British American Tobacco Study – Jobs in Africa – Find work in Africa

BAT Searching for High-Calibre Candidates for DRC

Background

For their operations in DR Congo, British American Tobacco were seeking high-level management profiles across diverse areas of the business. It’s the kind of project that is challenging for a specialism-specific provider to take on, leaving BAT with a choice between engaging multiple agencies and finding one company that could handle a variety of recruitment work as part of a single project. They were seeking DR Congo nationals to work in HR, business processes and finance.

Challenge

The high-level finance manager position required a skill set that was unavailable locally

BAT, a multinational organisation, required new team members able to work across the regions of their business

With three unconnected roles to recruit for, there were no synergies or economies of scale to draw on

Solution

A global headhunt for the right profiles, including a particularly detailed search for the financial manager position.

Outcome

100% success rate with placements for all positions

“We worked really closely with BAT to clearly understand what they needed for the role.”

Sana Chakir
Recruitment Director

When you are searching for extremely tricky profiles, you have to try and be really clear about what is needed. We worked really closely with BAT to clearly understand what they needed for the role. Ultimately, that’s what made it possible for us to place candidates for every position they wanted filling.