In short
Sometimes the gap is not a project. It is a person: someone senior enough to take commercial decisions and be accountable for them, without adding a permanent executive salary to the payroll. Fractional and interim leadership works best when the brief is specific: what needs to be true in six months, and what they are allowed to decide.
What may be happening
- The role is too big for the person holding it and too small for a full-time hire.
- A senior commercial person has left and taken the knowledge with them.
- The Managing Director is still doing the buying.
- Growth has outpaced the experience in the team.
- An investor or board expects a level of grip you cannot yet evidence.
- You need someone two days a week, not five.
Where expertise can help
Fractional CPO
Senior procurement leadership, part-time and ongoing.
Interim Procurement Director
Full-time cover for a defined period.
Commercial Director
Ownership of contracts, margin and supplier strategy.
Programme Director
Accountability for a major piece of delivery.
Transformation Director
Leadership of a change agenda end to end.
Coaching and build
Growing the person you already have into the role.
You don’t need to work out which of those it is. Describe what’s happening and we’ll shape it into a brief.
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