Turnaround Manager
A turnaround manager for companies under pressure: stabilisation, restructuring, and a return to growth with full operating ownership.
What a turnaround manager does
A turnaround manager stabilises a company under pressure, removes complexity, rebuilds structure, and restores accountability. The work starts with honest decisions in the first ninety days and ends with a business that can grow again. It requires full operating ownership, not advice from the side.
When a turnaround manager is needed
- Margins or cash deteriorating faster than the team can respond
- A business that has outgrown its structure and processes
- Underperformance the existing leadership cannot reset
- A sponsor or board that needs a decisive operator now
The first ninety days
- Cash, customers, and people stabilised in that order
- Complexity removed and the operating model simplified
- Honest decisions on cost, structure, and leadership
- A clear plan to return the business to growth
How the mandate is structured
- Full operating ownership for a defined period
- Outcome-linked compensation
- Direct line to sponsor, chair, or board
- A handover plan once the business is stable
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