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Interim Management

Do you need immediate help with expert know-how?

For professional immediate solutions to acute crises and special issues, your company needs experienced interim managers.

GOiNTERIM has a very large network of qualified and personally known interim managers and draws on best practice know-how from more than 1,000 successfully completed interim mandates and projects.

Under the premise of our international management experience, we apply this expertise to achieve your goals.

Achieve “short-term” long-term solutions

  • In exceptional business situations,
  • for strategically challenging projects and
  • in case of acute need for action

GOiNTERIM quickly provides you with the desired results.

GOiNTERIM stands for experienced managers, experts and project leaders who are ready for immediate action, proactively take on management tasks and competently lead your strategic projects to success.

Are you looking for immediate support with a high level of expertise that will lead your project to success quickly and safely? We are here for you.

Reference projects

  • All
  • CRO / Restructuring
  • Development / R&D
  • Finance & Controlling
  • IT / Processes
  • Law
  • Logistics / SCM / Purchasing
  • Management / Board of Directors
  • Personnel / Human Resources
  • Production / Technology / QM
  • Sales / Marketing / PR

Interim CEO – Leadership with presence – a transformation

How to change an existing team from administrators to creators through collaborative leadership, straightforwardness and open communication? Giving goals and responsibility, with the necessary freedom to do so, enables a willingness to change and thus generates a spirit of optimism. An example of a successful turnaround.

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Interim CFO – Development to Financial Excellence of an International Engineering Group

As part of this mandate, an experienced interim CFO was deployed in an international engineering group to realign the finance function to a proactive business partner role. The main objective was to take the lead of the finance function, build a top finance team, develop the finance department to financial excellence, optimize financing, build a powerful finance structure and ensure transparency along the key value drivers.

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Successful turnaround of an established automotive supplier company

An internationally established company in the automotive supply industry was faced with the challenge of restoring its competitiveness in a difficult market environment. The use of an interim CRO and the implementation of a comprehensive restructuring and realignment project enabled significant improvements to be achieved and the company to be put back on “new feet”.

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Interim PMO – Project Management Office (Development Covid-Testing-Business)

Around the height of the Covid 19 pandemic, a business involving mass testing of cruise ship passengers was to be quickly established for an international TIC group.

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Interim Project Manager/ COO – Establishment of a production site in Eastern Europe

An international company in the mechatronics industry sees a short-term need for the establishment of a cost-efficient production site in Eastern Europe as part of its realignment and growth strategy. A critical undertaking for the company….

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Interim Director Supply Chain Management

An international group took over a competitor with 35,000 employees at the beginning of the year. The project’s operating company was one of these former production sites, where one of the challenges was the high rate of missing parts from purchased parts in production.

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Interim Project Manager / Worldwide IFRS Conversion

At a Tier 1 automotive supplier, the group-wide accounting system was changed from HGB to IFRS, as globally
stakeholders, such as customers and suppliers, as well as a global
Corporate financing in the capital market environment an international
require accepted accounting.

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Interim CFO / Establishment of the finance department – from 0 to 100

An online digital marketing agency was acquired by a private equity firm. The private equity house invests in successful, owner-managed companies and supports them locally in their future-oriented development. The company had to be brought up to the level of a stock corporation in the financial area and to the requirements of the private equity company, virtually from here to now!

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Interim CRO / P&L gap analysis and EBIT increase of a Tier 1 supplier

In the course of the earnings analysis, the P&L margin is to be examined and the profitability of the supplier is to be increased significantly….

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Interim CRO / Continuous Improvement & Lean Management

As part of the focus on operational excellence and increasing production performance, the manufacturing costs of an automotive supplier were to be optimized and reduced….

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Interim CRO / Reduction of quality costs of a tier 2 supplier

As part of the restructuring, the internal and external quality costs of a Tier 2 supplier should be reviewed and significantly reduced….

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Interim CRO / Restructuring and increase critical equity ratio

A strategy for rapidly increasing the equity ratio of a Tier 1 should be developed within the framework of the owner-supervisory board. The corporate imbalance had resulted over the last few years from the Corona crisis, the microchip crisis and the massive increase in raw material costs….

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Interim CEO / Turnaround at COVID times

The company is one of the most important producers of frozen food in Austria and has been facing a negative business development for more than 10 years. A turnaround is essential for the continued existence of the company….

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Turnaround with force and effect

An owner-managed, medium-sized group of three companies is to be sold. The situation is sensitive: EBIT is weakly positive, the seller has a business and legal history, a project with several challenges….

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Project for the reorganization and sale of the company

The project focused on the acquisition of an international group of companies/food discounters with stores in Spain, Portugal, Brazil and Argentina from a London-based investment firm. The deal also includes the network of former Schlecker stores in Spain and Portugal. The business was making losses and is not properly strategically positioned. The order included a refurbishment and sale of the business.

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Project for cost optimization in the production of a flat glass manufacturer

For a Japanese flat glass manufacturer with European HQ in Brussels, costs were optimized in their 16 large production plants in Europe. A mid-single-digit million amount per year was identified as potential savings, and a methodology was developed that can be repeated every two to three years.

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Development of a business unit for an international energy company including sales organization

A leading international energy company was undergoing a comprehensive transformation process. The interim manager was tasked with building up one of the main pillars of the new strategy, the new “Industrial Customer Solutions” business area, including an operational sales organization.

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Transformation process of the purchasing department of an international automotive supplier

Automotive supplier
Multiple locations
International Group

The entire purchasing department of the corporate group was undergoing a massive transformation process. The group is in the process of completely reorganizing itself and becoming an independent group of companies.

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International transformation and strategic realignment | Business case as interim CEO/Managing Director

Producing company
Two locations
International Group

One site of an international group had come under enormous pressure in terms of price and cost situation. The competitive situation necessitated a completely new set-up of the blueprint of the plants at the sites.

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Interim CFO at subsidiary in France

Plastics industry / Automotive
Location France
International group of companies

In a restructuring case of an international group of companies in the plastics/automotive industry, the important French subsidiary had run into difficulties.

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Interim CIO at an international group of companies

Construction industry
Worldwide
International group of companies

IT is a central function in companies and especially in an international group very complex and differentiated. With his experience, the interim CIO was able to immediately take over and manage the operational business.

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Interim Managing Director DACH

Medical technology / pharmaceutical industry
DACH region
International group of companies

The company’s DACH organization showed declining sales and revenue figures, and EBIT was clearly negative. A clear sales strategy was not in place, and internal cooperation with the product development, quality assurance and production departments was clearly strained.

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Chief Digital Officer

Trading company
Austria
Branch network at 60 locations with 200 stores

The buzzword digital transformation affects all industries in today’s economy. The trade
is under particular pressure, however; it has to find the balancing act between stationary and online retail.

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Executive Board/CEO as restructuring manager

Automotive supplier
Portugal
Employees / Sales: n.a.

As restructuring manager, the GOiNTERIM manager has operational responsibility as a
Executive Board at Frauenthal’s subsidiary in Portugal. The company
was in a crisis situation due to the loss of major customers in the automotive industry.
Area.

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Interim CFO

Media company
Germany
Employees / Sales: n.a.

Successful development towards financial excellence: An international media group acquired a traditional family business in Germany. Finance was very past-oriented …

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Sales Manager

Automotive supplier
600 Mio.€ turnover, 3.500 employees

We were able to successfully fill a vacancy for the international sales manager. Requirements were years of industry experience in automotive, good access to OEMs, strong leadership and expertise in sales reorganization on an international level.

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kfm. Board of Directors

Investment holding
550 million € turnover, 4000 employees

An experienced manager from the investment environment was successfully found to strengthen the Group as a member of the Management Board. The profile of a top manager was very extensive. A top manager with years of experience in M&A transactions, in the commercial management of portfolio companies and in the topics IFRS, JA, tax and legal was required.

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COO

medium-sized company construction industry
50 million turnover, 250 employees

The position of COO as 2nd Managing Director was successfully found and filled. The profile was a seasoned top manager with industry experience as well as years of excellent leadership experience. Expertise in restructuring and change process implementation and good P&L experience.

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Payroll

Producing industry
Austria
120 mio.€ turnover

Taking over the management of payroll accounting, leading the team, operational implementation of monthly payrolls, project management introduction of new accounting system.

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Interim HR

Retail
Austria/Germany
600 Mio.€ turnover

Interim head of HR / personnel management, operational personnel responsibility for the entire group / branches, support in strategy development and implementation, project management M&A / partial sale.

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Interim CFO

Plastic
Germany
35 mio.€ turnover

Financial restructuring and negotiation with financial institutions, cash management and planning, optimization of ERP system, reorganization and management of the company.

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Controlling Manager

Energy
Austria
800 mio.€ turnover

Establishment and optimization of the controlling and finance area, introduction of decentralized divisional controlling with matrix organization, medium-term and budget planning and reporting.

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Vice President Marketing & Sales

FMCG
Germany
600 Mio.€ turnover

Interim Vice President Marketing & Sales of a manufacturing company in the consumer goods (FMCG) sector, sales management, conceptualization and implementation of sales strategy, leadership.

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Sales Manager

Packing
Austria
90 mio.€ turnover

Interim sales manager, design and implementation of a new sales organization, optimization of sales processes, business development and internationalization, KAM.

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SCM Manager

Process industry
Germany
80 Mio.€ turnover

Head of Supply Chain Management / SCM, optimization of production planning, consolidation of product range and optimization / reduction of working capital.

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Production management

Woodworking
Germany
150 Mio.€ turnover

Restructuring and production management, in particular layout changes and personnel adjustments at international level, process optimization in all production stages and establishment of site in Eastern Europe.

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Production Manager

Plastic
Germany
35 mio.€ turnover

Production management in plastics processing, reorganization of production, adjustment of production layout, reengineering and improvement and optimization of all production processes.

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Project Manager

Automotive
Austria, Germany, Spain
250 million € turnover

Project manager in new development for a premium OEM, coordination of all sub-projects design, development, production, quality as well as direct coordination and coordination with the OEM.

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ERP/IT Management

Food industry
Germany
35 mio.€ turnover

Takeover of the operational IT management, conception, planning and implementation of the central IT project for the introduction of a new ERP software, management of the company-wide project team.

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Interim PMO

Credit institution
Germany, CEE
1000 Mio.€ turnover

Outsourcing/transfer of the finance area of all European subsidiaries to CEE, transition and set-up of the Shared Service Center, reorganization and staff adjustment in Europe.

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Project management

Plastics industry
Germany
40 mio.€ turnover

Project management turnaround of a company in the plastics industry, process optimization and efficiency increase in the areas of sales, calculation, design, manufacturing, MIS introduction.

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Interim CFO/CRO

Logistics/Transport
Austria and CEE
500 mio.€ turnover

Restructuring of a strategic business unit, reorganization and change management, establishment of a best practice finance unit, performance improvement and profit improvement.

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Interim CFO/CRO

FMCG
Austria
15 Mio.€ turnover

Takeover of the management / CRO position, development of a new strategy, operational implementation of all restructuring measures, in a 2nd step takeover of the sole management, successful turnaround.

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Interim CRO

Mechanical Engineering
Germany
100 mio.€ turnover

Operational and financial turnaround of the company as restructuring manager, expansion of international sales, stabilization and expansion of business development.

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Advisor to the board

Advisory Board
Italy
Private equity

Interim Advisor to the Board of Directors and investors, consulting in the due diligence phase, industry expertise and market knowledge in the M&A process, valuation and strategic plan preparation and assumption of advisory board function.

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Advisor to the board

Private equity
Austria
130 mio.€ turnover

Interim Advisor to the Board of Directors and investors, advising on financial structuring and negotiating with lenders, taking over post-acquisition management.

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Supervisory Board

Healthcare
Great Britain
270 million £ turnover

Supervisory Board of a service company, strategic management, co-design and implementation of corporate policy, closure and downsizing of non-core areas.

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CTO/CEO

Automotive supplier
Germany and International
85 mio.€ turnover

Operational management of the production company in the automotive supply industry, optimization of production processes, adaptation of the organizational structure, business development and turnaround.

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Interim CEO

Producing industry
USA
40 million $ turnover

Post-merger integration of a production company in the USA, restructuring of the site and reorganization, partial relocation of production to a newly acquired subsidiary of the Group.

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Management

Trading company
Austria
60 million € turnover

Assumption of operational responsibility as managing director of a wholesale company for car parts and accessories, positioning, development and expansion of the company, team building and new corporate culture.

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Management Board / CRO

Construction industry
Serbia
40 million € turnover

Interim board of directors of a listed company, squeeze out of minority shareholders

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Interim CRO

Furniture making
Great Britain
1,750 million $ turnover

Turnaround Managing Director and Restructuring Manager of an international office furniture manufacturer, Stakeholder Management

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Interim CEO/CRO

Chemistry/Food
Germany, Austria, Poland
70 Mio.€ turnover

Restructuring of an industrial group, carve-out after company acquisition, relocation of a plant

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