Mapping stars for your business

Constellation presentation in the field of direct candidate search for senior management positions using the executive search method

June 2015

Our Clients

Our teamJan BrázdaFounder and Managing Partner of Constellation His background is in line management – firstly in sales, marketing and finally in general management. He successfully managed the World Trade Center Czech Republic, coordinating high level international business networking. Furthermore, he spent six years managing the CEE regional activities of American Express. From 2005 he changed his career and became a CEE Managing Director for Hays Specialist Recruitment. In 2008 Jan joined two other local partners in Prague office of Spencer Stuart, one of the global leaders providing executive search services. In 2008 Jan was elected to the position of Vice President of Amcham and he was again re-elected several times since. In 2009 Jan founded Constellation Executive Search.

Ivan BorošPartner Prior to joining Constellation, Ivan worked in senior management positions in marketing and communication divisions of multinational companies - DHL Express, SAP and Cinergy Global Resources, responsible for implementation of international marketing and PR strategy. In the last five years he worked as private investor in the field of e-commerce and technology start-ups. He gained management experience back in 1990´s as the director of external and internal communication of the manufacturing company Vítkovice a.s. From 2005 to 2009 he served as an elected Vice President of Czech Golf Federation.  

Andrea VančíkováSenior ConsultantAndrea has a legal background based on her law education. She worked as a lawyer in Flow East group. She was responsible for all legal aspects of the Problem Loans Department. Later on, she worked in the Property Department. At the beginning of her professional career she worked as a lawyer in CSOB Bank in Problem Loans Department. She was responsible for major cases where some international element was involved. Since 2009 Andrea works in Constellation Executive Search as a Senior Consultant.

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Constellation– basic facts Constellation Executive Search company, built in 2009, is one of the market leaders in the field

of senior recruitment

Our fee is always fixed, we do not charge any extra costs related to our internal expenses and we are open to share the business risk with our customers. The first instalment of our fee is payable in advance (retainer), the second, usually larger (placement fee), is payable after our project is successfully finished.

Constellation consultants and researchers are using the most modern technological tools (FILEFINDER 10) in order to be able to search through all available information sources, including professional social networks, newspapers, magazines and also corporate websites. FILEFINDER 10 has been recognized as “groundbreaking technology” as a result of the new “Research Zone” technology which allows users to identify and research senior executives who may be found in various websites – including Newspaper aggregators, Corporate websites and Social Networks.

Constellation consultants are ready to offer also other innovative human capital services such as Talent Mapping, Interim Management, Assessment Center or Background check.

Our consultants are widely acknowledged as leading voices of the Czech business community and they are able to utilize their professional contacts in order to receive all references necessary for finding the best candidates.

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Constellation is a member of Tinzon Group, one of the fastest growing global alliance of leading independently owned Executive Search firms.

Constellation is Patron and an active member of AmCham (American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic). Constellation is taking part in many projects targeting the transparent business environment in the Czech Republic.

Constellation institutional memberships

Client orientation

We are independent, privately owned, we can concentrate primarily on servicing client needs.

We offer a fully transparent process to our clients, Constellation partners are fully engaged in all stages of the search process.

Our main focus is on following sectors: FMCG

Logistics and Supply chain

Manufacturing

Retail

Services (B2B)

Banking and Finance

Private Equity

Search process flowchart

Stage 1

•Analyze the unique business culture and structure of the client organization•Determine the skills, knowledge and abilities required from the successful candidate for the

position•Agree on several key selection criteria and crittical competencies•Prepare a customized specification •Average number of days needed: 1-2

Stage 2

•Develop target list of organizations where potential candidates could be found•Target organizations of relevant size and characteristics focusing on industry leaders and

innovative market movers•Meeting with client and discussing the target list•Average number of days needed: 3

Stage 3

•Use external sources to identify quality candidates prior to contacting them – utilizing personal contacts, personal research and all modern technology tools

•Organize competency based interviews with qualified and interested candidates•Conduct preliminary reference check to verify candidates „past performance“, validate

credentials and assess individual strenghts and weaknesses against key selection criteria•Present most qualified list of candidates (Long list) using written appraisal and assessment

against agreed critical competencies•Average number of days needed: 21-28

Stage 4

•In cooperation with the client choose 3-5 candidates (Short list) who will participate in personal interview with the potential supervisor or HR manager. We prepare chronological information sheet about each candidate, matching his/her ability against required competencies through extensive referencing

• Average number of days needed: 7

Stage 5

•Facilitate the final negotiation between the client and the final candidate regarding a compensation package and other employment terms

•Minimize any potential disappointment at this stage and provide both parties with the best opportunity to continue building positive working relationship

• Average number of days needed: 7 (depending on client and candidate negotiations)

Stage 6

•Communicate regularly with the client and the candidate during the first year of placed candidate´s assignment

•Assist in the smooth integration of the candidate into the new job and environment and prevent any potential misunderstanding

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CEO

We are one of the leading firms identifying best candidates for CEO positions. Thanks to our contacts and to our market position we are able to use all potential sources for finding relevant candidates best leaders for your companies. Our membership in TINZON Group allows us to search also among all relevant candidates worldwide.

Financial DirectorWe are using innovative methods and thorough referencing process to identify best talents for CFO roles. Constellation consultants use their excellent network in the local financial community for finding exceptional candidates also for the following positions: Head of Controlling, Head of Internal Audit, Manager for Investors relations etc.

Marketing DirectorOur search methods take into account changing requirements on senior marketing managers. Due to our experience with previous search projects, we are able to cover the whole spectrum of senior marketing positions in different industry sectors, both in B2C and B2B environment.

Functional search

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Sales/ Business Development Director

Thanks to our sources and our large database of sales professionals in different sectors we are able to find the best „hunters and farmers“ for our clients. We concentrate on following positions – Sales Director, Regional Sales Manager, Business Development Manager etc.

HR Director

Constellation consultants use a vast network in HR community and based on our previous projects we are able to find excellent candidates for HR Director roles, demanding senior C&B Managers, Talent Managers and other demanding HR positions.

IT Director

Constellation consultants concentrate on finding candidates for CIO and CTO positions and we are also experts in finding best professionals for senior positions for E-Commerce and Digital functions.

Functional search

International Team Constellation is a member of TINZON Group – continuously growing international

alliance of independently owned and operated Executive Search firms.

TINZON Group has 15 partner companies in 13 countries around the globe, usually the most respected companies in executive search business in local markets.

In cooperation with partner offices around the globe, we are able to identify proper candidates from other countries and successfully perform on regional and international projects.

In cooperation with our partners we successfully completed search projects outside Czech Republic - in Slovakia, Romania, Croatia, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Hungary and Latvia. Together with our partners we can offer search capabilities also in Poland, Russia and Ukraine.

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Constellation s.r.o.U Prašné brány 1110 00 Praha 1Czech Republic

office@constellation.czT: +420 224 900 090F: +420 224 900 095

www.constellation.cz12