Managing Director

Managing Director

Value Driven Solutions (VDS) is looking for a Managing Director to join our interim executive bench with this engagement deploying on-site at our PE-backed middle-market manufacturing client in the Location region. The Managing Director will serve as the senior-most operating leader on the engagement carry full executive authority on behalf of the sponsor or board and own delivery of the value-creation plan from Day 1 through exit.

The ideal candidate will enjoy operating at the intersection of board sponsor and shop floor and have the ability to dig into a complex business weigh strategic options across operations commercial and capital and deliver the best possible exit outcome. The ideal candidate will apply their command of value-creation planning M&A integration and OpEx and communicate effectively with CEOs lenders customers and investors.

Responsibilities:

• Executive leadership Serve as senior-most operating leader on the engagement accountable to the CEO board or PE sponsor. Integrate and align the senior leadership team (COO CFO VPs of Operations Supply Chain Engineering Commercial). Identify recruit and develop the permanent leadership team for transition at engagement close.
• Value-creation plan Own the value-creation plan and 100-day plan; lead its design communication and execution. Drive EBITDA working capital and margin programs end-to-end with full P&L authority. Lead M&A integration or carve-out execution including TSA management Day-1 readiness and synergy capture.
• Stakeholder engagement Represent the company in customer investor lender and board interactions. Communicate performance risks and decisions clearly to all sponsor and management constituencies.

Requirements:

• 25 years of senior leadership including CEO COO or business unit GM roles
• Multiple full-cycle interim or turnaround engagements with documented outcomes
• Demonstrated experience leading PE-backed middle-market companies through transformation growth or sale
• Excellent executive communication skills with boards sponsors lenders and management teams
• Bachelors degree required; MBA strongly preferred
• Prior CEO or division-president experience in a $100M$1B middle-market manufacturer preferred
• Lean / OpEx pedigree (Toyota Danaher Illinois Tool Works Parker Hannifin or similar) a plus

About Value Driven Solutions

Value Driven Solutions (VDS) is a management consulting firm dedicated to Operational Excellence for middle-market and private equity-backed manufacturers. Senior executives and PE investors worldwide rely on VDS to enhance enterprise value expand margins improve capital efficiency reduce working capital optimize supply chains and prepare companies for sale. Our network of 10000 Interim Executives and Experts is fully vetted with an average of 2030 years of experience the top 1% of operating talent globally.

Our experts enjoy a work culture that promotes hands-on impact executive-level autonomy and meaningful results. VDS engagement benefits include competitive contract rates commensurate with experience and seniority structured engagement support through a dedicated VDS Engagement Partner proven methodology and toolkits including the Value-Driven Approach and Everything OpEx frameworks and continued business development between engagements.

Experts can also take advantage of access to our 360 Client Alignment process deployment within days of engagement start exposure to diverse industries (aerospace food consumer goods industrial products medical device semiconductor and battery manufacturing) and a structured Contract-to-Hire path that lets both Expert and client validate fit before conversion. All positions are Contract-to-Hire engagements; VDS facilitates the transition to permanent employment if and when the client and Expert elect to convert.

Value Driven Solutions is an equal-opportunity employer.