• FMCG
• Energy & Petrochemical
• Financial Services
• Construction
• Import/Export
• ICT & Telecoms
• Advertising/Media/Communication

FMCG

This includes textiles, beverage, liquor, dairy, meat, hardware, stationary, cosmetics, personal care, etc.

Encompassing:

• Production
• Manufacturing
• Consumer Marketing
• Supply Chain (Cold Storage & Dry Goods)
• Retail
• Packaging

Key Industry trends:

• Experiential Marketing
• Open Innovation
• Globalisation
• Currency Fluctuations
• Quality, efficiency and visibility of supply chains
• Inbound logistics costs
• Collaborative supply chains
• IT Infrastructure challenges
• Shortage of skilled supply chain staff
• Geographic distance
• Competition from India and China

AIMS International South Africa, as a division of Nicolene Di Bartolo Management Appointments and part of AIMS International has extensive experience within the FMCG sector. We are actively present on www.fastmoving.co.za and are extremely well known within the industry for our service excellence in South Africa, as our AIMS Partners are abroad.

AIMS International’s knowledge map of the FMCG business means that we can rapidly select and target individuals who will meet the client’s brief fast and effectively. Our local database is extensive and we have no doubt that our team are actively able to meet and exceed your expectations. Our business is to understand your business and you will be pleasantly surprised at how well we know your business already. The FMCG industry is a passion of the MD, Nicolene Di Bartolo, and her team follow suit in fulfilling the dream of fast-tracking leading executive talent within your industry to career success and connecting you with that incredible individual who will contribute to growing your organisation in a positive and impactful manner.

Energy & Petrochemical

Encompassing:

• Exploration and Production
• Refining and Marketing
• Gas, Power and Renewables

Key Industry Trends:

• Increase in modern energy demand
• Protecting against energy interruptions
• Know-how
• Environment
• Climate change
• Massive global skills shortages
• Operating within Africa

The Energy and Petrochemical industry faces major recruitment skills shortages, particularly within specialist roles, not only in South Africa but across the globe. However, all over the world, the need for more energy by increasing population numbers has necessitated Executive Recruiters to truly seek innovative and creative ways of establishing contact with key people within industries across the globe. We will ensure that your organisation is staffed by individuals who are not only experienced, but highly qualified. Although South Africa and Africa’s "brain-drain" to first world countries has impacted enormously, through research we know that as many people are leaving are as many people from other countries who are seeking ways to make a difference in this mystical continent – Africa. We will find these individuals and as most large energy and petrochemical organisations are multinational, are effectively able to facilitate integration into Africa. Our AIMS Partner in Northern Africa, based in Morocco feels equally as passionate about what AIMS International can bring to African Recruitment. We believe that through our extensive network we will provide a solid platform for growth in exploration within Africa.

The Energy industry in South Africa and Africa can be assured that our commitment to you is unwavering and is backed by endless resources that will provide a profound difference to your recruiting requirements. Our experience within your industry coupled with our passion for your industry is what sets up apart and our tenacity, charisma and energy levels means that you can rely on us.

Financial Services

Encompassing:

• Accounting & Finance
• Banking & Financial Services
• Tax & Treasury

Key Industry Trends:

• National Credit Act
• eBusiness
• Skills Shortages
• EE Targets
• Black Diamonds
• International Focus
• Seamless worldwide banking services

With skills shortages prevailing throughout the Financial Services sector in South Africa, AIMS International South Africa, is uniquely positioned with vast experience and expertise and extensive resources locally and worldwide at our disposal. The staffing challenge facing the Financial Services industry need not be something that kerbs your growth and sustainability, as we are confidently able to assist you. Our large network within Financial Services is just a small part of how we are able to provide you with results.

With our lead senior manager involved in each search assignment from inception to providing the client with results, you can rest assured that our action equals positive reaction. We will make it happen, through innovation, creativity and out-the-box thinking, Financial Services in South Africa will continue to thrive and grow as the leading industry within our economy.

All AIMS International Partners participate in scheduled interactive forums ensuring that we keep abreast, not only of our own challenges here in South Africa, but that we remain abreast of worldwide trends affecting us all. This we bring to the party, sharing the knowledge through an active consultative approach and methodology that is geared to a recruitment experience worth remembering.

Construction

Encompassing:

• Civil/Building
• Engineering
• Mining
• Professionals
• Technical

Key Industry Trends:

• Women in Construction
• Low cost Housing
• 2010 World Cup
• Health and Safety
• Labour Laws
• Skills Shortages
• Training Crisis
• Competing in a global talent hungry market

The Construction Industry has huge quotas to fill in order to supply needs prior to the 2010 World Cup. The NDB Group has recently completed an assignment for a large organisation requiring 1000’s of staff for Specialist Roles and we were able to deliver, prior to sourcing internationally.

It’s all about being truly creative, letting go of old traditional recruitment methods that don’t work and rather utilizing foresight and breaking boundaries in innovation. We have no hesitation in guaranteeing that through AIMS International South Africa’s national and global resources we will be a partner of choice who plays a positive role in assisting you to achieve your objectives. We will be there every step of the way, right by your side in partnering with you as your preferred Search partner.

Why struggle with skills shortages, the world is your oyster and we can deliver, which is proven in our past delivery statistics. We will target the market of your choice through means that elude other Recruiters. Not only do we focus on you the client, but the manner in which we handle these “gems” ensures a partnership that will benefit you as well as the talented individual we direct to your organisation. You can expect service beyond your expectations as we work with the construction industry in making 2010 a year to remember.

Import/Export

Encompassing:

• Buying (procurement)
• Supply Chain Management
• Operations
• Logistics
• Clearing and Forwarding
• Distribution
• Foreign Exchange & Legal
• Global Intelligence
• Global Sales & Marketing

Key Industry Trends:

• Intra-Africa trade
• Increase in demand for imports for 2010 projects
• An increasingly global economy
• Restrictions on imports
• Fluctuating exchange rates
• Growth in Exports
• Congested Ports
• Imports and exports of goods and services accounting for more than 50% of our total GDP
• Trading Partnerships changing (China)
• Understanding of countries becoming larger contributors

The import/export industry is extremely diverse, ranging from organisations who play a niche role within the industry (consultative, marketing, distribution, etc.), to larger organisations who manufacture and export, to organisations who import for resale, to organisations who purchase and market exports, etc. This diverse industry requires a diverse executive partner who understands that one mould does not fit all.

We make it our business to know which talented leader/specialist can play a vital role in your business. Global intelligence is an absolute imperative as buying and selling markets change and new economies become larger players. It is with this in mind, that international recruitment can bring real added value, whether it is on a project or permanent basis, transferring valuable knowledge to local organisations.

This very specialized industry already has extensive experience in working across borders within supply and demand and therefore would value the benefits of borderless recruitment.

Leaders at the realm of import/export divisions or organisations must be able to adapt to constant change - as currencies, countries and demand changes. Visionaries, who can identify opportunities within demand and supply and make the most of these opportunities to ensure growth and sustainability in these ever-changing fluctuating markets.

AIMS International South Africa will ensure that we add to the value of your industry by being one step ahead and executing search processes that heed your unique requirements. We are able to assist by targeting visionaries and specialists nationally, South Africans working abroad who have the insight you are seeking and the unique ability to source international specialists at local Rand rates. Whatever the unique situation; our wide ranging resources nationally and internationally will culminate in a recruitment experience worth remembering.

ICT & Telecoms

Encompassing:

• Process Management
• Design and development
• Implementation & Support
• Infrastructure
• Communications
• Networks
• Security
• Data Centres
• Customer Interactivity
• Logistics

Key Industry Trends:

• Expanding capacity to deal with increasing demand
• Technology Convergence
• Regulation
• Critical infrastructure shortages
• Skills Scarcity
• Lack of competitive market conditions
• 2010 World Cup
• Access & affordability
• International Competitiveness
• Mismatched skills of graduates
• Lack of client’s awareness of ICT potential
• Shortage of mentoring opportunities
• Rapid Technological change
• Internet & eCommerce
• Power of ISP’s
• Concentration of Power
• RSA gateway to Africa

ICT human capital is a critical element, especially within the South African market where specialized skills are being lured away by other developed countries for their unique abilities. An added influencer is the pace of the digital revolution which has perpetuated the severe shortage of quality and qualified ICT practitioners. This is compounded by the attractive packages and benefits being offered by competitor companies resulting in a never-ending cycle of job-hopping which leads to high staff turnover rates and lowered productivity rates for organisations across the country. We also find that the quality of education offered by tertiary institutions leaves much to be desired, tending to focus on obsolete technologies than keeping up with the latest technology.

We believe it is critical within this fast-paced and every-dynamic industry for a recruitment partner to maintain a thorough understanding of the client’s business, the ICT environment and countering our “brain drain” with an active “brain gain”.

AIMS International South Africa is a client-centric recruitment organisation that is predisposed to providing service excellence and utilises out-the-box and innovative search methods both nationally and internationally. Our available talent pools of specialist talent are true “gems” waiting to be discovered by the South African corporate market. Our constant watch of industry trends leads us to pro-actively identify key individuals that would suit your environment, bringing key knowledge to the equation.

The ICT industry need not stretch their budgets trying to attract from a talent pool that is too small, but may also venture further afield, at local rates, for key projects whether long term or shorter term. Not only would this international flavour add value to our economy, but the quantity of South Africans who are currently working internationally can be tapped into. Many want to return home and we are able to target them through our AIMS Partners who are located in 5 continents with over 80 offices around the world.

With the 2010 Soccer world cup looming and the fast pace of the changing technological environment, AIMS International South Africa is in a unique position to support your recruitment objectives timeously with the best available talent locally and across the globe.

Advertising/Media/Communication

Encompassing:

• Production
• Promotions
• Public Relations
• Radio
• TV
• Research
• Marketing
• Sponsorship
• Advertising
• Branding
• Design
• Direct Marketing
• Events & Exhibitions
• Magazines
• Newspapers
• Digital
• On-line
• Printing

Key Industry Trends:

• Job Hopping of black talent
• Understanding & marketing to Black Diamonds and Generation Y
• Digital Revolution
• United front of the advertising industry
• Broadband
• Potential of on-line advertising
• Marketing & Technology
• Traditional newspaper becoming obsolete
• Substantial increase in readership of community newspapers
• 2010 World Cup opportunities
• Impact of Social Networking (Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.)
• Impact of Forum

AIMS International South Africa understands that the advertising industry is experiencing much pressure from government relating to potential industry charters and fulfilling EE targets. Your highly competitive and fast-paced industry has many influencers affecting the manner in which you market and promote brands, including technology and changing markets. It is with this in mind, that AIMS International can play a valuable role. AIMS International South Africa and our international partners focus on knowing the “who’s who” within the markets we specialize within so that we can provide you with specialists, including diversity search, that bring value adding knowledge and diversity of thought to your organisation within these challenge areas - individuals with proven expertise.

Sourcing talent with international know-how is done with ease as our local and international talent pool provides a limitless source of potential.

These visionaries that we represent will lead your organisation through the challenges, assisting you to grow and thrive.