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Why are more and more companies turning to interim managers?

Interim Management – the temporary appointment of a Rent-a-CxO, Managing Director or Board Member – is becoming increasingly popular among companies because it provides tailored and rapid solutions for critical situations.

Typical areas of application include bridging management vacancies, restructuring (including turnaround and turnaround management), transformations, the integration of newly acquired companies (Post-Merger Integration), and the management of major strategic projects and programmes, such as relocations, performance improvement or growth initiatives.

In all of these situations, suitable managers need to be identified and deployed quickly. In many cases, the leadership expertise required for such initiatives is either not available internally or cannot be made available quickly enough.

Why VALTUS Management Factory?

The art of Interim Management lies in combining speed in the selection process with the quality of the executive and ensuring the right expertise, qualities and competencies for the assignment.

The partners at VALTUS Management Factory have themselves worked in Executive Interim Management roles for many years. This first-hand experience enables them to work closely with companies to define the assignment, develop the required leadership profile and identify a practical, tailored approach to the solution.

Which industries does VALTUS Management Factory work with?

We work across industries and have executives and experts from most sectors in our management pool. Through access to the management pools of the VALTUS Group, we can also provide tailored solutions for highly specific requirements.

One example was a client looking for a Procurement Director with expertise in fibre-optic cables. In recent years, Executive Interim Managers have been in particularly high demand in industries including automotive, retail, mechanical engineering, tourism, furniture, transportation, packaging, electrical engineering, plant engineering, construction and related trades, media, FMCG, and beverage production.

What types of profiles does VALTUS Management Factory offer?

As part of the world’s leading Interim Management provider, VALTUS, we can provide Interim Managers for virtually any type of assignment or position.

The focus of VALTUS Management Factory is on General Management, Finance and Operations. Typical positions we fill include:

At VALTUS Management Factory, we have our own dedicated Financial Advisory team, which operates throughout the German-speaking region (DACH).

In critical situations and when dealing with complex challenges, it has proven highly effective to deploy Financial Advisory alongside an Executive Interim Manager. This allows us to develop solutions quickly for issues such as going-concern assessments (including IDW S6 restructuring opinions or IBRs), transactions, liquidity planning and management, and business planning.

Why should companies engage Executive Interim Managers?

From a company’s perspective, engaging an Interim Executive offers five key advantages:

1. Executive Interim Managers are experienced professionals who bring a fresh and independent perspective to your company and its people. They help you navigate upcoming challenges with an objective view. Interim executives are not constrained by existing structures, relationships or internal networks and are not part of established silos within the organisation. They have already dealt with situations comparable to the challenges your company is currently facing.
   
2. Interim Managers are selected to achieve clearly defined objectives within a specific assignment. The Interim Executive assesses the situation, develops an implementation plan, aligns it with you and drives its efficient execution. The responsible partner at VALTUS Management Factory can provide additional support as a sparring partner throughout the assignment.
   
3. Executive Interim Managers are not consultants – they are decision-makers with extensive management experience and strong functional expertise. This enables them to make decisions and drive implementation at pace.
   
4. Interim Management is also a powerful coaching and support solution. Your teams receive hands-on support and are strengthened both operationally and personally. By transferring expertise, know-how and external perspectives, the Interim Manager enables your teams to actively contribute to the transformation, stabilisation and consolidation of the company – with benefits that extend well beyond the duration of the assignment.
   
5. Interim Managers can be deployed quickly and flexibly. In addition to full-time assignments, solutions involving three or four days per week are also possible. If the Interim Executive is no longer required or if the collaboration does not meet expectations, the assignment can be ended quickly and with minimal disruption.