Hire the Leaders Who Make Complexity Look Simple
From global supply chain disruption to labor shortages and process inefficiencies, the pressure on operational teams has never been greater.
At Ready Set Exec, we help enterprise and mid-market manufacturers, logistics providers, and supply chain-driven businesses hire senior leaders who don’t just manage operations—they optimize them.
Whether you’re expanding production, building resilience into your supply chain, or upgrading leadership in a key facility, we deliver proven, strategic operators—fast.
Who We Place in Supply Chain & Manufacturing
We focus on placing leaders who understand how to turn operational challenges into growth opportunities:
Solving Real-World Pain Points in Operations Hiring
We understand what’s at stake when operational roles go unfilled:
- Missed production deadlines
- Broken supplier relationships
- Talent shortages in critical roles
- Rising costs with no strategic plan to control them
We’ve built a search process that moves fast, understands technical and cultural requirements, and delivers aligned leadership that can step in and contribute from day one.
Why Leading Ops Teams Choose Ready Set Exec
Functional Fluency: We understand operations. You won’t waste time explaining what a throughput bottleneck is.
Faster Hiring, No Drop in Quality: We reduce time-to-hire by up to 50% while maintaining rigor and long-term fit.
Hands-On Experience: Our recruiters have worked with complex orgs—from factories to logistics networks to ERP transformations.
Founder-Led Search: Your ops team isn’t handed off to junior recruiters. You get a partner who knows how critical this hire is.
Your Operations Deserve a Leader Who Delivers
Your production doesn’t pause while you search.
Let’s help you move faster—with the right operational talent who knows how to keep things moving, scaling, and improving.
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Retained search involves a significant upfront financial commitment from the client, typically paid in three instalments: one-third upfront, one-third upon interviewing, and the final third upon hiring. This commitment signifies a strong dedication to finding the right candidate and ensures that the recruiting firm allocates substantial time and resources to the search process. In contrast, contingent searches require no payment until a candidate is hired. While this may seem like a lower-risk option, it often results in less commitment, time, energy and resources from the recruiting firm. Contingent searches are typically deprioritized in favor of retained searches, and resources are allocated accordingly.
Contingent searches are ideal for those seeking speed and volume in the recruitment process, typically in more transactional environments. They are recommended for filling entry-level or mid-level roles that can be filled within 30 days. On the other hand, a retained search represents a true partnership between the client and the search firm. It entails a firm commitment from the recruiting company to fill the role effectively. Executive searches, a type of retained search, tend to have a higher success rate, ranging from 80% to 95%, compared to the average success rate of around 15% for contingent searches.
Our standard guarantee period is for 90 days. This allows you to have a full quarter of performance with your new hire. If the candidate’s performance is not satisfactory, then READY SET EXEC will find a one time replacement candidate that meets your hiring criteria. Usually, we are able to go back to our active candidate pool and find one of the top candidates for you or we will conduct the search again. The one time guarantee does not extend the guarantee period, rather it is a fulfillment of our promise to ensure you have a candidate for hire. When making a new hire, having a structured and thoughtful onboarding process, training and a healthy work environment contributes to successfully integrating your new employee and increasing your employee retention.
39 days and 100% success in partnership searches following our milestone fee system. This timeline includes the search start and ramp up, a candidate going through our recruitment process, then client interviews, then an offer being negotiated. The candidate will also give notice to their employer which can be two to four weeks.
