Marketing headhunters, tml Partners, are delighted to have partnered with the team at Ecolab to source their new Vice President of Marketing for the Food & Beverage Processing division
Ecolab is a global sustainability leader providing water, hygiene, and infection prevention solutions that protect people and the resources vital to life. With a sophisticated global matrix and a commitment to innovation, the organisation operates at the forefront of industrial B2B services. The Food & Beverage Processing division is central to Ecolab’s ambition to accelerate growth across Europe, focusing on delivering complex solutions that ensure food safety and operational efficiency for a diverse international client base.
The Challenge
As part of a strategic drive to accelerate growth across the European market, Ecolab required a commercially-led marketing leader for its Food & Beverage Processing division. The mandate was multifaceted and strategically critical: the business needed an individual capable of simplifying a complex solutions portfolio while simultaneously strengthening demand generation across diverse territories.
The brief demanded a combination of high-level B2B marketing expertise and transformation leadership. Beyond immediate commercial goals, the appointed candidate needed the credibility to navigate a sophisticated global matrix and the long-term potential to succeed into broader general management roles. With high visibility to senior regional leadership, the search required a candidate who could immediately advance digital and commercial transformation priorities.
The Solution
David Zaranka, who leads the industrial practice at tml Partners, spearheaded a targeted international search. The strategy focused on identifying senior commercial marketing leaders operating at the intersection of industrial B2B, innovation, and growth transformation.
Through detailed market mapping and a rigorous assessment process, David and the team engaged a highly selective pool of leaders. This process was built on a close stakeholder partnership with Ecolab to ensure candidates were aligned not only with the technical requirements of the brief but also with the organisation’s long-term strategic ambitions. The search resulted in the successful appointment of a transformational leader with a proven track record in strategic growth and category leadership.
The Outcome
By securing a senior leader with deep expertise in business transformation, the division is better positioned to support its ambitious growth agenda and enhance strategic marketing capability across the region.
The new VP of Marketing is now driving the advancement of digital and commercial transformation priorities, ensuring Ecolab remains a leader in a competitive industrial landscape.
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About tml Partners: Specialist Headhunters for Marketing and Commercial Roles
tml Partners are specialists in Executive Search with access to a global network of commercial, marketing, communications, brand, product and digital leaders. Our team work with businesses ranging from fast-growth challenger brands to blue-chip organisations to develop their in-house teams.
As one of the world’s leading commercial and marketing recruitment agencies, we can support whether you’re seeking interim or permanent solutions. Our team has the expertise to support across various sectors and locations.
David Zaranka is currently partnering with industrial and B2B organisations to support the best-in-class development of in-house commercial teams, working across both permanent and interim briefs.
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