Interim management
Chain-Strength supports you, when you have the need for an interim manager to:
- fill a leadership gap in the existing organization
Examples: search for external hire is pending, pending succession planning due to training and/or maturity - fill a position that is required for a limited period of time
Examples: crisis management, a restructuring, or a strategic initiative
Chain-Strength provides leaders that have made 25+ years of experience with engagements within national and international IT environments and SAP-centric environments. Within the boundaries of the assignment, the leader will run the management of a department, covering all aspects, yet can also drive restructurings or other changes. Different from project consulting, direct reporting lines and people management play a large role in these type of engagements, yet the positioning of the leader can be determined jointly.
Our modern and emphatic leadership style -anchored in our business values- will make the difference. Let’s get in contact, so we can elaborate more on this key differentiator in a personal conversation.
Experience
Our experienced managers have long-term experience in leading teams small and large teams with up to 150 employees. The main areas of expertise:
- International IT environments with 24/7 operations globally
- Centralized organisations with local teams in the subsidiaries
- Organisations with a mix of internal expertise completed with outsourcing components (offshore and nearshore)
- Management of remote and (partial) onsite models
- Complex decentral international supply chains with high levels of verticalization
- Experience has been gained in various industries: Consumer goods, Retail, Wholesale, FMCG (fast-moving consumer goods), Logistics/Transport & IT-Services industries
Duration of engagement
These engagements are typically taking a few months to maximum two years on both a full time or a part-time basis.
Examples of previous engagements
- Repositioning, resizing (up & down) and restructuring the global IT department
Both for growth and downsizing of departments, we have conducted restructurings in multiple companies, resulting in new/adjusted organisational setups, collaboration and operating models, including change management focus on the end-users of the solutions - Build, implement and lead a mixed sourcing strategy
To accommodate the need for global 24/7 operations and increasing project demand, near- and offshoring models have been conceptualized and implemented in international environments - Build and lead a planning competence center
The extension of the process framework required a new department with a focus on the demand & supply chain planning solutions; in full cooperation with the global process leads and the local IT departments, the planning competence center has conceptualized, developed and implemented while new software has been implemented, etc.
More cases and/or details of experience can be provided on request.
Chain-Strength experts
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