ABOUT CONTINGENT CLIENT
The client we partnered are a highly respected and well recognised top 10 global pharmaceutical organisation, at the forefront of innovation. The business has committed and proven capabilities of maximising the increasing opportunities to prevent and treat disease. It operates across a number of therapeutic areas including infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/immunology, and oncology.
OVERVIEW
Due to increased business levels and limited headcount, the client was seeking a number of niche additional hires across their UK HEOR Group from Manager level through to Director. Headcount was managed on a project basis with no set timeframe in mind.
UNDERSTANDING THEIR NEEDS
We hold a long-standing partnership with the client and have previously supported the engagement of other individuals into the group. For each position, we ensure we have a thorough briefing with the hiring manager to understand the intricacies and demands of each requirement.
IDENTIFYING THE CHALLENGES
This required a different approach due to the challenges in the candidate market from both a skills and availability perspective.
The main challenges in the process were:
Identify talent with specialist skill set
Identify talent with specialist skill set
Identify talent with specialist skill set
CLIENT'S AIMS
They aimed to identify highly sought-after individuals with a niche skill set in support of the growing HEOR requirements and deliverables.
They also sought to improve the calibre of individuals across the group and to support the future plans and a new team structure.
Improve the vacancy fill speed
Position client as an employer of choice
Improve calibre of individuals to support team
Find individuals with niche skill set
OUR BESPOKE STAFFING SOLUTION
All recruitment was on a contingency basis, and we continue to work with them in this way. However, a number of roles were released exclusively to Blackfield Associates alongside their own direct hiring campaign. This enables us to spend more time sourcing the highest quality candidates and presenting only those who are an exact fit for the requirement to the client, saving them time and money.
DELIVERING ADDITIONAL VALUE
During all communication, we provided real-time market insights, salary benchmarking which included salary analysis and market intelligence.