Unstable forecasts, unbalanced inventory, customer commitments under pressure: the decisions have to be taken together. An interim supply chain director takes temporary responsibility for the flows and teams in an agreed remit. Our talent agents help set the service, capacity and inventory priorities, and the working relationships across procurement, sales and production.
More expertise in the Interim Management universe
Leading planning, supply or logistics teams according to the agreed remit. The director clarifies priorities and organises service and inventory decisions with sales, production and finance so that trade-offs have clear owners.
Bringing demand, availability and capacity constraints into a shared view. The director organises allocation decisions, replenishment priorities and action on slow-moving inventory, with named owners for each.
Coordinating internal teams and external partners when flows move or warehouse operations change. The director decides operational sequencing within the remit, tracks dependencies and prepares the choices needed to adjust capacity.
The scope is set: we find the director for the flows involved.
Work under way: your agent tracks the milestones and adjusts the brief with you.
Decisions made: we organise the handover and, if needed, the permanent hire.
Tell us which planning, supply or logistics teams are involved and where customer service stands. Say what trade-offs are expected between inventory, capacity and commitments.
We look for these profiles for our clients on a regular basis. Tell us about your achievements and the projects you have led: a talent agent calls you back to understand what you are looking for.
No. It may cover overall leadership, planning or logistics operations. The relationships with functions outside the director's remit should be explicit so that decisions have clear owners.
Yes, when this responsibility is part of the assignment. The brief identifies commitments to monitor, joint review forums and the decisions that remain with internal teams.
The brief identifies available data and its limitations. Building a shared basis for management may form part of the work, using explicit assumptions and clear responsibility for updates.
Handover expectations are agreed alongside the objectives: responsibilities transferred, decisions documented and open matters identified. Our interim management offering explains the wider framework for the assignment.
Supply chain leadership brings demand, capacity, inventory and service objectives into one operating plan. The director settles the competing needs with the functions involved. The brief names the flows, the sites, the teams and the budgets they lead, and which decisions still need the executive team’s approval.
Measures reflect the situation: availability, delays, inventory coverage or plan reliability. Agreeing what each measure means is as useful as establishing a regular review.
The director brings together sales forecasts, production constraints and logistics availability. They establish or take over planning discussions, assign responsibilities and escalate gaps that need a management decision. The plan becomes a shared basis for action, updated at a pace that reflects the business and the decisions it faces.
Sales and operations planning, or S&OP, can form part of the brief. Its scope and forums should fit the teams responsible for sustaining the process.
Supply chain leadership manages volumes, flow priorities and the balance between service and inventory. Procurement owns sourcing and supplier negotiations. The interim director clarifies how these functions work with production and sales, particularly when a supply constraint means that customer commitments need to be reviewed and priorities agreed.
The handover documents the planning cycle, decision rules and outstanding matters. It gives teams and the next leader the context needed to continue managing operations.
They organise the link between forecast and capacity, but the forecast stays with the sales organisation. The remit says who proposes the figures and who approves them.
