Talent Solutions - Acquisition, Consulting & Intelligence.

Executive Search

Attract the best talent to meet your business goals

With more than a decade of experience in India primarily focusing on middle to senior level leadership hiring, we have helped organizations across industries attract top talent, understanding their strategic goals and aligning their recruitment to meet business objectives. We leverage our innovative technology platforms to deliver swift and cost-effective results, while ensuring professionalism and confidentiality. Our intensive knowledge of various industries coupled with a research and process driven approach has ensured our consistently high retention as the partner of choice for our clients to meet novel and complex talent needs.

Representative Searches

Project Recruitment

Manage your staffing needs with us through strategic growth events

Our Project Recruitment offering helps in high volume hiring activities for our clients. We understand the need for quick hiring in particular growth events such as mergers, acquisitions, new market entry, new product launch etc. Because time is critical in these events to capitalize on such opportunities, we can help meet your hiring needs fast by giving you access to talent that possesses the skills and competencies you need, across levels and functions.

About the Client

One of world’s leading nutraceuticals and health supplements company

Problem

The client was looking to rapidly setup a 45 member Shared Services Team that would cater to India and multiple international markets

Solution offered

As the client wanted confidentiality till the final stages of recruitment, Catenon tailored the search process in consultation with the client and presented candidates with desired competencies who were available at a short notice

Result

The client was able to setup the Shared Service Team in less than 2 months (20% faster turn-around than promised)

RPO

Make RPO part of your talent strategy with Catenon

Our RPO solutions team understands the challenges of talent acquisition, assessment and integration and are capable of designing a unique and personalized solution. This is made possible thanks to the capacity of our flexible global operations and our workflow model, which provides efficient real-time tracking. In addition, through our platforms and knowledge of the digital talent ecosystem, we are able to provide consulting on technology applied to RPO projects.

About the Client

A leading player in the hospitality business specialized in booking of hotel room nights

Problem

The company needed to hire a team of 200 people in APAC region as a part of the Global Shared Services Team

Solution offered

The end-to-end recruitment process was customized to align with the client’s business strategy and timeline expectations. A specialized RPO team worked closely with the client to ensure seamless execution

Result

A 200 member strong Shared Services organization was established over a period of 5 months giving strong impetus to business growth

International Hiring

Get the right talent to lead your international strategy

Indian organizations are pushing national boundaries to expand in newer geographies. In addition to required skills and competencies, Catenon understands the need for potential and cultural fit that will ensure the success of talent in such critical roles. We have an enviable record of helping Indian clients across industries recruit the best talent for their international operations.

About the Client

One of the leading agro-chemical companies in India with international presence

Problem

Looking to strengthen their direct presence in Brazil by recruiting Country Director

Solution offered

After thorough mapping, 5 candidates were shortlisted and the Indian leadership flew to Brazil for in-person interviews while the presence of local Catenon resource in Brazil helped in highly informed decision making

Result

In addition to Country Director, the client was also able to hire a Commercial Director from the candidates presented giving strong thrust to their Latin America business

Interim Management

Navigate transient strategic talent needs with interim management

Interim managers are specialized executives that organizations can employ for a short duration of time to solve a specific business problem. Catenon has a track record of delivering accomplished executives with extensive experience in maneuvering the change or transition that organizations are experiencing.

About the Client

An Indian healthcare group involved in the manufacturing of pharmaceutical formulations

Solution offered

Extensive mapping of senior HR candidates with a background in the healthcare industry who were open to an interim role were presented to the client

Problem

The client needed a seasoned HR specialist with extensive experience in industrial relations who could streamline the internal factory HR challenges and provide strategic direction to the Management

Result

The client was able to onboard an HR expert with niche experience to help them navigate the industrial relations challenges and carve a long-term HR strategy within a stipulated period of time

Company Incorporation

Helping foreign companies establish business in India

We assist foreign companies who aim to enter the Indian market through consulting and execution of company incorporation. Our aim is to make the process of incorporation seamless and smooth so that organizations can leverage crucial bandwidth to focus on business strategy and operations.

About the Client

A global industrial house headquartered in USA and planning to set up operations in India

Problem

The company wanted to incorporate an Indian entity in accordance with the Indian laws and kick-off operations within a tight timeline

Solution offered

Catenon assisted the client through the process of regulatory assessment and legal incorporation. An office was set-up to recruit the team, while ensuring payroll and HR compliance

Result

The company was able to meet the kick-off timelines for its Indian operations while ensuring all compliance was taken care of

Turnkey project

Hit the ground running, faster with our office setup assistance

We offer a range of services to companies establishing businesses in India, the primary goal being faster turn-around on a range of actions such as setting up office hire team, payroll etc.

About the Client

LA global industrial house headquartered in USA and planning to set up operations in India

Problem

The company wanted to incorporate an Indian entity in accordance with the Indian laws and kick-off operations within a tight timeline

Solution offered

Catenon assisted the client through the process of regulatory assessment and legal incorporation. An office was set-up to recruit the team, while ensuring payroll and HR compliance

Result

The company was able to meet the kick-off timelines for its Indian operations while ensuring all compliance was taken care of

Industry intelligence

Get unparalleled insights into human capital developments in your industry

At Catenon, we love to constantly gain knowledge and learn about fine trends and developments in human capital across industries. We can conduct bespoke research ranging across the breadth of human resource elements to help you gain accurate, comprehensive and competitive insights and achieve strategic outcomes.

About the Client

A US based manufacturing company looking to set up production facility in India

Problem

The company needed comprehensive information around all manufacturing clusters in India, allied industries and deep human capital insights to select the location for its manufacturing facility

Solution offered

Catenon conducted an integrated study spread across primary research with 1600+ professionals & HR leaders along with 2 million secondary data points to present a report on location, ecosystem, manpower cost and other factors to the client

Result

A comprehensive industry report was presented to the client that helped them decide the right location and benchmark salaries against industry standards

Salary Benchmarking

Foster your Compensation & Benefits strategy with the right benchmarking

As organizations strive to hire the best talent, it is imperative to have the right remuneration strategy in place. This ensures that new candidates are made the right offers, while giving an opportunity to compare the internal compensation structures against competition. Catenon provides industry and market data capturing tangible and intangible elements of compensation and benefits in identified organizations.

About the Client

A global leader in the manufacturing of fluid handling components and equipment

Problem

As the company was in the middle of an international merger, they wanted detailed insights to benchmark against industry compensation across the 2 markets

Solution offered

A comprehensive compensation and benefits benchmarking was done after alignment on competitor companies in the industry

Result

Insights from the compensation report were major inputs in the M&A discussions and helped the client in calibrating salaries for existing org and new joinees

Define HR processes

Be assured that you have the process safeguards and best practices in place

We help companies define the whole range of HR process as per the legal and cultural context in India. These include Attendance, Leave and Working Hours policy, Compensation and Benefits Policy, Talent onboarding policy, Talent Exit Policy, Performance Management Policy, Work From home Policy, Prevention of Sexual Harassment Policy, and Travel Policy

About the Client

A global Industrial MNC with a new office setup and team in India

Problem

The company was looking for an expert to define the HR processes in India, as per the regulations and norms.

Solution offered

Catenon reviewed the standard global processes and policies for the company and tailored them to fit the context. Catenon ensured that missing HR process specific to India, were drafted and covered all aspects of HR.

Result

The company was able to operate with full compliance and assurance, and induct the team with a full set of HR policies defined.