior leadership for our clients in the current market landscape.
We provide our Executive Search services for roles from Heads of Department up to and including the C-suite level. But the term Executive Search itself is sometimes misunderstood, and we do occasionally get asked “So what is it you actually do?”
What is Executive Search?
We operate differently from traditional recruitment organisations you may have done business with before. We don’t have a long list of open vacancies and we don’t collect CVs to match up with relevant roles.
In a retained search, we are contracted exclusively by our clients to conduct a thorough, targeted search for qualified candidates. It is only when we fully understand the role that we begin to look for candidates to fill it.
Because we are retained exclusively for the search, we can dedicate our time, attention and resources to the assignment. Our team of experienced researchers works closely with the client throughout the hiring process.
We keep searching until we find the perfect fit for your role.
Why choose us for Executive Search?
If, as a hiring company, you have experienced paying to list a job advertisement and then being disappointed with the level and quality of applicants to the position, then you understand how slow and frustrating the process can be, and how you can effectively be losing revenue while you wait for that vital position in your business to be filled.
We work for you
When we take on a client, we focus on the needs of their business and the skills required to fill the role. With almost 15 years of executive search and candidate market insight, we have built a network that is hard to rival, making deep connections in the industry and building automotive and mobility industry intelligence. Our expert in-house researchers are complemented by a team of global associates, who together have experience at all levels and across all sectors of the industry.
“Having worked on a wide range of global roles for our organisation that are often extremely intricate, nothing is too complicated for Ennis & Co due to their wealth of industry knowledge.”
Chief Executive Officer, Luxury OEM
Our understanding of the automotive world sets us apart from the rest. With our ears to the ground, we know what is happening within the companies in our industry and we can engage and truly understand the challenges you face and use our extensive network and data to provide the best candidate for your organisation. We keep up to date by connecting ourselves to industry groups, attending events and supporting awards, along with our constant communication with clients and candidates.
“what has always struck me about [the Ennis & Co team’s] approach , is not only their breadth of knowledge of the automotive industry – yet their commitment to understanding both candidate and client needs wholeheartedly.”
Regional Director UK & Europe, UK OEM (Motorcycle)
Our excellent communication with clients and candidates is something we take pride in. Clients can expect regular check-ins and updates throughout our executive search process as well as candidate support once a placement is made.
“Ennis & Co certainly delivered on finding us an integral candidate for the NSC, where we found the entire process, as always, extremely professional, highly communicative, and robust.”
UK Group Managing Director and Senior Vice President, Global OEM
Each of our assignments takes on average eight weeks. With our ability to work around busy schedules and in a fast-paced environment, we can deliver under pressure without compromising the quality of our searches. The speed of our service is made possible by our agile approach to working. We are an office-based, close-knit team that can pull together when needed to get an urgent assignment over the line.
“Ennis & Co took an extremely complex brief and delivered incredible results for us with a very tight turnaround time.”
President Asia Pacific PTE, Luxury Automotive OEM
Giving you extra
Our in-house researchers take the time to find the best candidate for your organisation and while doing so find valuable data for the future of your business. This is provided in addition to the search and can include extensive long lists and benchmarking data.
We are in a position where, with our close connections to our clients, we can really sell a company to candidates because we know the culture, the people, and the history of the brands we work with. This is especially important when sourcing talent from other industries, who are less likely to have considered an automotive brand before.
Our founder, Lynda Ennis, set out to create a business that did things differently, and we believe that we have created a company that does just that. We’re not necessarily unique in truly caring about our clients and candidates. Still, we do create relationships and connections that transcend business and we have built something that brings clients back time after time.
