Characteristics

 The industry sector can be characterised by its high level of variety, which includes a range from car-making accessory parts companies, equipment goods, machinery manufacture, aeronautics, plastics, chemicals, etc. Therefore, these are companies that need professionals with specific technical studies and very precise experience concerning the work and the product of the company.

 What is required from the professionals of the sector?

 As well as the requirement to possess business vision, a strategic mentality, command skills and decision-making capability, industry managers are also required to have great technical training in engineering.

 What is the industrial sector like at present?

 The industrial sector is at its historical maximum as regards specialisation. Relocation of firms from the sector means that competition is increasingly tougher and, hence, the companies in our country have had to demonstrate their competitiveness, improving specialisation, cost control, etc.

Nowadays, companies from the industrial sector require good technical professionals, with specific knowledge and experience, but who are also flexible, able to work under pressure and responsible when it comes to meeting deadlines. The role of the Financial Controller is particularly important in this sector, given the significance of industrial costs. The importance of languages is reinforced at the commercial level. In addition to the requirement for English in this sector, numerous positions demand German.

 What requirements are demanded from a consultant specialising in the industrial sector?  

The consultant must possess a great deal of knowledge of the industrial market, not only at the national level but also at the international level. There is also demand for extensive capability in order to adapt oneself to changes of forms of social address since it is a very extensive market with diverse companies it is well-understood that this is demanded in each profile. On occasions, it is necessary to do some recruitment abroad or for foreign countries, and so the consultant has to know languages.