After a complex, year-long process, our retail executive search successfully placed a top-tier Merchandise Planner at a leading vertical specialty retailer in Chicago.
By Hope Brick
Published 05/01/25
Placement: Merchandise Planner
WHEW!-
There are executive searches and then, there are executive searches on STEROIDS....
The first candidate we profiled for this Merchandise Planner position was interviewed by Brick Executive Search exactly ONE YEAR ago on 5/3/2024. Can you believe that?
We talked to 54 candidates . 12 Candidates were interviewed by the client.
HIGHLY UNUSUAL!
And then, on 4/2/2025- the skies opened and a RAINBOW appeared. That rainbow told me the most compelling merchandise planning story I had ever heard. He then said he was just going to " happen " to be in Chicago over the weekend for a "SHUFFLEBOARD TOURNAMENT"....
My client arranged to meet with him - and my candidate came in 3rd in the nation in Shuffleboard while also getting an OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT for his dream job.
Start Date: June 4, 2025