Contingent Recruitment

A rigid plastics manufacturer needed a Factory Manager for its Johannesburg site. The appointment required someone with experience at a direct competitor, a mechanical engineering degree or diploma, and five to eight years of managerial experience.

Previous recruitment efforts had not produced candidates who met the specific industry and technical requirements. The client needed a targeted search to identify experienced managers within competing rigid plastics manufacturers.

Through our Contingent Recruitment service, Ntice mapped direct competitors in the local area and approached Factory Managers working within those businesses. We engaged candidates about the opportunity, assessing their interest and suitability against the client’s technical, industry and leadership requirements.

This focused approach produced a shortlist of five relevant candidates, all of whom the client interviewed. Two candidates progressed through further interviews.

The client hired two of the five candidates presented. Recognising the first candidate’s greater experience, they upgraded the original vacancy to a Production Manager position, a more senior role within their management structure, above Factory Manager level.

They were also sufficiently impressed by the second candidate to create an additional Technical Services Manager role.

One targeted search delivered two appointments, helping the client strengthen both its production and technical leadership beyond the original brief.