Executive Recruiter

GVW Group; Durbanville; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Onsite Durbanville office

Job summary

GVW Group is seeking an Executive Recruiter with a proven track record in US executive search. This full-time onsite role is based at our Durbanville offices, requiring a candidate who thrives in high-stakes environments and operates with an owner mindset.

You will manage end-to-end executive recruitment across multiple units, ensure cultural fit, and build a robust pipeline of senior-level talent for transformative business initiatives.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of recruitment experience with a focus on U.S. executive search.
• Deep familiarity with U.S. talent market trends and compensation norms.
• Experience in founder-led or private equity-backed environments is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead full lifecycle executive search, primarily for U.S.-based roles.
• Develop search strategies and engage across functions to find top leadership.
• Build and nurture long-term relationships with senior talent.

Skills

Executive recruitment

US market experience

Stakeholder management

Talent sourcing

Relationship building

Tools

Recruiting software

Job description

Description

Do you want to be an executive recruiter WITHIN THE gvw group, LLC?

Do you want to be an executive recruiter WITHIN THE gvw group, LLC? Can you be comfortable being uncomfortable? Are you fine with always speaking your mind? Can you lead, execute, and stay focused despite many distractions, and do the work yourself if needed? At GVW Group, we fight for the customer’s needs. We invest in and grow businesses that disrupt their industries by putting the customers’ needs first. From big data to industrial manufacturing, we deliver tools that transform the work of the people that use them. It takes a special kind of person to be a part of this business in transformation. We are privately owned and expect our team members to act with an owner mindset: Relentless about creating value for the customer. Dogged about finding efficiencies and eliminating waste. Standing arm in arm with the rest of the team until the job is done—and ready to do it again the next day, with a smile. It is not easy do things differently. But we do it—because we are passionate about improving our business and the lives of the people who use our tools.

Your Mission

As an Executive Recruiter with 10 years experience to back you, your mission is to discover, attract, screen and hire highly talented individuals into the Autocar family of companies. You must have extensive experience recruiting within the U.S. market, with a proven track record of successfully placing executives across functions. This is not a volume or mid-level role—we’re looking for someone who lives and breathes executive search, who thrives in high-stakes environments, and who understands the unique dynamics of hiring top leaders in complex, entrepreneurial businesses. You must operate by the highest standards as it pertains to company culture, proprietary processes and procedures. Reporting to the Director of Talent Management, you’ll develop search strategies and lead engagements to position GVW Group for success today and well into the future. You’ll have the drive, motivation and passion to disrupt the executive talent landscape and deliver an incredible customer and candidate experience. You will have the intellectual curiosity, problem solving capability and drive to build the leadership at GVW Group.

What You’ll Do

• Drive U.S.-based executive recruitment: Lead and manage full lifecycle executive search efforts, primarily within the U.S. and across multiple business units and industries (manufacturing, tech, etc.).
• Understand the overall company structure, the goals and challenges of each business unit and what it looks like to be successful in each.
• Teach our culture by embracing it, understanding it, changing with it and finding people to add to the organization that compliment us.
• Continuously engage others—both internally and externally—as sources of knowledge in order to continue to learn and become more effective at finding the right people for our organization.
• Operate autonomously and lead: You’ve either led an executive search team before or worked in a high-impact solo capacity. You’ll drive efforts independently but collaborate closely across functions.
• Develop and Maintain a pool of top talent at all times. Maintain relationships for resources as well as potential candidates/ employees. Create and nurture long-term relationships with high-caliber executive talent, including passive candidates.
• Communicate with Supervisors, colleagues, hiring managers with regards to challenges and successes, frustrations and ways they can help, as well as suggestions that may assist them.
• Communicate openly and honestly with each candidate, be transparent when it comes to being a fit for our culture. Provide open and honest feedback to candidates throughout our interviewing and hiring process.
• Ask questions of hiring managers to ensure you are finding what they are looking for.
• Follow all established processes and adhere to budgets for each role as approved. Use resources allocated for the Recruiting Process such as websites, memberships and software, and continually seek ideas for improving overall efficiency. Educate hiring managers on the importance of following our structured executive hiring process.

What You Bring

• Minimum 10 years of experience in recruitment, with at least 5 years focused exclusively on U.S. executive-level search.
• Deep familiarity with U.S. talent market trends, compensation norms, and executive networking practices.
• Experience working in fast-paced, founder-led or private equity-backed companies is highly desirable.
• Natural relationship-builder with strong emotional intelligence and professional discretion.
• Ability to lead complex, multi-stakeholder hiring processes end-to-end.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a hands-on approach—no task too small if it helps us find the right leader.

Where will you work? The Executive Recruiter role is full-time onsite and will be based at our Durbanville offices.

• What do we offer in benefits? We offer an attractive compensation and benefits package, to include fixed base salary and benefits including medical/dental/vision options, retirement plans, etc.

www.gvwgroup.com