Highly developed economies have encountered the challenged to carry the so called Fourth Industrial Revolution, developing an industrial sector with «smart factories», which use digital technologies, robots and artificial intelligences, that allow them to transform for beginning to end the production process.
From Redwood Executive Search we contribute with important experience in the evaluation and attraction of talent in the Capital Goods Industry and in the Consumer Goods Industry with focus on industrial automation, robotics, Industry 4.0, IoT and in another line, also a high specialization in HVAC and industrial refrigeration. Activities where a clear evolution and paradigm shift in terms of business models and the necessary talent is taking place in an accelerated manner, although of course the Industrial Engineer is the dominant and most demanded profile.
In new ways and with different challenges, the Supply Chain is evolving at a time that generates and demands a unique opportunity for evolution, transformation and development of new strategies and models. Among others, to definitively discard linear supply chains to incorporate circular models with the consumer as the protagonist and focus on recycling, reusing and reducing. These challenges are largely linked to technology and the need to attract and develop differential talent, with a different management and leadership style. In line with this, Redwood Executive Search helps its clients to attract this type of talent in Supply Planning, Demand Planning, Procurement & Purchasing and provides strong experience in the transport and logistics sector and activity: Shipping, intermodal transport and contract logistics.