Search and interim for hire · Procurement and supply chain
The people who keep the supply chain moving.
By Name is the recruitment partner for procurement and supply chain, for permanent roles and interim. We pressure-test the need and the requirements before we search. We know which teams have the expertise, and use our network and technology to reach widely across the market. We approach candidates personally and speak the language of the craft, so we attract and convince the right ones. Finally, people who have led the function themselves judge who fits.
By Name
We challenge the brief, map the market and approach the right candidates personally. You get a shortlist of candidates we vouch for.
How By Name works
Network and technology find the candidates. Expertise decides who fits.
Every assignment runs through the same five layers. We know where to look, because we know the craft and the teams. Our network and technology make us fast and thorough. The decisions are made by people who have held the role.
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Where we lookPeople and data
We know the craft, so we know which companies and teams usually have the expertise you need. That is where we start. Before we call anyone, we map who holds which roles and who has moved, using open registers, public profiles and our own network.
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AI-assisted researchAI
AI supplements our experience in the field. The tools help us find possible candidates across a much wider range of companies and industries, in less time. A person always decides who goes further.
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A network by namePeople
We know the teams in industry and advisory, the good and the less good. If we do not know the candidate, we know who to ask.
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Assessment on the craftPeople
People who have sat in the chair assess the candidates against a structured template. The first candidates come early, so your feedback can sharpen the search. You get a written assessment you can take into the leadership team.
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Follow-up after the startPeople
We stay until the contract is signed, and follow up after the start. What we learn goes into the next assignment.
Two services
Permanent, or on assignment
01Permanent hire
Search
You are hiring for a permanent role. We find and assess a shortlist of candidates we vouch for, from procurement director and supply chain director to category lead, operational buyer and planner.
How we work with search02Capacity now
Interim for hire
You have a gap now. We place an experienced procurement or supply chain professional with an agreed scope and clear goals.
How we work with interimDo you work in procurement or supply chain yourself? Join the network
What you get
An assessment you can take into the leadership team
We find the few candidates who are relevant and motivated for the role. You get a clear recommendation and the reasoning for each, as the basis for your decision.
- 01A role profile built on the goals for the role. We pressure-test the need with you, and that steers what we look for
- 02An overview of the market we searched, and why we left the rest out
- 03A written assessment of each candidate, with salary expectations and notice period
- 04Access to the whole search on one platform, where you see the candidates and give feedback directly
- 05A structured and open process for the candidates, which leaves them with a good impression of you as an employer
Role
Category manager, indirect spend
How we use data
People in charge, supported by technology and functional expertise
People make the decisions
AI supplements our functional experience, and helps us find possible candidates across a much wider range, in less time. Who goes further is decided by a person who knows the craft.
No CV without a yes
No CV goes to a client until the candidate has said yes to the specific role. You can ask for access or deletion at any time.
Confidential when it matters
Headhunting is always the main track, and we only advertise when it helps the search. If the search must be confidential, candidates learn who the client is only once they have agreed to go further.
One platform for the whole search
We run the search on a modern recruitment platform. You see the candidates, the assessments and the progress as we go, and give feedback directly. Candidates follow their own process and always get an answer.
Privacy under control
The platform handles consent, access and deletion, and candidate data is stored in the EU under a data processing agreement. Candidates are told how AI is used, and can opt out.
Who you talk to
«I know what a CPO needs from a category manager, and what a supply chain director demands of a transport planner. That is the judgement you get when you call.»
Thor Bang-EllingsenPartner and founder
Thor has worked in procurement and supply chain for almost 15 years, as a leader, an adviser and the person who built the teams. He has assessed procurement functions in more than 40 companies, in the Nordics and internationally, and seen how procurement, planning and logistics have to work together for the supply chain to deliver. He knows what a CPO or a supply chain director needs from their people. That is the judgement you get when you call.
Talk to usA gap in procurement or supply chain?
Tell us what you think you need. Then we tell you what we think.