Sectors

Industrial

Executive search and advisory across industrial and advanced manufacturing — from general management to critical engineering and technical leadership.
Industrial

Industrial leadership for continuous change

Industrial success today requires transformation and execution to move in parallel. Since 2009, we have secured C-suite leaders and rare technical experts internationally—specializing in mandates where access to talent is the primary constraint.

Operations, Supply Chain & Safety

We have an extensive track record of delivering senior-level mandates that stabilize and scale complex global footprints. We focus on the leadership required to synchronize the physical value chain with corporate strategy and operational integrity

  • Operations & Manufacturing: We secure COOs, VPs of Manufacturing, and Directors of Operational Excellence—leaders who drive large-scale Lean transformations and Industry 4.0 integration.
  • Supply Chain & S&OP: We identify the architects of the integrated value chain, including VPs of Supply Chain, Global Procurement Directors, and S&OP Leaders who align demand, supply, and financial goals
  • HSE & Sustainability (ESG): We specialize in finding the guardians of your "License to Operate"—HSE Directors and Sustainability leaders focused on workplace safety, industrial decarbonization, and ethical supply chain governance
  • Technical Engineering: Identifying the VPs of Engineering and CTOs who bridge the gap between R&D innovation and industrial reality.

Integrated Leadership Coverage

To ensure a synchronized executive team, we provide talent access across the functions that support the core operation:

  • Commercial & Finance: CFOs, CCOs, and CMOs with deep industrial DNA.
  • Specialized Functions: Digital/IT, Legal, and HR.
Industrial sector

Execution is the strategy

Industrial performance is won on the shop floor — through leadership, cadence, and decisions that stick. When priorities shift, systems change, or the organization scales, execution risk spikes fast.

We advise industrial leaders on transformation, operating model, and leadership alignment — strengthening decision velocity, accountability, and cross-functional execution to protect uptime, margins, and delivery.
What sets us apart

The questions we help leaders answer

  • How do we secure proven leadership for transformation and execution — fast, discreetly, and without disrupting operations?
  • How do we access mission-critical technical talent competitors can’t reach — especially in tight markets or “stuck” searches?
  • How do we align leadership on operating cadence, accountability, and decision velocity — so execution holds at scale?
  • How do we de-risk key hires through sharper calibration, real market mapping, and role-specific assessment?
  • How do we protect uptime, margins, and delivery reliability through the right leadership appointments?
Our experts

Global leadership team

Edgars Jermaks

Global Partner | Executive Search & TA Performance

Edgars is a global executive headhunter known for turning “impossible” searches into signed offers across Pharma, MedTech, and Industrial markets in EMEA, LATAM, and APAC. He brings direct, practical TA enablement: role calibration, market mapping, outreach strategy, stakeholder alignment, and closing discipline — with a strong focus on protecting candidate experience and moving fast without breaking trust.

Edgars Jermaks

Global Partner | Executive Search & TA Performance
edgars@xstature.com

Jurryt Liefveld

Global Head of Recruitment

Having lived and worked internationally, Jurryt has built a deep international network and operates at C-level, senior leadership, and specialist level. With more than 15 years of experience, his work is defined by discretion, long-term relationships, and direct access to senior decision-makers.

He co-founded Xstature Search Group around a clear principle: access is key — enabling deeper reach, unconstrained by the structures that define large search firms. He leads international executive search assignments end-to-end, working closely with clients to ensure depth, precision, and alignment throughout the process.

His focus is on Manufacturing and Life Sciences, working internationally from Amsterdam.

Jurryt Liefveld

Global Head of Recruitment
jurryt@xstature.com
Supported By

Industrial advisory board

Our Industrial Advisory Board strengthens our judgment on complex, high-stakes mandates — bringing CEO/CFO-level experience in industrial platforms, transformation, integration, and performance resets. We draw on their perspective for operating model design, value creation, governance, and senior stakeholder alignment when complexity demands it.

Christian Mutzner

Global Advisor

Christian brings deep COO/CFO and finance leadership across international operating environments, with experience spanning COO Europe responsibilities, regional CFO/COO scope, and managing director roles across multiple markets. He supports Xstature with pragmatic board-level insight on performance management, financial governance, operating cadence, and transformation execution — strengthening decision quality and stakeholder alignment in complex industrial contexts.

Christian Mutzner

Global Advisor

Francesco di Bari

Global Advisor

Francesco is a CEO-level operator focused on scaling industrial, software-enabled, and climate-tech platforms into internationally scalable, exit-ready businesses. Across 25+ years at CEO/CFO level, and supported value realisations across industrial automation, SaaS-driven environments, and energy transition ventures.

He brings disciplined platform scaling: restoring execution rhythm, designing scalable operating models and pricing, pivoting hardware businesses toward recurring revenue, and leading buy-and-build integration and cross-border expansion — aligning governance and performance systems toward measurable enterprise value.

Francesco di Bari

Global Advisor