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Frezza & Partners is an established Executive Search Consultancy, specialized in recruiting Executives, Senior Management and Industry-specific Professionals in the Life Sciences and Healthcare industries, at the domestic and international level.

We have built a consistent reputation in the specific Italian market to conduct senior management searches, recruiting across all major disciplines in life sciences throughout Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific.

Our clients range from large multinationals to medium-sized organizations, to start-ups and family-owned companies. The common theme is our dedication to ensuring that our clients’ success is promoted through attracting and placing the best possible talent for their business. Ensuring the best possible leadership is in place is also guaranteed through our Leadership Advisory Services, helping Clients to understand the gap between leadership they need for future strategy and what they have today.

EXECUTIVE SEARCH
Executive Search activity is conducted in the Life Sciences and Consumer Health Care markets. These include Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Medical Devices, Diagnostics, and Services to such industries (CMOs, CROs, Healthcare Organizations). Our methodology is a “blend” between traditional Head Hunting and innovative “Head Farming”. In fact, our large and established network enables us to approach each search with confidence in a positive outcome.

STRATEGIC TALENT ACQUISITION
We serve our Clients’ needs for a talent pool aligned with corporate strategic objectives by providing an exceptional pipeline of candidates according to business needs. We are focused on finding Talent, High Potentials, as well as industry specific Professionals (for example: Pharmacologists, Toxicologists, Scientists, Manufacturing or Quality Managers), across the whole functional spectrum in the Life Sciences and CHC markets).

LEADERSHIP ADVISORY SERVICES
We also assist our Clients through our Leadership Services Practice. This means evaluating resources and intellectual capital, on-boarding newly hired Managers, or assessing organizations, people, strategies by aligning the “as is” to the “to be” model.

EXECUTIVE SEARCH
On behalf of our clients and according to their specific needs and briefing, we identify, approach and assess potential candidates for Senior management, Executive and VP appointments across the whole functional life sciences-specific spectrum (Discovery & Development, Manufacturing, Sales & Marketing), as well as cross-industry Enabling Functions (HR, CFO, CMO, CIO, etc.), either within direct competition or in related and compatible industries.

As part of the process we offer – if requested – an organizational picture of direct competitors in specific niche markets, or a mapping exercise of relevant organizations.

STRATEGIC TALENT ACQUISITION
Focused and specific consultancy in Health Care (including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, diagnostics, healthcare services, and relevant sectors.)

Proactive ongoing talent identification in “critical” functional areas (discovery research, pre-clinical, clinical and pharmaceutical development, regulatory, manufacturing, medical affairs, market access) as well as for specific niche/narrow sales & marketing roles, allows us to reduce search times.

Our networking capability allows us to approach the market identifying “hidden” and/or “passive” candidates.

SEARCH APPROACH AND PROCESS
Each search initiated is treated as a “new” search and therefore rigorously approached systematically and methodologically in order to achieve the desired result: i.e. candidate placement.

For each search, based on industry and market knowledge as well as an impressive network we are able to speed up the process and provide fast and effective results.

In fact, we prefer to rely on our experience, market knowledge and industry networking, while we consider the database just a “support”.

ASSESSING ORGANIZATION AND FACILITATING CHANGES
Scientific and technological innovation, expiring patents and the decreasing spending budget of Public Administration, have changed both the business and operative models in the Health Care world. Frezza & Partners assists companies in managing the impact on organizations by:

Analysis and assessment of the present state strengths or weaknesses.
Future state and redesigning of the organitation.
Facilitation of the transition.
Preparing the human resources for the future scenario.
Assessing management alignment to the new scenarios, particularly in terms of leadership competencies.
Evaluating the consistency of other elements of the organization, influencing the effectiveness of the human factor such as the structures, the decision making process, the reward and control systems in place, the design and management of the feedback process.
Supporting the design of the future organization and facilitating the transition as far as human capital is concerned.
Developing the leadership competencies needed for the future.

MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT
In a competitive scenario, the quality of the people is the key factor for the success of the team. Frezza & Partners assess the quality of management not only against a standard but also against what is available on the market. We assess managers against a leadership model which is adapted to our client, fundamentally based on:

Knowing where to go, which implies technical competency, business understanding, market knowledge, ability in gauging trends and defining a vision of the future

Communication, involving the appropriate internal and external stakeholders in an effective way

Mobilizing resources, influencing and motivating members of the organization, different functions, subordinates, partners, suppliers and customers, leading them to objectives, monitoring at the same time the direction taken and the results achieved

Our process includes interviews, case analysis, psychological tests and if required, 360° feedback collection. Our reports are tailored on custom and clients needs: informative, to support decisions on organizational issues, and action-oriented to capitalize on individual strengths or to improve weaknesses.

TALENT MANAGEMENT
The quality of the Human Capital depends on the ability of an organization to attract, engage, develop and return on talent. Frezza & Partners supports companies with an integrated Talent Management service including:

Profile definition
Search
On-boarding
Assessment
Development plans
Feedback and individual Coaching
Career counseling
Evaluation of roles versus talent’s expectations

Some of our last projects/positions:

TOP MANAGEMENT
• President USA
• Chief Executive Officer USA
• General Manager Austria – Greece
• General Manager Pharma Italy
• M.D. Pharma Area
• B.U. Director Oncology

TECHNICAL OPERATIONS
(Supply chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, etc.)
• Supply Chain Director
• Industrial Operations Director
• Plant Director
• Engineering Head
• Manufacturing Head
• Production Manager
• Mechanical Engineer
• Project Manager
• EMEA QA Director
• Quality Operations Head
• Site Quality Head
• Industrial Quality Director
• QA Manager
• QA Assistant
• Site Manager Cleaning & Sanification

SCIENTIFIC
(Medical, Clinical, RA, R&D, etc.)
• Clinical Operations Head
• Clinical Development Leader
• Clinical Research Physician
• Medical/Scientific Director
• Medical Manager
• Medical Affairs Oncology Manager
• Medicinal Chemistry Scientist
• Clinical Line Manager
• Oncology Therapeutic Area Head
• Oncology Clinical Researcher
• Pharmacokinetics Researcher
• Formulation Sr Scientist
• Clinical Specialist
• Regulatory Affairs Director Oncology
• Global Regulatory Development Director
• Quality & Regulatory Affairs Manager
• Research Laboratory Manager
• Hospital Pharmacy Manager
• Specialists: Oncologists, Cardiologists, Nephrologists

STAFF
(Finance, Legal, IT, Digital, Communication, HR, etc.)
• Chief Financial Officer USA
• EMEA FP&A Director
• CFO
• Finance Manager
• Legal Affairs Director
• Press Office Head
• HR Plant Manager
• Head of Internal & External Relations
• HR Business Partner – Technology Area
• Software/Validation Engineer
• Head of ICT
• IT Application Specialist/ Software Engineer
• IT Laboratory Specialist

COMMERCIAL
(Sales & Marketing, Market Access, etc.)
• Business Director Manager
• Business Development Consultant
• Sales & Business Development Manager
• Corporate Marketing Manager
• National Sales Director
• Market Access Manager
• Key Account Manager
• Regional Sales Account
• Account Manager
• Product Manager
• Product Specialist
• Sales Specialist
• ISF
• Sales Agent – Pharmacy