1310 Interim CTO – CIO, e-commerce and manufacturing
About Our Client:
Our client is a founder-led, owner-managed small to medium-sized manufacturing business with a strong B2C model and a rapidly scaling e-commerce channel. The organisation employs approximately 100–150 people and operates a high-variant, made-to-order production environment where customers expect fast delivery, clear status updates, and a consistently premium experience from purchase through installation readiness.
The company sources components across Europe and Asia, and serves customers across the wider DACH and Southeast Europe region. Following a period of strong growth, the digital and operational complexity of the business has outpaced the current systems landscape. The organisation now requires experienced interim executive leadership to modernise the IT architecture, connect critical data flows, and enable scalable execution across e-commerce, warehouse, finance, and manufacturing.
This is a confidential transformation mandate in a founder-led environment, where success will be measured in systems clarity, improved planning reliability, better customer communication, and a stable digital foundation that supports growth.
Project Description:
Our client is a founder-led, owner-managed small to medium-sized manufacturing business with a strong B2C model and a rapidly scaling e-commerce channel. The organisation employs approximately 100–150 people and operates a high-variant, made-to-order production environment where customers expect fast delivery, clear status updates, and a consistently premium experience from purchase through installation readiness.
The company sources components across Europe and Asia, and serves customers across the wider DACH and Southeast Europe region. Following a period of strong growth, the digital and operational complexity of the business has outpaced the current systems landscape. The organisation now requires experienced interim executive leadership to modernise the IT architecture, connect critical data flows, and enable scalable execution across e-commerce, warehouse, finance, and manufacturing.
This is a confidential transformation mandate in a founder-led environment, where success will be measured in systems clarity, improved planning reliability, better customer communication, and a stable digital foundation that supports growth.
Interim Manager Required Skills:
A senior interim technology leader, typically a former CTO, CIO, Head of IT Transformation, or enterprise applications leader with deep experience delivering practical integration and modernisation programmes.
- Demonstrated interim executive leadership in complex, fast-moving organisations, delivering measurable progress within the first 3–6 months
- Strong capability in IT architecture, systems integration, and roadmap delivery, with a focus on stabilising operations and enabling scalable growth
- Proven experience connecting commercial platforms with operational execution, translating customer demand into reliable availability and fulfilment performance
- Practical understanding of manufacturing and warehouse realities, including the impact of poor master data, unclear ownership, and misaligned system logic on delivery outcomes
- Strong governance mindset, able to run project management routines, prioritise effectively, and ensure decisions translate into implementation
- Composed, direct, pragmatic leadership style, capable of challenging legacy thinking while maintaining trust with the founder and internal teams
- Working English is required for cross-functional alignment and stakeholder management, local-language capability is highly preferred for fast on-site adoption
Key Requirements:
IT architecture integration, ERP/APS planning enablement, e-commerce to manufacturing data flow, operational decision dashboards (BI), customer service and aftersales automation.
Type of Assignment:
Interim
Scope of Interim Assignment:
Growth Acceleration
Functional Area of the Interim Manager:
IT
Location:
Wroclaw, Poland
Duration:
12 months
Start Date:
February 2026
Why work with us?
CE Interim delivers proven executive interim leaders within 72 hours across borders, cultures, and industries. We specialize in high-impact interim management for private equity firms, family offices, and global corporations facing moments of transition: digital transformation, market entry, operational turnaround, post-merger integration, or crisis.
What sets us apart is not just the speed or depth of our network, it’s how we lead. Every engagement is personally guided by a CE Interim managing partner: former CEOs, CFOs, or COOs who’ve been on your side of the table, steering organizations through high-stakes decisions.
With a global talent pool and operational reach spanning Europe, the USA, and the Middle East, we don’t fill roles, we build trust, lead transitions, and deliver outcomes.
As part of the Valtus Alliance, the world’s largest alliance of Executive Interim Management companies, we ensure seamless international execution through 25+ offices and 80+ senior partners in over 50 countries.
