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Automotive / Auto Parts Executive Search

Automotive / Auto Parts

Automotive and auto parts power global mobility ecosystems spanning NEVs, commercial vehicles, autonomous driving and automotive electronics. Electrification and smart upgrades fuel huge demand for senior R&D and management experts covering vehicle development, chassis design, autonomous driving integration and core component production. Standard recruitment fails to access passive senior specialists, causing slow team building, poor talent matching and lagging industrial transformation.

FORESTOWN delivers cross-border senior talent consulting for Automotive & Auto Parts, supporting OEMs, Tier 1/2 suppliers, in-vehicle system developers and global automotive manufacturers. Our vetted worldwide automotive talent network and specialized consultants focus on powertrain and smart vehicle architecture. Full-cycle offerings include talent mapping, engineering evaluation, compliance verification and end-to-end onboarding to speed up team assembly and boost matching precision.

As a reliable international mobility talent partner, we leverage in-depth automotive industry expertise and global talent resources to help carmakers and component firms build top technical & leadership teams, resolve widespread high-end talent gaps and maintain lasting product and supply chain competitiveness. Our bespoke executive talent strategies align with clients’ global factory layouts and NEV intelligent transition roadmaps, driving steady growth of the worldwide automotive supply chain.

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Industry Landscape

Full-scale transformation of the global Automotive & Auto Parts industrial supply chain

Rapid iteration in vehicle electrification, intelligent cockpit, autonomous driving and automotive semiconductor components

Intense competition for vehicle R&D, manufacturing operation, supply chain and automotive engineering executives

Need for leaders with cross-border supply chain governance, factory scale-up and new mobility strategic operational alignment

Our Expertise

Subsectors We Cover

1. Passenger & Commercial Whole Vehicle OEM Manufacturing
2. New Energy Vehicle Powertrain & Vehicle Chassis Systems
3. Intelligent Cockpit, ADAS & Autonomous Driving Hardware Systems
4. Tier 1/2 Core Auto Parts & Automotive Precision Component Manufacturing
5. Vehicle Automotive Electronics, Wiring Harness & Thermal Management Components
6. Automotive Supply Chain, Aftermarket Service & Vehicle Testing Certification

Key Roles We Place

1. CEO, COO, CTO, CFO, Chief Supply Chain Officer (CSCO)
2. VP of Vehicle R&D, Automotive Engineering & Intelligent Driving Technology
3. VP of Automotive Manufacturing, Production & Factory Operational Management
4. VP of Global Vehicle Sales, Automotive Channel & Strategic Business Development
5. Senior Director of Auto Parts R&D, Process Quality & Supply Chain Management
6. Overseas Automotive Production Base & Cross-Border Regional Operation Leadership

Our advantage

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74 Countries

FORESTOWN is a professional company of global high-end talent search and enterprise consulting services. It has its own strong knowledge base and global talent knowledge network, and its business covers 74 countries such as America, Europe, Africa and Asia.

5000 + Cooperative Customers

The FORESTOWN serves 5000 customers in 74 countries, and more than 1000 customers have established long-term and stable human resources strategic partnerships to help domestic enterprises introduce overseas talents, and at the same time recommend domestic talents to develop overseas.

10 Working Languages

FORESTOWN consultant team comes from different industries and high cultural backgrounds from all over the world. 45% of professional consultants can work bilingually. The language types involve: Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish 10 languages.

Exclusive Talent Pool

The FORESTOWN exclusively develops and owns the advanced Pipeline management system in China's headhunting industry. So far, it has gathered nearly 10 million people engaged in management, marketing, investment, technology, finance, human resources and other occupations, which are widely distributed in the industry's high-end elites at the level of manager-level director and general manager.

Senior Advisory Team

The FORESTOWN has a number of professional consultants who have delivered more than one million and top experts who have delivered more than ten million. Thousands of hunting cases are successfully completed every year. The consultant team comes from different industries and high cultural backgrounds from all over the world, with bachelor to doctoral degrees.

24 Hour Service

The consultant teams of the three branches of the FORESTOWN can cross time zones, and the three time zones can continuously serve customers 24 hours a day, and fully guarantee the speed and quality of service results.

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Our Executive Search Process

Brief & Industry Analysis

Target Mapping & Talent Intelligence

Assessment & Technical Validation

Shortlist & Stakeholder Alignment

Onboarding & Retention Support

Success Stories

Chief Vehicle Architecture Engineer Hire for a Global New Energy OEM

Chief Vehicle Architecture Engineer Hire for a Global New Energy OEM

Client Industry Automotive / Auto Parts (New Energy Vehicle) Challenge Client faced critical gaps in hiring a senior engineering leader with deep NEV vehicle architecture and intelligent chassis expertise, with fierce headhunting competition for top automotive core talents. Solution We executed a retained, cross-border executive search, leveraging our global automotive C-suite technical network to identify passive, high-calibre industry practitioners. Result Successfully placed the ideal candidate in 6.5 weeks, aligning with the client’s next-generation vehicle mass production roadmap, with a retention rate of 100% post-onboarding.

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