Each year, Business Talent Group releases the High-End Independent Talent Report, looking across industries and business functions to analyze how business leaders deploy top independent talent to fill critical skill, expertise, and leadership gaps. Here are the key industrial goods trends for 2023.
Industrial goods and services leaders are facing several significant trends this year, including the adoption of advanced technologies, supply chain struggles, talent disruption, and a demand for more sustainable manufacturing. In response, they’re seeking on-demand talent who can fill key operational roles as interim leaders and help with needs from organizational design to supply chain resilience to financial controls and planning.
PROJECT CATEGORIES: Industrial Goods and Services
| 37% Strategy |
| 19% Operations |
| 11% Transformation |
| 10% Organization |
| 23% Interim Leadership |
IN-DEMAND PROJECTS FOR INDUSTRIAL GOODS AND SERVICES
Interim Leadership
Marketing and Sales
Supply Chain
Planning
Human Capital
Digital Strategy
Opportunity Assessment
Growth Strategy
Post-Merger Integration
IN-DEMAND SKILLS FOR INDUSTRIAL GOODS AND SERVICES
Post-Merger Integration
Organizational Design and Workforce Planning
Financial Controls, Accounting, and Audit
Market Landscape and Research
Financial Planning, Analysis, and Modeling
Supply Chain
Treasury
Global Human Resources
SAMPLE INDUSTRIAL GOODS PROJECTS
- Serve as an interim CFO to manage board relationships, treasury, and back-office operations
- Drive the operational restructuring of an underperforming U.S. division
- Serve as an interim CMO to develop and lead a geographic brand launch and expansion strategy
- Build out and support a sustainable recruiting function
