About the Client
Headquartered in Europe, the client is a global leader in consumer ingredients manufacturing, supplying to some of the world’s most recognisable consumer brands.
The Challenge
As part of a strategic operating shift, the organisation set out to establish a specialist, greenfield Global Capability Centre (GCC) in India. Adopting a lift‑and‑shift approach, they aimed to transition complex, high‑value roles from Europe to India, maintaining quality while driving cost efficiency.
The mandate presented several challenges:
- Specialised Hiring Needs: The client wanted to hire across FP&A, data & governance, procurement, supply chain, materials planning, treasury, and network engineering – each requiring niche expertise.
- Limited Brand Presence: With no prior corporate footprint, they were relatively unknown in India and had to attract talent from comparatively well-established organisations.
Constrained Talent Pool: Most roles required specialised skills, while the candidate market was limited and passive, with only 10–12 viable profiles
The Solution: How Michael Page Helped
- Aligning Expectations: We worked directly with the organization’s hiring managers in Europe to define the scope and expectations of the roles that were to be shifted to the new GCC.
- Talent Mapping: Since most of the roles were highly niche, our first step was to conduct a deep talent mapping exercise to identify candidates in a primarily passive pool, digging deep into our networks across adjacent sectors and established companies.
Technology-led Search: We leveraged our proprietary tech stack, candidate database, and targeted job advertising to attract,
The Result
We successfully closed 20+ critical roles achieving a strong 2:1 interview conversion ratio. This helped build the core foundation of the client’s India GCC, enabling them to establish a high impact, future ready capability centre supporting its global operations.
