Are you planning to expand soon? Or is your IT company already operating internationally and you need strong leadership to manage it all? You may have posted a vacancy for a "ICT country Manager", but the recruitment process is not going smoothly. Your LinkedIn ad is receiving little to no relevant responses, and other channels are not helping you find the talent you need. Strange? Not really. We’re dealing with an aging population and an increasing number of part-time workers. As a result, the job market is tight across the board. But in the fast-growing ICT sector, talent is particularly scarce. With more ERP, AI, cloud, and fintech solutions emerging, more vacancies are opening up.
Only with the help of a professional recruitment firm can you fill your vacancy within a reasonable timeframe. However, when you search for terms like "IT headhunters," "IT executive recruiters," "IT executive search," or "ICT recruiting," you quickly get overwhelmed. All recruitment agencies and headhunters claim they can help. But who can actually find a suitable country manager or another executive with IT knowledge who fits perfectly with your company culture? That’s SalesSupply’s specialization!
You want to hire an experienced executive—an entrepreneurial, performance-driven expert who can lead a team and elevate your company over the next few years. Whether you're looking for a country manager, business unit manager, marketing manager, sales manager, or commercial director, your new hire must bring substantial skills. This could include a higher professional or university-level education, proficiency in Dutch and English, and a specific level of seniority. Maybe you want a candidate who has managed a team reporting directly to them for at least three years. Or you're searching for a C-level candidate with at least 10 years of management experience.
You likely also want your new leader to have overseen specific groups, like IT or sales staff. And it makes a significant difference whether the candidate has experience within a corporate, a startup, or a scale-up. Just because someone has thrived at the corporate leader in your field doesn’t mean they will fit into a startup environment, and often, that’s not the case at all.
Strategic thinking is also crucial. Has the candidate handled restructuring or guided an organizational transition? What is their view on the status quo, market developments, and trends? These are essential factors when hiring an executive.
Moreover, you want the candidate to have a broad knowledge base, perhaps in areas like HR, marketing, processes, and logistics. A manager or C-level executive needs to coordinate many areas and be a valuable conversation partner within the management team. You might also want them to serve as a sparring partner for the owner. Perhaps you're even looking for someone with the ambition to eventually become a shareholder.
The question is: How do you recruit such an expert?
In one word: SalesSupply. In fact, we guarantee to find you a suitable candidate within 3 weeks. Yes, even in this tight labor market, where talent is scarce and often already well-employed. How? Our recruiters are themselves senior professionals with over 20 years of experience in management, sales, and recruitment. As a result, we attract candidates who wouldn’t even consider speaking with other recruiters. They take us seriously because we speak the same language. We, too, have worked in executive roles. We’ve led teams and are familiar with the ambitions, challenges, and opportunities your ideal candidate faces. And that’s why they take us seriously.
Are we an IT recruitment agency? Yes and no. We frequently and successfully recruit for ICT companies, so we have a deep understanding of the sector and can engage in high-level discussions with you and the candidates about this complex field. However, we do not recruit developers, programmers, or other technical talent. But if your ICT company is looking for executive or sales talent, you’ve come to the right place—because that’s our specific focus!
We leverage our deep sales skills to quickly and effectively pitch your vacancy to the candidate and to sell not only the role but also your company. This is crucial because you’re asking an executive talent to tear up their current contract and take on a new, uncertain adventure at your company. That requires strong persuasion and, of course, a healthy dose of trust.
We know how to win over top candidates. First, we ensure our discussions with them dive deep quickly. Of course, we check whether someone meets all the must-haves. But let’s be honest: It’s not that difficult to determine if a candidate meets the hard requirements for a country manager role in the Netherlands, the UK, or another region. The real recruitment work begins afterward. That’s when we assess whether the candidate has the right soft skills. We use the extensive people skills we’ve developed over two decades for this.
Does the candidate’s story fit your overall picture (vacancy plus company culture)? Can this person truly understand your product or service? And are they a good match in terms of vision, values, and communication style? If we can answer all these questions positively, we will introduce the candidate to you!
Our executive head hunters use their experience, extensive network, executive recruitment expertise, and knowledge of the ICT sector to carry out an effective executive search. Within 3 weeks, we will find a suitable candidate for you—that’s our guarantee.
Curious about the opportunities and possibilities we can offer you in executive recruitment? Or ready to start a collaboration with us right away?
