1385 Director de planta interino – Parada técnica – Polonia

Acerca de nuestro cliente:

Our client is an international industrial manufacturing group headquartered in Western Europe, with established production operations in Poland.

The assignment concerns a manufacturing plant in the Krakow area employing approximately 300 people. The site operates continuously in a fast-paced 24/7 production environment where safety, quality, equipment reliability, productivity and delivery performance must remain under close control.

The plant is entering a critical period of operational and organisational change. Performance must be stabilised, management accountability strengthened and a structured manufacturing turnaround executed without interrupting production or customer deliveries.

Headquarters requires reliable visibility, stronger operational governance and measurable progress. The Polish organisation requires experienced leadership, clear priorities and disciplined execution across every shift.

The client needs an Interim Plant Manager who can establish authority immediately and lead the site through turnaround and restructuring.

The client’s identity and further information about the plant will be disclosed to qualified candidates under a signed non-disclosure agreement.

Descripción del proyecto:

The Interim Plant Manager will assume full operational leadership of the Polish manufacturing site.

The initial priority will be to establish a fact-based understanding of the plant’s performance, management capability and operational risks. The Interim Plant Manager will identify the causes of underperformance, define the required corrective actions and lead their implementation.

The mandate combines operational stabilisation, manufacturing turnaround, organisational restructuring and management-team realignment.

A strong presence on the shop floor will be essential. The Interim Plant Manager must establish credibility with the plant leadership team, shift managers, supervisors and employees while maintaining clear communication with the Western European headquarters.

The assignment includes responsibility for:

• Assuming full operational leadership of a plant employing approximately 300 people
• Stabilising production across a continuous 24/7 manufacturing operation
• Conducting a rapid assessment of plant performance, operational risks, leadership capability and organisational effectiveness
• Establishing reliable visibility across safety, quality, output, delivery, downtime, scrap, productivity and manufacturing costs
• Identifying the operational and organisational causes of underperformance
• Preparing and executing a structured manufacturing turnaround plan
• Leading the agreed restructuring of the plant organisation and management responsibilities
• Strengthening accountability across the plant management team, shift leaders and frontline supervisors
• Establishing clear decision rights, escalation routes and performance ownership
• Restoring disciplined daily management, shift handovers, KPI reviews and corrective-action follow-up
• Improving coordination between production, maintenance, quality, engineering, planning, logistics, HR and finance
• Addressing production bottlenecks, equipment reliability, recurring downtime and operational losses
• Improving workforce planning and resource allocation across the shift structure
• Maintaining production continuity, customer service and workforce stability throughout the transformation
• Translating headquarters expectations into practical actions within the Polish operation
• Providing senior leadership with transparent reporting, clear milestones and reliable progress updates
• Building an operating model that can sustain performance after the interim assignment
• Preparing a controlled handover and knowledge transfer at the end of the mandate

Gerente interino Habilidades requeridas:

The client requires a seasoned Interim Plant Manager, Plant Director, Site Director, Manufacturing Director or Operations Director with directly comparable turnaround experience.

Candidates must demonstrate:

• Successful leadership of manufacturing turnaround assignments
• Direct experience restructuring a manufacturing plant, management organisation or operating model
• Senior leadership experience in a fast-paced 24/7 manufacturing environment
• Experience managing a plant of comparable size and organisational complexity
• Measurable improvement in operational performance under significant time pressure
• Strong command of production, maintenance, quality, engineering, supply chain and plant cost management
• The ability to assess a manufacturing operation quickly and translate findings into immediate action
• Experience restoring daily management routines, KPI discipline and management accountability
• Strong understanding of shift-based production and frontline leadership
• Experience implementing organisational change while maintaining production continuity
• The confidence to make difficult operational, organisational and leadership decisions
• The ability to lead employees through uncertainty with clarity, fairness and authority
• Strong communication skills with headquarters executives, local management and shop-floor teams
• The ability to work across Western European corporate expectations and Polish operating realities
• A calm, direct and pragmatic leadership style

Experience in Poland or Central and Eastern European manufacturing operations will be highly valuable.

Required Turnaround Evidence

Applicants should provide concise examples of manufacturing turnaround and restructuring assignments they have personally led.

Each example should explain:

• The size and type of manufacturing operation
• The initial business and operational situation
• The main causes of underperformance
• The restructuring and turnaround measures implemented
• The leadership and workforce challenges involved
• The measurable operational and financial results achieved
• The time required to deliver those result

Priority will be given to candidates with recent experience in high-paced, continuous manufacturing operations

Requisitos clave:

Manufacturing Turnaround, Plant Restructuring, 24/7 Manufacturing, Operational Stabilisation, Performance Recovery, Organisational Transformation, Shop-Floor Leadership, Cross-Border Execution

Tipo de misión:

Provisional

Alcance de la asignación provisional:

Gestión de crisis, estabilización, cambio de rumbo

Área funcional del Director interino:

Gestión de plantas

Ubicación:

Cracovia, Polonia

Duración:

6-12 meses

Fecha de inicio:

Agosto – septiembre de 2026

¿Por qué trabajar con nosotros?

CE Interim provides cross-border executive leadership for critical business transformations.

We support boards, shareholders and corporate executives during crisis, restructuring, operational turnaround, post-merger integration, critical leadership vacancies and enterprise-critical transformation programmes.

Our Interim CEOs, CROs, CFOs, COOs and Plant Managers are selected for the specific business situation and assessed against the required mission, operating environment and stakeholder context.

For this mandate, CE Interim will evaluate each candidate’s:

• Direct manufacturing turnaround experience
• Plant restructuring record
• Leadership in a 24/7 production environment
• Ability to operate between international headquarters and local operations
• Seniority and capacity to establish authority quickly
• Availability to begin the assignment at short notice
• Readiness to enter a confidential selection process

A CE Interim Partner remains involved throughout the assignment, supporting mandate alignment, governance, progress visibility, escalation and handover.

CE Interim combines experienced executive leadership, cross-cultural understanding, structured assignment governance and international delivery capability.

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