Made In Leverages Hunt Club’s Expert Network to Hire 2 Specialized VP Roles To Drive Growth
Made In joins forces with network-driven, referral-based talent partner Hunt Club
Challenge
When seeking new talent to help redefine the cookware industry, Made In faced three challenges:
1. Finding A-list leaders with the experience to successfully drive, scale, and sustain Made In’s growth trajectory
2. Finding niche, extremely specialized leadership roles in the international D2C space in one of the most competitive job markets in US history
3. Sourcing and vetting candidates for roles in which the founders and leadership team had limited visibility and experience
Outcome
Two roles were hired: VP of Growth and VP of Product & Sourcing.
The VP of Growth was 82 days to hire (174 candidates were sourced, 14 candidates were introduced, 9 candidates were interviewed, and 1 VP was hired).
The VP of Product & Sourcing was 55 days to hire (70 candidates were sourced, 15 candidates were introduced, 6 candidates were interviewed, and 1 VP was hired).
When it came to hiring a VP of Growth and VP of Product & Sourcing, Made In turned to Hunt Club to find influential talent that was hard to source elsewhere. Read the Made In Partner Story to learn how Hunt Club found bullseye candidates.
VP of Growth
When Hiring a VP of Growth, they partnered with Hunt Club to find someone who could:
- Build and optimize funnels to discover customer engagement with Made In’s brand across all customer journey touchpoints
- Drive customer experience from awareness to retention, encouraging life-long customer relationship!
- Demonstrate a passion for implementing solutions that align with the market, company goals, and strength of customer engagement
- Exude and build upon the found ng team’s grit and focus
- Be a pragmatic leader dedicated to the intersectionality between the customer journey, market data, and company campaigns
VP of Product & Sourcing
Hunt Club’s talent strategists carefully screened and evaluated candidates with the following qualifications:
- Experience finding and sourcing niche manufacturers and quality goods
- Ability to build and maintain connections with manufacturers to ensure long-term, quality partnerships
- Ability to develop and lead sound, cost-effective strategies for the purchasing of materials used throughout the business
- A strong collaborative mindset that would facilitate relationships between sales, marketing, and product-working together to align on product development and market fit
- Ability to plan, streamline, execute and manage international launch plans
"From the very beginning, Hunt Club’s team had a very clear understanding of how to approach the search for each of our roles, guiding us through an efficient process to connect with the strongest pool of top industry leaders. ” -Jake Malick, Co-founder & President