Brooke Chase Associates Recruits Steve Holcomb as President & CEO for Hoffco, Inc.
08/22/08 — Joseph McElmeel, Chairman and CEO of Brooke Chase Associates, Inc., is pleased to announce the successful placement of Steve Holcomb as President & CEO for Hoffco, Incorporated & Subsidiaries.Brooke Chase Associates Recruits Dan Trojacek as Director of Operations for California Faucets
08/10/08 — Jack Nussbaum, President of Brooke Chase Associates, San Rafael, is pleased to announce the successful placement of Dan Trojacek as Director of Operations for high end decorative faucet manufacturer California Faucets.Brooke Chase Associates Named One of the Top 500 Companies on Gulf Coast of Florida
08/06/08 — Executive search firm Brooke Chase Associates, Inc. announced today that the firm has been included in the Gulf Coast Business Review's Top 500 organizations on the Gulf Coast of Florida. The list is based on the increase of 2007's revenue in comparison with the previous year, and may be viewed in its entirety in the publication's August issue."We are very pleased to have been included amongst many admirable businesses," Chairman & CEO, Joseph McElmeel stated. "2007 was not only a year of growth for our organization but, more importantly, it was a year of tremendous growth for our client companies nationwide, and we are pleased to have had a part in their success."
Headquartered in Sarasota, FL, Brooke Chase Associates, Inc. has experienced compound annual growth of 35% over the last 3 years. This is the first year the firm has been featured in the Top 500, though they do not intend for it to be the last.
Brooke Chase Associates Recruits Andrew Saal as National Sales Director for Pro Products
06/16/08 — Joseph McElmeel, Chairman and CEO of Brooke Chase Associates, Inc., is pleased to announce the successful placement of Andrew Saal as National Sales Director for Pro Products in Fort Wayne, IN. Pro Products is the sister company of Summit Brands.Brooke Chase Associates Recruits Patrick Tillman as Director of Sales for Shadowlight Group
06/09/08 — Joseph McElmeel, Chairman and CEO of Brooke Chase Associates, Inc., is pleased to announce the successful placement of Patrick Tillman as Director of Sales for Shadowlight Group photography studio based in Lancaster, PA.New York based Kitchen Showroom finds ideal Sales Designer through Brooke Chase Associates, Inc.
05/08/08 — Showcase Kitchens, NY announced today the successful placement of Sales Designer, Lauren Gagnon, due to the recruiting efforts of executive search firm Brooke Chase Associates, Inc., who specializes in the kitchen and bath industry.The Manhasset, NY based kitchen showroom enlisted the help of Brooke Chase Associates to recruit a salesperson with an exceptional design sense, and it took the search firm less than 30 days to find the perfect fit. "[They] were 100% on the money with Lauren. She is a pro and a class act. She will fit well within our company," says John Starck of Showcase Kitchens. Executive Recruiter, Terry Trimmer, stated that, "Lauren has experience in kitchen design and project management. This, paired with her high sales proficiency, will make her a great asset to their business."
In addition to Gagnon, Showcase will likely bring on board other Sales Designer candidates provided by Brooke Chase Associates. Joseph McElmeel, the search firm's Chairman and CEO, remarked, "It's our job to connect our client companies with the most talented and outstanding professionals in their industry and it is a pleasure assisting Showcase Kitchens in fulfilling their staffing needs."
Brooke Chase Associates Recruits Peter Schoenhoff as Manufacturing Manager for Franke Consumer Products
04/11/08 — Brooke Chase Associates, Inc., announced today the successful recruitment of Peter Schoenhoff as Manufacturing Manager for Franke Consumer Products in Ruston, Louisiana. Franke is a manufacturing and sales company of residential stainless steel and composite sinks as well as other related products such as faucets, accessories, water filtration, exhaust systems, and overall kitchen systems as well as stainless steel beverage containers. The company sells both to the retail and traditional channels of the kitchen & bath markets on a national basis as well as export, and, the Beverage Container Division sells to all the major global brewing groups, regional breweries, craft and micro breweries, and brew pubs throughout North America. The parent company, Franke Holding, located in Aarburg, Switzerland, is the global market share leader in the production and sales of kitchen systems and beverage containers.In a key role as Manufacturing Manager for Franke's start-up Beverage Container Systems division in the United States, Schoenhoff will be charged with improving output and productivity, and driving continuous improvement in Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and Morale through implementation of an established Lean Manufacturing program.
Brooke Chase Associates Conducts Survey of Building Materials Industry Manufacturers
02/20/08 — Optimism prevailed in a recent national survey conducted of senior-level executives in the building materials industry by international executive search firm, Brooke Chase Associates, Inc. Of over a thousand companies surveyed, 54 percent of the respondents indicated that, despite a decrease in revenue in 2007, forecasts are high for 2008.While results reflected planned decreases in human capital in the areas of operations (63%), administrative (64%) and manufacturing (58%), the majority intend to take advantage of the recent downturn by boosting sales and marketing efforts (73%). "We will increase our sales and marketing...turning 2008 into a growth year," one respondent reported.
Participants emphasized, in today's economy, without the right people in the right positions companies will be ill-equipped to face the challenges of global competition. Businesses cannot afford to make hiring mistakes, and consequently, are more demanding in their hiring practices. One executive declared, "For 2008 [we will be] strategically replacing B and C players with A players." To achieve these goals, one respondent reported, "We have found that successful hiring has come primarily from the use of an experienced executive search firm."