Executive Search Cologne

Q: How does our recruitment consultancy in Cologne find the best candidates for your vacancy?

Before the search: In order to identify the best, i.e. most suitable candidates, the company's needs must first be analysed in detail: What skills does the new manager need to have? How should they drive the company forward in its development? This analysis results in the target profile with specific information on character traits, management style and professional expertise. During the search: DELTACON specialises in the personal direct approach of top candidates for high-ranking specialist and management positions. We primarily utilise our own industry network, obtain recommendations from industry insiders, research our database and also discreetly approach candidates from the target companies in person. For reasons of discretion, we naturally operate "under the radar". At the end of the search: The top candidates undergo our psychometric and evidence-based diagnostic process before their interview with the company. Through this objective analysis, our in-depth background research and intensive interviews, we ensure that we only present our clients with candidates who exactly match the agreed target profile - and are therefore the best for the job.

Your Executive Search & Recruiting partner in Cologne

Our DELTACON location in Cologne is home to our recruitment consultancy expertise for the retail, distribution and e-commerce sectors.
The office of our personnel consultancy in Cologne with its Competence Centre Retail is headed by our industry expert Daniel Frankenberg. As an expert with over 20 years of experience in various management positions in the consumer goods and retail industries, Daniel Frankenberg supports his clients in Germany, Austria and Switzerland as an executive search consultant. The clients of DELTACON Executive Search in Cologne are retail groups, retailers, wholesalers and online retailers specialising in non-food product ranges, such as drugstore chains, non-food discounters, DIY stores, retailers of office supplies and trading companies for other non-food product ranges.

Wirtschaftswoche - Beste Personalberater Executive Search 2022

DELTACON Cologne has many years of experience and expertise in direct recruitment as well as sound methodological competence in the assessment of candidates. By combining industry know-how, management expertise and the use of meaningful assessment procedures, including psychometric profiling, we identify the most suitable candidates on the market, assess them holistically and convince them to join our client. In addition to the professional match, we place particular emphasis on the ‘cultural fit’. The latter is essential for a successful, long-term appointment. We continuously supplement our strong network with our direct search approach and intensive database research.

DELTACON stands for industry expertise, top quality, reliability and comprehensive guarantees. Our fulfilment rate (success rate) for placements is 98%! Within 6 to 8 weeks, you will be presented with candidates who are a perfect fit.
For these services and our special focus on cultural fit, we have been recognised as Germany’s best executive search consultancy by the German business magazine WirtschaftWoche and Focus Business, among others.

As the location of one of the five largest retailers in Europe, Cologne occupies a leading position in the European retail landscape. Cologne is home to the renowned Chair of Retail and Distribution and the Institute for Retail Research at the University of Cologne.
As a member of the ECC Cologne, Daniel Frankenberg maintains a large network in order to help shape future developments in retail, particularly in e-commerce. In addition to Cologne, the cities of Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Heilbronn, Hanover and Ulm are important locations in Germany for both clients and candidates. We also support clients in Switzerland and Austria very successfully as a recruitment consultancy.

Your advantages with the DELTACON Executive Search Consultancy in Cologne

Industry and management experience

We speak your language and understand your business and expectations. All DELTACON Executive Search Consultants have many years of management experience in top leadership positions and are closely integrated in a dependable network in their respective sectors. This allows us to reach top candidates and engage with them on equal terms. We keep our promises and work quickly, thoroughly, reliably and with absolute discretion. Our quality standards are extremely high. We bring great transparency to the recruiting process. You are updated weekly on our progress and an honest, status-quo report is guaranteed.

Methodological competence

With our “PURE” diagnostic concept, we measure the degree of correspondence between the agreed target profile of our clients and the profiles of our candidates. We use the most modern diagnostic instruments: DELTACON profiling, cultural due diligence and evaluation of references. Our services include multi-stage and face-to-face interviews and and a review of the candidates’ documents. With our PURE concept, we not only deliver candidates from the target companies, but also check which of these candidates best suits the client.

Direct Search

More than 80% of all top candidates today have to be identified via a direct search and actively and personally addressed by our Executive Search Consultants in order to inspire them to move to our clients. We find the best candidates by creating a coordinated list of target companies and identifying the most suitable candidates. A qualified initial approach and the implementation of competence-based interviews, supported by sophisticated diagnostic tools, regularly lead to excellent results: A silver platter with the ideal and motivated candidates!

Do you have any questions about DELTACON Executive Search & Recruiting in Cologne?

Would you like to find out more about executive search and personnel consulting?
Please feel free to contact us!

Daniel Frankenberg

Consumer goods / FMCG (non food), Retail, Outdoor & lifestyle, Packaging materials

+49 178 5801202 · frankenberg@deltacon.com

Industry focus of the Executive Search Consultancy in Cologne

Personalberatung Köln - eCommerce & Onlinehandel

Personnel Consultancy eCommerce & Online Retail

The retail sector has been affected by disruptive changes for a long time: e-tailers / e-commerce companies are growing rapidly and new e-tailers are constantly being launched and opening up new product and service areas for themselves.
New job profiles have emerged in recent years and requirements for managers have changed. Daniel Frankenberg worked for several years as a board member at one of the largest and fastest-growing online retailers in Germany and is therefore familiar with the challenges and opportunities involved in filling management positions in this sales channel.

Retail personnel consulting

Although online retail is growing dynamically, bricks-and-mortar retail, as well as wholesale, are indispensable in the vast majority of non-food product groups and continue to be of great importance. With Daniel Frankenberg, who worked for many years in top management positions in the non-food sector, DELTACON Executive Search has excellent expertise in all sales channels and sales formats. A close connection between bricks-and-mortar retail and e-commerce is often economically effective for our clients, but also requires further development of the company’s expertise. We therefore seek and find the talents and top executives who can help shape this change in a targeted and successful manner.

Personnel Consultancy B2B

Trade B2B trade is a sales channel that refers to all types of trade functions that take place between two companies. Businesses rely on other businesses to function. When supplying equipment or goods or utilising services, B2B transactions are crucial to the smooth running of businesses. With the general shift of trade to the internet, commerce has also evolved. Daniel Frankenberg has worked as a board member at Germany’s largest B2B online retailer and his industry expertise means he understands our clients’ needs and expectations and can deliver high calibre candidates with an ideal cultural fit in a short space of time.

Frequently asked questions about Executive Search Consulting in Cologne

How does the collaboration between clients and our recruitment consultancy in Cologne work?

Open and consistent communication and transparent processes always come first and form the basis of successful collaboration. This begins with a comprehensive briefing and an honest insight into the client’s company. This is the only way to create a precise target profile for the new manager. During the active personnel search, well-prepared meetings and speed are usually decisive for success in recruiting. Especially in the fast-moving focal sectors of the Cologne recruitment consultancy, quick reactions are therefore required from all parties involved. This is the only way to convince top candidates to move to the client.

How does our recruitment consultancy in Cologne find the best candidates for your vacancy?

Before the search: In order to identify the best, i.e. most suitable candidates, the company’s needs must first be analysed in detail: What skills does the new manager need to have? How should they drive the company forward in its development? This analysis results in the target profile with specific information on character traits, management style and professional expertise.

During the search: DELTACON specialises in the personal direct approach of top candidates for high-ranking specialist and management positions. We primarily utilise our own industry network, obtain recommendations from industry insiders, research our database and also discreetly approach candidates from the target companies in person. For reasons of discretion, we naturally operate “under the radar”.

At the end of the search: The top candidates undergo our psychometric and evidence-based diagnostic process before their interview with the company. Through this objective analysis, our in-depth background research and intensive interviews, we ensure that we only present our clients with candidates who exactly match the agreed target profile – and are therefore the best for the job.