Jendrek & Partners

Jendrek & Partner is an executive search company based in Düsseldorf that concentrates entirely on the recycling industry and the circular economy. It fills key positions along the whole recycling and circular economy value chain, from waste processors and raw material traders through to the manufacturers of recycling and processing technology. Its emphasis is on C-level and senior leadership roles, and it also fills highly specialised technical positions where proven expert knowledge matters more than the job title. Rather than matching against a database, the company works by targeted direct approach, contacting the people who fit a client's business and culture, including those who are not actively looking.

The declared focus areas are the recycling and raw materials economy, plastics recycling, and the mechanical and plant engineering that serves the sector. Its published expertise covers non-ferrous and ferrous metals and alloys, scrap and metal processing, sorting technology including AI-assisted sorting, machinery and plant construction, the circular economy, and waste management and disposal. The company positions itself as a Personalberatung with real operational depth, from processing through sorting technology to plant construction, and says its network in recovery, raw materials trading and recycling technology has been built up over many years.

The company operates from Schanzenstraße 74 in Düsseldorf and works across the German recycling market. It is led by Ingo Jendrek, whose own career covered leadership roles in sales, technical management, branch management and key account management across recycling, plastics technology, agricultural machinery and automotive supply. He argues that finding the right people means genuinely understanding a client's needs as well as a candidate's motivation and personal situation, and that real synergy comes from valuing the commitment and know-how of staff. The company maintains regular contact with decision makers and trade bodies, and is a member of the BDU, the BDSV and the BIR, as well as belonging to the sponsoring body of the Kunststoff Institut Lüdenscheid. Clients including Zeppelin Systems, PELLENC ST and Herbold Meckesheim have publicly recommended its work on leadership appointments.