2023 Talent Trends: Industrial Goods and Services

April 4, 2023

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

2023 Industrial Goods Trends - Independent Talent Project Categories pie chart
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
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