Built by people who understand the plant floor and the boardroom.
Businesses grow when the right people, processes and systems work together.
About Ole Solutions
Ole Solutions is an executive search and management consulting firm working with automotive and manufacturing organisations across India.
We help organisations in two critical areas:
- Building the right leadership team through executive search
- Building stronger organisations through business transformation and management consulting.
Our work is led by experienced professionals who bring a combination of industry experience,
management expertise and practical implementation capability.
Our Story
Why we exist
Ole Solutions was founded on a simple observation: automotive and manufacturing organisations were being served by recruitment firms that treated every industry the same, and management consultancies that rarely engaged with hiring at all.
We built a firm to close that gap — one that combines executive search discipline with a management strategist’s view of how organisations are structured to perform.
Our mission
What we're here to do
To help automotive and manufacturing organisations build the leadership, structure and capability they need to compete — and grow sustainably.
We measure success not by placements made, but by whether the organisations we work with are structurally stronger a year later.
What makes us different
One sector. Three practice areas. No dilution.
Sector exclusivity
We don’t split our attention across unrelated industries. Automotive and manufacturing are the whole of our practice.
Integrated thinking
Whether we’re running a search or a consulting engagement, we bring the same structured thinking — understanding the organisation before recommending a solution.
Senior-level relationships
Two decades of combined relationships with operations leaders, functional heads and plant management.
Candid, not transactional
We tell clients when a brief isn’t ready, or when the org structure — not the market — is the real problem.
Leadership
Core team
Mr. Vivek Hallur
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
B.Tech (NIT-K), MBA (IIM Bangalore). 25+ years across marketing, business development, operations and HR — industry experience in automobile, steel, IT and IT-enabled services.
Dr. Rangappa Yaraddi
PRINCIPAL Advisor
PhD (Karnatak University). Six Sigma Certified. Extensive experience across manufacturing operations, supply chain, and ERP — author of 30+ publications and 8 books, advising MSMEs on Lean systems and process excellence.
Mr. Chandar Shekharr
Senior consulting advisor
B.E. (Automobile), MS (BITS Pilani). 25+ years across operations, supply chain, and production planning — guest faculty at IMTMA & NTTF, advising MSMEs and automotive suppliers on Lean, 5S, and shop-floor capability building.
Advisory board
Guided by industry leadership
Former CEOs, MDs and presidents across manufacturing-linked industries, brought in to evaluate senior and leadership-level searches.
S K Patil
B.TECH, MBA (IIM-A)
30+ years in marketing, business development, HR, automotive and e-governance.
Muralidhar S
BE, MBA (IIM-B)
30+ years in automobile, strategic and wealth management, and IT-enabled services.
Want to know how we'd approach your search?
We’re happy to talk through a brief before it’s fully formed.