He approached Executive Compass Recruitment for advice and the renumeration package he was offering was:

• £80k salary
• 15% Bonus
• 6% Pension
• £8k per annum lease car

Total including employment costs circa £120k

After the initial client meeting and one further meeting it was apparent that the current owner did not need to hire an MD at this time. Executive Compass Recruitment had the following proposal accepted:
Analysed the business need and suggested and supplied a General Manager not an MD

• £55k salary
• 15% Bonus
• 6% Pension
• £6k per annum lease car

Total including employment costs £85,550k

This represented  a saving of over £36,000 per annum, not just in year 1 but in every year that the General Manager stayed with the company. It even reduced the recruitment fee!


An SME facilities management company thought that they required an new Operations Director. The package on offer was:

• £60k salary
• 15% Bonus
• 6% Pension
• £6k per annum lease car

Total including employment costs £90k

Executive Compass Recruitment analysed the business need and reviewed the organisation structure and existing competencies.
We recomended to split the duties between two existing operations managers and employ a logistics manager
£6k x2 salary increase for ops managers
£25k Production Manager
This produced a total Saving of over £16k not just in 1 year but in every year
Created recognised succession plan for the future
Reduced Headhunter fees
Seen as promoting internal candidates
Capitalised on existing knowledge
Had a “known quantity” with existing staff- less risk
Promoted as employer of choice
Significantly increased the morale of the two Operations Managers which led to a whole raft of new ideas.

Executive Compass Recruitment may be able to help you to achieve the same savings. Call us now: 0700 349 6126

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