Interim CEO for Manufacturing

Manufacturing companies bring in an interim CEO when a founder retires, a plant is under stress, or a group needs to be consolidated. The role runs operations, unions, and capital allocation at the same time, on a cash cycle measured in weeks.

Common triggers

Family owner stepping back with no ready successor
One plant losing money and dragging the group
Working capital breach or covenant pressure
Post-acquisition integration of two industrial sites

What the role owns

Site-level P&L and daily operations
Union and industrial relations
Working capital and cash cycle
Capex discipline and plant footprint

What it is not

It is not a lean consultant or a controller. An interim CEO in industry takes the political cost of hard operational calls, including closures, restructurings, and management changes, and owns the outcome with the board.

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