CASE STUDY: Executive Recruiting Partnership Supports PE Fueled Roll-Up
The Situation
Empower Brands, a private equity-owned franchise platform with 30 years of success in commercial and residential services, needed to quickly and efficiently expand its senior leadership team to support a rapid growth and acquisition strategy fueled by fresh private equity investment.
Our Approach
Fahrenheit Advisors’ Executive Search and Recruiting Team executed an integrated approach by gaining a holistic view of the organization, establishing a research-driven understanding of the market. From there, the team designed a replicable process for sourcing candidates with deep industry experience and demonstrated success in rapid leadership progression.
Fahrenheit leveraged its team’s expertise to navigate a complex hiring environment, which included strict client confidentiality provisos, candidate non-competes, private equity-related constraints, and industry-specific qualifications, all within an urgent timeline.
The Results
- Placed ten leaders in a 24-month period, including: three Group/Brand Presidents and four Vice President’s
- Achieved placements within an average time to fill of 48 days, significantly shorter than the industry average
- Partnered in the design of new positions in Human Resources, Finance, and Sales to support the organization’s rapid growth
- Created a strong, executable succession planning pathway for critical senior leadership roles
- Fahrenheit has become Empower’s on-call partner for all leadership recruiting
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