HR Partners International Executive Search

We are looking for a General Manager for the Benelux Business Unit of ALTAVIA, the world's leading independent retail marketing services network. Full P&L ownership across Belgium and the Netherlands. A direct line to international group leadership. Based in Amsterdam or Brussels. We're not looking for a caretaker. We're looking for a leader: someone who hunts new business, opens doors at the highest level, and closes deals - while bringing real structure and energy to the team they lead. Comfortable in both French and Dutch, alongside English. Experience in commercial activation or retail marketing is a strong plus. Interested, or know someone who'd be a great fit? Get in touch with us.

We are looking for a General Manager Benelux - based in Brussels or Amsterdam. 🇧🇪🇳🇱 Marketing services. Full P&L across Belgium and the Netherlands. A mandate to grow the business and build something that lasts. Reporting to international group leadership. 🎯 The profile is a rare one - and that's not a cliché. This role needs someone who can open doors and close deals, restructure an organization and energize a team, and do all of this in both French and Dutch, fluently, naturally, every day. 🌱 Deep roots in the retail and FMCG Benelux landscape matter. So does the appetite for a real challenge.

Twenty years ago, Czech executives led Central Europe from Prague. Today, the centre of gravity is moving. Some signals are hard to ignore. More and more regional HQ functions are migrating toward Poland. Leadership roles increasingly benefit from Poland exposure - or Poland residency. Polish executives are more frequently being appointed to run adjacent markets, including the Czech Republic On Thursday last week, as part of the HR Partners International Executive Search CEO Roundtable series, I brought together a small group of senior Czech, Polish and international executives for a closed-door, off-the-record conversation at The Mozart Prague on where CEE leadership is heading - and why. Around the table: Agnieszka Rysz-Zahradniczek, MBA, Central Europe Commercial & Sales Director CZ/SK/HU at Douglas, Karina Takovenko, former General Manager Commercial Markets Central Europe at Avon, Oldrich Kubista, Director of Operations Poland, Czechia and Slovakia at Cinema City Poland, Eduard Piňos, Group Chief Marketing Officer at Accolade, and Giuseppe Panarese, Vice-President at Allegro - one of the largest e-commerce platforms in Europe, born and built in Poland. What emerged was a picture of Central European markets at different moments in their trajectory. Poland is riding a wave of ambition, energy and commercial confidence that is reshaping the region. The Czech Republic remains a solid, stable and healthy market that continues to punch above its weight. Hungary and Slovakia, once firmly on the regional map, seem increasingly peripheral to where the real decisions are being made. Something is definitely shifting in the geography of regional leadership. What do you think? Is Central Europe becoming Poland-centric - or is the picture more nuanced than that? #CEE #Leadership #CEOs #Prague #Warsaw #CzechRepublic #Poland

🚀 Prague | Marketing Director Opportunity We are launching a new search for a Marketing Director at Edenred Czech Republic - a global leader in digital employee benefits, mobility, and corporate payment solutions. A senior B2B leadership role focused on growth, demand generation, sales enablement, and market impact. This is not a traditional brand marketing role, but an opportunity for someone who knows how to turn marketing into business results. Ideal backgrounds: fintech, telecom, SaaS, digital platforms, payments. 📍 Prague 🌍 International environment 📈 High visibility role Apply here: https://lnkd.in/dgMRcv8p Feel free to reach out privately - or tag someone relevant. #Prague #MarketingDirector #B2BMarketing #Growth #Edenred

🚀 We’re Hiring: Sales Director Italy 🇮🇹 Our client, Laboratoires Vivacy, is a fast-growing French leader in medical aesthetics and regenerative skin health, with products commercialized in 70+ countries worldwide. Italy 🇮🇹 is a strategic growth market for the Group. We are seeking an entrepreneurial, field-driven Sales Director Italy to lead and develop the nationwide sales organization and drive performance within a selective, premium distribution model. The ideal candidate is a senior commercial leader (Sales Director / National Sales Manager level) with a proven track record of delivering growth in competitive, selective and value-based healthcare environments. You bring: ✔ Strong sales force leadership and performance management expertise ✔ Experience within premium, prescription-driven or controlled distribution models ✔ Credibility with specialist physicians, pharmacists, private clinics and KOLs ✔ Background in medical aesthetics, medical devices, pharma (ophthalmology, dental…), dermo-cosmetics or healthcare ✔ A strategic mindset combined with hands-on execution excellence Fluent Italian 🇮🇹 and English 🇬🇧 are required. 📍 Location: Anywhere in Italy

🚀 Executive opportunity in fintech & digital platforms – Prague Imagine working on products at the crossroads of fintech, platforms, and real-life impact. That’s the world of Edenred (www.edenred.com), a global leader in digital employee benefits, payments, and mobility solutions. We’re hiring a Product & Marketing Director (CMO-level) for Edenred Česká republika to help shape the next chapter of its digital products and growth. This role is for someone who loves turning ideas into products, products into traction, and traction into real business results. You’ll own the product vision, lead go-to-market strategy, and scale digital acquisition. If fintech, platforms, and building things that truly scale energize you, this one’s worth a chat. Feel free to reach out to Philippe Riboton - or tag someone who’d love this role.

Why do so few women reach the top in real estate? Despite representing an estimated 37% of commercial real estate professionals globally, women occupy only about 14% of C-suite roles. In many organisations, even where women make up the majority of employees, there are no women at all in senior leadership. So what is really holding women back from the CEO seat? Is it a pipeline issue, or a promotion barrier? Is leadership culture still too often a boys’ club? These were the courageous questions we put on the table at this week’s  HR Partners International Executive Search’ CEO Roundtable on "Women in Real Estate" at The Mozart Prague. Around the table sat leading female voices from across the real estate landscape - spanning development, advisory, investment and legal services. We were honoured to welcome Marta Prazakova, Executive Vice Chairwoman of the Board at TRADE CENTRE PRAHA a.s., Magda Pokorna, Chief Corporate Officer at CRESTYL development company, Katarína Brydone, Managing Director of Colliers Czech Republic, Radka Novak, International Partner and Head of Office Agency CEE at Cushman & Wakefield, Martina Jůzová, Investment Director at WOOD & Company Real Estate, Thu Nga Haskovcova, Partner at Haskovcova & Co. & Co law firm and Olga Kaizar, Partner at ROWAN LEGAL. The takeaway. Progress requires more than participation. Women are present in the workforce, yet often absent in leadership. The challenge is not getting in - it’s moving up. Unless companies put in place clearer development paths and more equitable promotion practices, the numbers won’t shift.

🚀 We’re hiring a Strategy & Marketing Director (CMO level) for Edenred Czech Republic in Prague - the global leader in digital employee benefits and corporate payment solutions. 💡 Your mission: Lead the Product & Digital Marketing teams to scale usage, accelerate digital acquisition, and optimize conversion funnels while shaping the next generation of digital services for millions of users. 📈 What you’ll drive: End-to-end go-to-market strategy for a rapidly evolving digital ecosystem Product innovation across payments, benefits, and merchant solutions Data-driven growth with real impact on customer engagement and revenue A high-visibility agenda across Edenred’s international network 🌍 Who we’re looking for: A strategic and hands-on leader with experience in digital platforms, payment ecosystems, and international matrix organizations — someone who can zoom out to set the vision and zoom in to make it happen. 🤝 Beyond the role: Represent Edenred on the market, build strong industry partnerships, and help shape the future of innovation in digital financial services. 📩 Want to make a real mark in a global fintech ecosystem? Let’s talk.

We are currently leading a confidential executive search for the Chief Executive Officer for Italy on behalf of a European pioneer in e-mobility and battery energy storage (BESS). 📍 Location: Torino, Milano, or elsewhere in Italy 🌍 Scope: Full P&L for Italy, with market entry and expansion responsibility across Switzerland and France 🏗️ Mandate: Define and execute strategy, manage tenders and partnerships, drive operational excellence and sustainable growth 💡 Profile: A visionary and entrepreneurial leader able to scale fast-growing businesses in complex markets 📈 Trajectory: A high-growth platform with potential evolution toward Group-level leadership We are looking for an impact-driven executive with strong experience in energy, transport, OEM, or public mobility, and a robust network across Italy, Switzerland, and France. If this resonates - or if you know someone who might be interested - please reach out in confidence.

🌍 Expatriation is celebrated. Repatriation? Still the blind spot. That truth came out loud and clear during our last week HR Partners International Executive Search Global Leaders Roundtable on “The Challenges of Expatriation and Repatriation” at The Mozart Prague. Around the table were leaders - from diplomats to CHROs, CFOs, and CEOs - who’ve lived this journey themselves - packing up, starting fresh in another country, and eventually coming back. Some had done it more than once, across continents. Joining us were Petra Masinova, Diplomat, First Secretary of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Paris; Karin Straková, Founder of RESONETI and former Regional HR Director with Generali; Gabriela Zahoranska, Executive Director with Slovak PRO; Karel Foltyn, Group Chief People Officer at Rohlik Group; Zdenek Rihacek, Regional Senior Managing Director Central Europe South at Procter & Gamble; Martin Dlouhy, Non-Executive Director and ex-Chief Strategy Officer of Rohlik Group; Bohdan Lenek, Head of Business Unit Operations Controlling at Groupe SEB; Radek J., CFO of Air Dispatch; and Rudy Kozak, ex-General Manager CZ/SK of Astellas Pharma. Together, we heard powerful stories of: 🎯 Returning talents sidelined into roles that undervalue global experience. 🌪️ Reverse culture shock that felt more destabilizing than moving abroad. 💸 Organizations losing their best people when they could be leveraging hard-won global expertise. The takeaway? Expatriation stretches who we are - but repatriation defines what we carry forward. Companies that embrace both chapters keep global skills alive rather than letting them fade. In the end, global mobility is not just a move - it’s a story. 🙏 A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined. Your insights, candor, and humor made this roundtable both eye-opening and inspiring. #GlobalMobility  #Leadership  #Repatriation #Expatriation #Retention