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We are by your side, offering in-depth analysis and precise assessments to ensure the best possible outcomes. By utilizing a variety of proven methods, we tailor our approach to meet your specific needs. Our commitment goes beyond the process – we provide a problem-solving guarantee.
At Dr. Heimeier Executive Search, we take a consultative approach, helping clients identify and secure the right talent for their strategic roles. We partner with companies and organizations across diverse industries, from mid-sized enterprises to large corporations, delivering customized solutions that drive long-term success.
We conduct executive search projects on a national level, thoroughly mapping the entire country to identify the best match for your company. Starting with the local area, we expand our search as needed, ensuring no potential candidate is overlooked. Throughout the process, we represent your company, business model, and the vacant position with professionalism and expertise. Our approach is built on the extensive management and consulting experience of our partners and consultants, enabling us to navigate complex selection processes with precision and efficiency, always aiming to attract the right candidates for your organization.
A cornerstone of our search strategy is the qualified direct approach. Our consultants and research teams leverage well-established networks and industry-specific contacts to personally introduce your company to the right candidates. Trust is at the heart of everything we do – we view ourselves as your strategic partner, offering expert advice to support critical business decisions.
We are equally committed to our candidates, guiding them through every stage of the process – from initial discussions to contract signing and onboarding – ensuring a smooth and successful transition.
Whether we are conducting a search in Serbia, North Macedonia, or another market in the region, our proven methodology and structured approach consistently deliver expected results.
In today’s dynamic business environment, modern executive search consulting must be agile and adaptable to the ever-evolving demands of top management roles.
Nearly every company faces shifting requirements – whether driven by internal process transformations, market fluctuations, or broader societal changes. Our expertise ensures that you find the right leaders to navigate these challenges and drive sustainable success.
Looking to bridge the gap between Germany and the SEE business landscape?
Need a senior expert from Germany to relocate to Serbia and lead your local operations?
Seeking a highly qualified specialist from SEE to take on a role in Germany?
At Dr. Heimeier Executive Search, we specialize in connecting top-tier talent with leading companies across Central and Southeastern Europe. Whether supporting German businesses in SEE or sourcing European experts for roles in Germany, we leverage our deep understanding of German corporate culture and regional markets to ensure the perfect match.
We support German companies in Serbia in finding optimal local personnel solution for strategic roles
We are close to German expats and other German speaking experts in Serbia and SEE. We are close to European experts interested to come (back) to Serbia. We leverage the ties for your business success.
We perform pan-European search projects to bring top-notch executives to Serbia or neighborhood markets
We perform pan-European search projects to bring top-level experts to Germany
Our management diagnostics provides systematically based insights into managers` leadership style, strengths and development areas, as well as motivational drivers to perform their best. Dr. Heimeier Executive Search d.o.o. provides management diagnostics as custom-made service based on the client specific need.
Management diagnostics represents systematic evaluation of managers, either candidates for management roles, either already employed managers or other employees with strategic accountabilities, and is a basis for making important decisions. In rapidly changing environment in particular, the procedure provides additional opportunity to objectively benchmark requirements and appropriate matching.
Dr. Heimeier Executive Search provides management diagnostics for a wide range of application areas and the service itself is always adjusted for specific need of a specific client. It might be used as addition to our executive search and combined search process; as a process that will identify high-potential employees within the company as a basis for succession planning, as assessment of existing manager(s) due to further career planning or determination of learning and development plans.
Our aim is to provide the right personnel solutions and services in our local market, and this also includes accurate total rewards data for management positions.
Our benchmark projects are focused solely on the industrial segment, i.e. production industry in Serbia. The positions covered are typical factory positions, including technical and non-technical positions.
We have conducted three consecutive annual Management Salary Benchmark projects (2023, 2024, and 2025), building a robust database with detailed insights on over 330 individual management positions across nearly 50 manufacturing companies in Serbia.
Industrial segment has been strongly developing over the past years in Serbia and some industries are really fast-growing. Consequently, it is no longer so easy to find certain profiles and, from the perspective of hiring need, competitors are all factories in the geographical area accessible for daily commuting. Clearly, non-technical roles are not industry-related per se, but over time, more people from certain technical leading roles are switching from one industry to another.
Thus, our benchmarking frame perspective is related to a combination of relevant factors: geographic area, size of a local business and industry.
Candidates’ financial expectations for a job change sometimes do not align with the realities of the market. In fast-growing industries, both market compensation and expectations rise, but not necessarily at the same pace. While understanding candidates` expected salaries is valuable, it is even more critical to compare it with current earnings.
With compensation data gathered through our benchmark projects – directly from official companies` representatives – we provide accurate, reliable market insights. This enables us to bridge expectation gaps, facilitating more informed and successful negotiations.
The data in our database is strictly confidential, and we do not disclose any individual information. Instead, it serves as the foundation for creating tailored reports for interested parties.
Based on the specific needs of each business, we extract a relevant sample from our database, apply statistical methods, and generate customized reports. The selection criteria – such as geographic location, industry, and company size – are fully adaptable, ensuring that both the analysis and final reports are precisely tailored to each client’s requirements.
In our benchmark database, there are more than 330 management roles with associated salaries, bonuses and benefit packages. Different production industries and companies` size are included. We have data for small companies, employing less than 100 people, across mid-sized segment and German Mittelstand, to large multinational corporations.
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A total reward report for a position contains annual gross salary, percentage of maximal annual bonus, applicable benefits and details regarding the salary increase comparing to last year.
Salary data are presented through 25th percentile, 50th percentile, 75th percentile and the mean.
A benefit report shows representation among following options: pool car, company car 24/7 with(out) limited fuel, private health insurance for the manager and/or for the manager and the family, private pension insurance, catering, housing costs, shares, hybrid work, flexible working hours.
We have separate data for regions: Belgrade and surrounding, area north from Belgrade (Vojvodina) and area south from Belgrade (Šumadija, Western, Southern and Eastern Serbia).
Compensations won`t be the same in small, mid-sized or large companies. We have data based on annual turnover in Serbia and local number of employees.
Agriculture and feed; Automotive suppliers – tier 1, 2, 3; Building materials manufacturing; Chemical, medical, pharmaceutical manufacturing; FMCG; Furniture; Luxury goods; Machinery manufacturing and mechanical, electrical, electronics equipment manufacturing; Metallurgy and metal processing; Oil and gas, mining, energy; Packaging manufacturing; Plastic and/or rubber processing; Textile manufacturing
Managing Director, Plant Manager, Technical Plant Manager, Commercial Plant Manager, Operations Manager, Finance Manager, Controlling, Technical Manager, Engineering Manager, Maintenance Manager, Production Manager, Project Manager, Supply Chain Manager, Logistics Manager, Procurement Manager, Quality Manager, QHSE Manager, EHS Manager, Sales Manager, IT Manager, HR Manager
Are you looking for the right people? Then feel free to get in touch with us.
Dr. Heimeier Executive Search d.o.o.
Ziegel House, Nebojšina 36
Belgrade, Serbia
+381 11 457 51 58
office@heimeier-executive.com
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