M&A’s textile recruiters understand the typical needs in the clothing industry and can help businesses refine their recruiting and executive search needs. We maintain and grow a network of experts with experience in the textile industry, enabling us to efficiently and cost-effectively provide companies with the talent and expertise they need to advance their businesses.
We assist clients in obtaining the professionals and expertise they need by recruiting full-time hires and providing interim Textiles executives or expert consultants with experience in the industry.
Why Choose M&A's Textile and Apparel Recruiters?
Selecting M&A for your textile and apparel recruiting needs provides several distinct advantages:
- Industry Expertise: Our recruiters have a profound understanding of the textiles sector, from current trends to operational demands, ensuring they find the ideal candidates for your specific needs.
- Wide Talent Network: We have access to a broad pool of skilled professionals across all facets of the industry, from production to digital marketing and brand management.
- Strategic Recruitment: We're adept at navigating the complexities of the textile market, including shifts towards on-shoring and direct-to-consumer sales models, positioning us to better meet your strategic hiring goals.
- Diverse Role Coverage: Whether it’s sourcing a VP of R&D for innovation in fibers or a CFO for financial oversight, our team is equipped to fill a variety of crucial roles effectively and efficiently.
- Tailored Service: Our approach is customized to align with your company’s unique culture and objectives, ensuring a fit that goes beyond just qualifications.
By partnering with M&A, you ensure your recruitment strategy is handled by experts dedicated to advancing your presence in the textile and apparel market.
Trends in Textile Recruiting and Talent Acquisition
Our Apparel and Textile recruiters partner with companies across the clothing industry value chain to provide the right talent quickly, flexibly and affordably.
Key trends in the textile industry driving key talent acquisition requirements:
U.S. Operations / Plant Manager / Supply Chain Recruiting
- Onshoring – China is changing due to a smaller workforce, rising demands for better wages, and working conditions becoming less competitive. There is a trend of both on-shoring and moving to other countries other than China in the industry. In some cases, the lower cost of transportation for on-shore manufacturing outweighs any labor advantage and more textile plants are being located closer to the end consumer.
Strategic Marketing / Digital Marketing Recruiting
- Direct-to-consumer selling – new websites are hiring manufacturers to have their clothing made and then sell it directly to consumers online at prices of about half of what shoppers are accustomed to seeing in retail stores. This allows companies to maintain low overhead and bypass wholesale distributors and retail stores by selling online to consumers.
Fashion Marketing Recruiting
- Brand identity – regardless of size and segment companies in the fashion industry; they now need to be nimble, think digital-first and achieve ever-faster speed to market. They need to take an active stance on social issues, satisfy consumer demands for radical transparency and sustainability and, most important, have the courage to “self-disrupt” their own identity and the sources of their old success to realize these changes and win new generations of customers.
Request for Executive Recruiting Services
Let us know how we can help you with your apparel/textiles recruiting and talent needs and our Executive Search team will follow up with you promptly.
Our specialized areas in apparel / textiles recruiting include:
- Apparel / Clothing
- Shoes / Footwear
- Apparel Accessories
- Fashion Apparel & Accessories
- Knitting Mills
- Yarns and Fibers
- Threads and Fabrics
- Cotton
- Synthetic Fibers
Our executive recruiters support the following functional areas:
- Accounting / Finance Recruiting
- Business Development Recruiting
- Engineering Recruiting
- Human Resources Recruiting
- Legal Recruiting
- Management Recruiting
- Manufacturing Recruiting
- Marketing Recruiting
- Program / Project Management Recruiting
- Relationship Management Recruiting
- Sales Recruiting
- IT Technical Recruiting
- Supply Chain Recruiting
- R&D Recruiting
