"We had a clear sense of what we needed but kept finding candidates who were strong in one area and weak in the other. AlvaHunt reframed the search in a way that actually worked."
Country General Manager FMCG Company, Jakarta
A multinational FMCG company with established brands across personal care and household products was rethinking its marketing approach in Indonesia. Modern trade and digital channels were growing faster than traditional distribution.
The marketing function needed a leader who could manage both: protecting and building brand equity across the company's heritage portfolio while accelerating digital-first acquisition and e-commerce channel growth.
The Country General Manager had run a search through the regional HR team for two months. The process consistently surfaced two types of candidates.
Strong brand marketers with conventional FMCG backgrounds who understood equity building but had limited digital fluency. And digital marketing specialists who understood performance and e-commerce but lacked the category management and brand strategy depth the company's portfolio required.
Neither type was the right hire. The role needed both capabilities in a single leader.
The regional marketing director from Singapore had proposed three candidates from the group's internal talent marketplace. All three were strong regional marketers with limited Indonesia market depth. The company needed someone who understood Indonesia's consumer behavior, channel complexity, and media landscape firsthand.
AlvaHunt's Requirements Deep Dive with the Country General Manager and the Regional Marketing Director identified a calibration the previous search had missed.
The role did not require equal mastery of both brand and digital. It required brand leadership as the primary capability, with sufficient digital fluency to direct a capable digital team.
The incoming Head of Marketing needed to own brand strategy and portfolio decisions. Digital execution could be led by a strong digital manager reporting into the role.
That distinction changed the search profile meaningfully.
Each profile documented specific brand portfolio ownership and digital channel involvement, with clear evidence of Indonesia market experience rather than regional mandate with occasional Indonesia exposure.
Three candidates advanced to interviews with the Country General Manager and the Regional Marketing Director.
The preferred candidate, a Senior Brand Director at a consumer goods company in Jakarta who had led the company's digital commerce integration across Tokopedia, Shopee, and TikTok Shop while retaining full ownership of brand strategy for three product lines, accepted the offer after AlvaHunt managed compensation alignment between local and regional benchmarks.
| Metric | Outcome |
|---|---|
| Time to shortlist | 72 hours |
| Time from mandate to signed offer | 5 weeks |
| Candidates presented | 5 |
| Indonesia market depth verified | Yes, all candidates |
| Offer acceptance | First-choice candidate |
| Retention at 12 months | Confirmed |
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The original search tried to find equal mastery of two distinct capabilities. AlvaHunt reframed the profile to identify which capability needed to be primary and which could be led through the team beneath the role. That single adjustment unlocked a viable candidate pool.
The Indonesia market depth requirement eliminated regional candidates early, keeping the search focused on individuals who understood the specific consumer and channel dynamics the role demanded. For FMCG companies navigating the traditional-to-digital transition in Indonesia, a headhunter who understands the local marketing talent landscape produces substantially stronger shortlists than regional or global search approaches.
AlvaHunt is an executive search partner specializing in placing high-impact leaders across Indonesia, with supporting networks across Southeast Asia and Asia Pacific. We deliver top-tier talent with speed, precision, and absolute discretion.
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