Burgopak, Welcome to Illinois.
This month has been quite busy so far. What with a new start-up, new partners in the new start-up(more later) and working with a new client; Burgopak USA, LLC.
Over a month ago, this very nice man, Jeremy Billy contacted me from my posting on The Creative Hotlist. Jeremy is the President of Burgopak USA, a company that is based in England. They have the coolest packaging concept derived from kids pop-up books. I received a sample of their packaging yesterday and it is truly quality workmanship and a novel concept.
I digress… Jeremy called me because they have expanded their company from the East Coast to the Northern Suburbs of Illinois. Jeremy engaged my services to help him find a Senior Packaging Engineer for their new office. While this is outside of my usual realm of placement, after speaking with Jeremy for a while, I decided to take on the challenge. I really enjoy working with nice people who like to partner in working relationships (I know I have said this before). Jeremy was very clear that he has long term working relationships with his vendors and after I received his credit references, I found that it was true.
As luck would have it, I was able to procure a candidate with the type of background they are looking for. I never knew that these packaging engineering folks were A: so hard to find and B: so specialized.
Contract negotiations have ensued and I look forward to a long a fruitful relationship with Burgopak.