Partner / Consultant in collaboration with Höchsmann & Company*

Entrepreneurial perspectives with a strong platform

Höchsmann & Company is an owner-managed executive search boutique. We stand for sustainable, strategic and bespoke appointments in Executive & Board Search, Leadership Consulting, Succession and Management Assessment. For over 25 years, we have been connecting organisations with the right leaders: professionally, discreetly and with a strong commitment to quality.

We work with people who advise on demanding executive and board-level appointments, develop trusted client relationships and want to grow their business further in a professional, quality-driven environment.

This is not about conventional employment. It is about entrepreneurial collaboration: with freedom in how you develop your market, full responsibility for your own client relationships, access to an established brand, professional research, an international network, modern infrastructure and collegial exchange as equals.

What makes H&C especially attractive for consultants and partners

We work with people who advise on demanding executive and board-level appointments, develop trusted client relationships and want to grow their business You advise without KPI pressure and without artificial off-limits restrictions, while benefiting from a supportive, collaborative environment. You work with entrepreneurial freedom, fully autonomously, and can rely on collegial exchange and professional sparring whenever you need it. That is our definition of good collaboration and quality.

You can make use of marketing and PR initiatives as well as modern IT tools, and draw on project-specific support flexibly at your discretion. Our internal research, proven processes and additional advisory fields such as Management Assessment, Succession and Board Search provide a professional platform for building and developing your own client relationships.

This allows you to invest your time where it has real impact: in assignments, markets and trusted relationships with decision-makers.

Key advantages

Freedom, not a treadmill: no revenue targets or KPIs requirements, but a clear focus on quality, reputation and autonomous market development.
Brand & network: established since 2000, AESC and BDU member; international partners we know and value personally.
Place of work: your choice; no attendance, instruction or availability obligations; offices in Düsseldorf and Frankfurt are available as professional infrastructure.
Client breadth: Mittelstand and hidden champions, family-owned businesses, international groups and the public sector, with a focus on C-suite and leadership roles.
Cross-selling potential: Management Assessment, Diagnostics, Leadership Coaching and Onboarding Services.

Who H&C is a strong fit for

Independent consultants seeking greater impact through brand, tools, research and sparring.
Experienced executive search consultants who want to develop their business further on a professional platform.
Entrepreneurial personalities who want to develop clients, win assignments and work their markets autonomously.
Consultants from organisations taking the step into self-employment and looking for a public-facing brand, flexibly available infrastructure, support and sparring, as well as an international network.

What makes a good fit

You are, or are becoming, a self-employed entrepreneur. You work in a structured way, communicate as an equal, uphold high quality standards and are able to build trusted relationships with decision-makers.

For a collaboration to make sense, several years’ experience in Executive Search, Leadership Advisory, Professional Services, corporate consulting, management consulting, organisational consulting or another advice-intensive B2B environment are valuable.

Strong communication and business development skills are important, as are enjoyment of networking and market development, integrity, discretion and reliability, as well as the financial stability to run your own independent practice.

Existing client or decision-maker relationships are welcome. What matters most, however, is the ability to recognise relevant reasons for dialogue, build trust and turn that trust into sustainable client relationships.

How we get started together

In an initial confidential conversation, we jointly assess fit, positioning and potential areas of collaboration. As we progress, we agree the framework of our collaboration, the use of our platform and possible points of connection in terms of expertise and infrastructure.

Connections that inspire and endure – not only for our clients and candidates, but also for our collaboration.

We look forward to a personal conversation.

Contact

AESC BlueSteps – a portal for your international career

BlueSteps (AESC) offers internationally minded leaders’ additional visibility, webinars and practical tips for personal career planning.

As an active AESC member, we use the network for mandates and exchange with international colleagues.

* Collaboration is strictly on a self-employed, cooperative basis. There is no employment relationship and no instruction, attendance or availability obligation. Mandates may be accepted or declined freely; there are no minimum volumes. The titles “Partner” and “Consultant” are used for external presentation only and are purely marketing designations; they do not establish any corporate or legal affiliation.