CASE STUDY
Overview of a Transition Management mission led by one of our Interim Managers:
Position: Interim Manager – General Manager – Industrial Sector
Context and Mission: Restructuring and financial optimization
In a context of strategic transformation and restructuring, this mission aimed to restore financial health, reorganize internal processes, and lay the foundation for sustainable growth in a family-owned industrial SME with 300 employees.
Challenges & Actions:
- Led the financial recovery by implementing cash flow optimization measures and securing financial flows
- Restructured internal organization to improve cross-functional coordination and enhance operational efficiency
- Optimized production and supply chain by identifying improvement levers in manufacturing, procurement, and logistics processes
- Supported cultural and managerial transformation by strengthening team engagement
- Prepared the company for long-term growth by defining a strategic roadmap and identifying sustainable improvement opportunities
Results:
- Improved financial management through optimized cash flow and cost reduction
- Stabilized and reorganized internal structure, ensuring better alignment across teams and processes
- Streamlined industrial operations, enabling better control of lead times and production costs
- Strengthened managerial culture and leadership throughout the organization
Profile of our MANAGERIM Interim Manager:
- Proven experience as General Manager in industrial SMEs undergoing turnaround, restructuring, or critical growth phases
- Strong financial management skills and deep expertise in organizational transformation
- Ability to oversee all business functions (finance, production, supply chain, sales, HR) with a results-oriented approach
- Strategic leadership with a hands-on management style
- Skilled in change management, executive committee facilitation, and liaising with family shareholders or investment funds
- Deep-rooted industrial culture
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