Industrial Equipment - Technical Competences upgrade

Situation：

• A mid-size European industrial group facing serious headwinds in Europe was undergoing a tough reorganization. Its sole manufacturing facility in Southern China, 200 workers, had to stop relying on export to Europe to sustain its development and needed to develop sales in China and Asia.
• Diversifying products portfolio and gaining autonomy to develop projects from A to Z with local clients was requiring a profound upgrade of competences within its design and technical department: 15 engineers and technicians were all directly reporting to the head of the department who was lacking managerial and organization skills and was recruiting staff based on technical validation tests only, without proper assessment of motivation and attitude to work.
• Location of the plant in quite remote area made it difficult to attract the best talents.

Solution：

An Interim and certified PMO Technical Manager whose specific technical expertise and skills were matching the client’s market need was assigned for a period of 6 months with various tasks: 

• to coach the Head of the Department
• re-organize the department and introduce project management tools
• help in the recruitment of new staff
• establish proper market analysis and support the local Business Development team

Results：

The task was successfully completed and after 6 months, the client wished to recruit the interim manager and the manager he accepted. Since then the company has been successful in developing business in China and South East Asia.