5 Star Global Recruitment Partners

5 Star Global Recruitment Partners is a boutique executive search firm that places automotive and manufacturing professionals in direct-hire roles. Its work concentrates on corporate leadership and plant management positions for Fortune 500 companies, alongside placements of technical engineers and other exempt professionals across global offices and plants. The firm also supports global OEMs through their Tier 1 and Tier 2 supply chains.

The company covers a range of technical domains within the sector, including automotive manufacturing recruiting, engineering recruitment, plant management search and corporate leadership search, as well as areas such as Connected Cars, Automated Drive, Shared Mobility and electrification. It operates across North America and globally, serving the automotive, manufacturing and mobility industries. Clients it has supported include Mercedes Benz, BMW, Volkswagen, Ford, General Motors, Fiat Chrysler, Hyundai, Honda, Kia, Toyota and Nissan.

The team brings more than 50 years of combined recruiting experience, with each recruiter holding over 10 years of experience in recruiting, HR or automotive manufacturing. 5 Star Global Recruitment Partners is a WBENC certified Women's Business Enterprise and a minority woman-owned small business. Its recruiting activity includes diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, among them women in manufacturing programmes, and it states a commitment to identifying qualified candidates regardless of gender, race, religious beliefs, age, ethnicity and sexual orientation.