Characteristics of an EIM Interim Manager

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With the market leader EIM you can expect exciting, hands-on, intensive and promising assignments. As an interim manager, you’ll drive forward future innovations and provide your own ideas for the success of your projects.

Together with our highly qualified interim managers, we develop tailor-made solutions for the various challenges of our clients and then implement them consistently. Based on experience from more than 10,000 projects, EIM has developed a proven, global approach, driven by a collaborative effort: a senior EIM Partner assists managers and clients to design individual solutions, provides additional support from a different perspective and, if necessary, brings more skills and resources into play.

EIM Interim Managers are seasoned senior-level professionals with proven track records in handling complex business situations that require rapid transformation. They are selected only after extensive interviews, in-depth testing and intensive evaluation. These experienced, results-oriented individuals quickly grasp the challenge at hand and make an immediate impact, often solving urgent issues in weeks rather than in months and achieving specific goals in months rather than years.

Whilst interim management can be incredibly rewarding, with the opportunity to work alongside talented people and earning an attractive day rate, it is also a challenging environment which is not for everyone.

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What are the characteristics of an EIM Interim Manager?

Mindset

Strong task orientation: the motivation is in the journey and in the objective, not the size of the budget or the career opportunity.
Client service: it’s all about delivering value to the client, not simply complying to a job description.

Experience

In-depth experience in an industry sector and function
Issue competence: top line growth, restructuring, post-merger integration, etc.
Ability to work and communicate across the organisation
People management, linked to transformation and being the advisory

Capabilities

Ablility to analyse and simplify, present plans and results
High adaptability
Influencing skills
Hands-on, “roll up your sleeves” approach

What are the characteristics of an EIM Interim Manager?

Mindset

Strong task orientation: the motivation is in the journey and in the objective, not the size of the budget or the career opportunity.

Client service: it’s all about delivering value to the client, not simply complying to a job description.

Experience

In-depth experience in an industry sector and function

Issue competence: top line growth, restructuring, post-merger integration, etc.

Ability to work and communicate across the organisation

People management, linked to transformation and being the advisory

Capabilities

Ablility to analyse and simplify, present plans and results

High adaptability

Influencing skills

Hands-on, “roll up your sleeves” approach

Pros of interim management

Variety: freedom to choose who you want to work for, what type of work you undertake and for how long
Diversity: enriching experience, diversity of projects, organisations with international exposure, build up a portfolio of business experience in different sectors and in different organisations
Flexibility: allows you to travel and have time off in between contracts to enable you to follow other commitments

Cons of interim management

Projects often require travel and commuting away from home
On the project, there will be no “standard hours” and ongoing challenges
Holidays and time off must be planned in between projects
As a professional service provider no job can be dropped half-way. It’s not just another employment, it’s a profession

Pros of interim management

Variety: freedom to choose who you want to work for, what type of work you undertake and for how long

Diversity: enriching experience, diversity of projects, organisations with international exposure, build up a portfolio of business experience in different sectors and in different organisations

Flexibility: allows you to travel and have time off in between contracts to enable you to follow other commitments

Cons of interim management

Projects often require travel and commuting away from home

On the project, there will be no “standard hours” and ongoing challenges

Holidays and time off must be planned in between projects

As a professional service provider no job can be dropped half-way. It’s not just another employment, it’s a profession

Workplace challenges around the world

No matter where you are in the world and no matter the timing, there are challenges ahead. We are always interested in meeting seasoned top executives with change management skills who have integrity, sharp business instincts, sound judgment and solid skills.

EIM works with a wide range of clients, placing our interim managers in CEO, MD, CFO, HR, MIS, operational management, supply chain management, and sales and marketing management assignments. The individual characteristics of an Interim Manager play an important role when selecting a perfect project fit for your next challenge.

EIM Interim Manager profiles

Exceptional academics. Trusted professionals with intrinsic business knowledge and broad industry experience. Commercially astute goal-oriented achievers. Our EIM Interim Managers are clear-sighted pragmatists who exercise sound judgment to get the job done.

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