Personal service with global vision.

Catalyst Recruitment Partners was founded in Chicago in 2004. Our primary focus is executive, board, technical and operational management level searches for global companies in the industrial, chemical, pharmaceutical, food, consumer and manufactured goods markets.

Our Team

We are led by operating partners who have held senior and board positions globally, giving them an intimate level of insight into what will make a search successful.

Our Process

We take a proactive and consultative approach, focused on gaining an understanding of each client’s business model, market dynamics, and business challenges to understand their corporate culture.

Our Expertise

We draw from years of global leadership experience, bringing over 50 years of hands-on operating experience from shop floor to c-suite in automotive and manufacturing, turnaround, restructuring, supply chain, general manufacturing, product development, sales, marketing and strategic development.

Our Approach

We take a quantitative and qualitative approach to both our search process and to the identification and recruitment of best fit candidates. Due to our focus on our clients’ needs, we offer a range of search services tailored to fit different business circumstances.

Our Vision

To be recognized as a high-caliber, innovative, client-centered executive and technical search firm specializing in manufactured goods, chemical, food and pharmaceutical markets worldwide.

Our Mission

We will leverage our substantial experience in industry and search to understand our clients’ cultures and business challenges and will use creative approaches to identify, motivate, select and present best-in-class candidates in a timely fashion. We will represent our clients professionally and treat our candidates with respect, maintaining confidentiality and honesty.