Ascend Associates

Ascend Associates is an executive recruitment firm that specialises in electrical and industrial distribution in the United States. It says it has been providing staffing solutions since 1996 and describes itself as a people first, communication based executive search firm.

The firm fills inside and outside sales roles, regional sales manager and branch manager positions, technical specialist and management roles, and upper-level executive posts for distributors. Its sectors are electrical products, industrial products, automation and robotics, HVAC and plumbing, and building materials. It says its recruiters are cross-trained in every industry sector, and that it builds a steady pipeline of sales and leadership talent in electrical and industrial distribution.

Ascend Associates works with clients nationwide and is based in Phoenix, Arizona. It reports that, on average, it produces candidates for a client in less than two weeks.