Why Precision Placements
For more than 30 years, Precision Placements has combined first-hand textile operating experience, a specialized industry network and personal search leadership to help companies make consequential hires with greater confidence.
What makes us different
Plenty of recruiting firms have databases. Many have sophisticated technology. Some know the textile and apparel industry. The value of Precision Placements comes from combining those tools with decades of relationships, first-hand operating experience and judgment developed through thousands of conversations about people, companies and careers.
We believe a successful executive search requires more than identifying someone who appears qualified on paper. It requires understanding the business behind the position, reaching people who may not be looking, evaluating the person behind the resume and staying close enough to the process to help both sides make a sound decision.
Precision is more than our name. It describes how we believe important hiring decisions should be approached.
Six reasons clients call Precision
Our strongest value shows up when the assignment requires industry understanding, access to passive talent and careful executive judgment.
Before founding Precision Placements, Ken Edwards worked as an Industrial Engineer, Production Manager, Plant Manager and Vice President of Operations. He has evaluated hires from the side of the desk where results, productivity and leadership have consequences.
Meet Ken EdwardsOur work is concentrated in textile, apparel and closely related markets. We understand the language, functions, companies, channels and operating realities that make these searches different from general executive recruiting.
Explore our specialtiesMany of the strongest executives are employed, successful and not applying to jobs. Decades of industry relationships—and a professional network that includes more than 16,000 textile and apparel members—help us reach beyond the visible candidate market.
Ken personally manages client search strategy and vets candidates before presentation. You are not buying a brand name and then being handed off to someone learning your industry or your business problem.
Experience matters, but so do integrity, work ethic, respect for people, adaptability, motivation and leadership style. We look for evidence of what someone has accomplished—and whether that success can transfer into your environment.
Read the thinking behind the searchWe lead with engaged search for important assignments that deserve priority, use retained search when the work demands full commitment, and maintain contingency search for situations where that structure makes sense.
Both sides of the desk
When you have managed operations, led teams and been accountable for results, a hiring specification reads differently. You pay attention not only to credentials, but to whether the person can earn trust, make sound decisions, operate within the realities of the business and create value after the excitement of the hire is over.
That perspective is one reason Precision Placements starts with the business problem rather than simply accepting a job description as the complete answer.
The objective is not to deliver more candidates. It is to improve the odds that the person you hire becomes more valuable over time.
See how we work with companiesTechnology without losing the human element
Precision Placements was early to digital recruiting when TextileJobs.com launched in 1995. Today we use professional networks, databases, research tools and AI-enabled technology to identify possibilities and accelerate market intelligence.
But technology cannot fully judge chemistry, credibility, motivation, leadership maturity or how someone will respond when the job becomes harder than the interview.
Our approach is high-tech where technology adds leverage and deliberately human where judgment matters most.
Where we add the most value
The cost of a weak hire reaches beyond salary into revenue, customers, culture, execution and lost time.
The market requires direct outreach, credibility and enough industry understanding to earn a conversation.
You know the business outcome you need, but the exact title, background, compensation or market profile may still need to be tested.
Growth, succession, U.S. market expansion, organizational change or a new commercial strategy can require leadership the organization has never hired before.
Supporting evidence
Precision Placements' reputation is built primarily through the searches, candidates and relationships behind more than three decades in the industry. Awards, academic references, media appearances and professional-network reach provide additional evidence of that presence.
See awards, media & industry recognitionThe next search starts with a conversation
We will listen, ask questions and tell you candidly whether Precision Placements is the right search partner for the assignment.
All client conversations are confidential.
