VOGELSANG & DEPARTER:

A Case Study on cross-border leadership placements, trusted partnership and sustainable global growth with one trusted partner

Vogelsang is a globally active engineering company known for technology-leading solutions in pumps, maceration, spreading and biogas technology.
Operating in over 25 countries, their innovations are widely recognized as industry benchmarks and are successfully used across multiple sectors worldwide. With a strong focus on innovation, reliability and customer value, Vogelsang lives up to its claim of being “Leading in Technology.”

"With Departer, we appoint global leaders reliably and with consistently high quality.“

International Executive Search requires trust, continuity and deep market understanding. With Norman Sterz and the Departer team, we have worked in a highly collaborative partnership for many years.

We particularly value the fact that international leadership positions can be filled across different regions through one single point of responsibility. Departer supported us by clear accountability and a strong understanding of our business and industry.

For Vogelsang, this above all creates planning security: decisions can be made faster, risks are reduced and leadership quality remains consistent, regardless of location.
Harald Vogelsang
CEO & Owner | Vogelsang GmbH & Co. KG

Global Executive Search from One Single Source

With a strong focus on engineering excellence, innovation and long-term partnerships, Vogelsang is recognised as a trusted partner for industrial companies worldwide.

As part of its international growth, Vogelsang has successfully secured leadership appointments across multiple global markets together with Departer.

Successful global leadership placements for Vogelsang:
Canada • France • Australia • Middle East


All international searches were coordinated through Departer as a single point of contact.

How Vogelsang secures global growth with Departer’s global Executive Search solutions

Vogelsang Case Study

Leadership roles abroad cannot be filled as a side task.
They require experience, strong market knowledge and a trusted partner who takes full responsibility.

Over the past years, Vogelsang and Departer have successfully filled several key international leadership positions, centrally managed and locally executed.

The Challenge:
Securing leadership quality across global markets

With Vogelsang’s international expansion, hiring became more demanding:

  • Different labour markets and cultural expectations
  • High pressure to fill strategic roles quickly
  • Risk of wrong hires with long-term impact
  • Complex coordination with multiple local search providers
  • Limited comparability of candidate quality across countries

The key question was:
How can we secure strong leadership internationally without making the process more complex?

The Solution:
Working with Departer as one global Executive Search partner

Vogelsang made a clear decision to work with one international Executive Search partner.

With Norman Sterz, CEO of Departer, the company gained a long-term point of contact who personally leads the international search process together with his team.

What defines the partnership:

  • One accountable partner at CEO level
  • Consistent search standards across countries
  • Deep understanding of mechanical engineering and the German Mittelstand
  • Local market expertise, centrally coordinated
  • A relationship built on trust over many years

Departer supports not only the search itself, but the full international hiring strategy, from defining the role to the final decision.

The Result:
Leadership continuity across international growth phases

Through the partnership with Departer, Vogelsang has established a consistent and reliable approach to international executive hiring. Leadership appointments are now managed in a structured way, ensuring quality, speed and cultural fit across markets.

The collaboration enables faster decision-making, reduces hiring risks and creates transparency throughout the recruitment process, even when multiple international search mandates run in parallel.

This approach allows Vogelsang to focus on strategic expansion, while leadership recruitment is handled with clear accountability and consistent standards worldwide.

Outcome: Trust, Certainty and Continuity

The partnership with Departer has enabled Vogelsang to fill international leadership roles in a way that is structured, comparable and sustainable, even during different global leadership search assignments at the same time.

We thank Vogelsang for the trust and the long-standing partnership.

International expansion succeeds when leadership is planned as strategically as the markets themselves.

Departer: Executive Search for companies growing beyond borders.

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