When your business needs senior leadership now - not in three months.
UK manufacturing businesses are full of brilliance and ingenuity and succeed in the UK because of these traits, in a country where government policy, for decades, has often been detrimental to the prosperity of the sector.
Laithreach understands that manufacturing businesses face a particular kind of leadership challenge. The pace is relentless. The margin for error is small. And the cost of not doing anything about a situation can expose businesses to unnecessary risk or result in missed opportunities. The cost of a slow appointment, the wrong appointment or no appointment is a situation many businesses and investors want to avoid.
Laithreach exists for exactly this moment. We maintain a deep, warm network of immediately available senior executives with proven track records in UK manufacturing. When you come to us with a requirement, we already know who we are calling.
What you can expect from us
A thorough briefing conversation. We invest time understanding your business, your culture, and what the right person actually looks like before we go to market.
Speed without compromise. We move fast because we already know the talent pool. We do not compromise on quality to fill a role quickly.
A small, curated shortlist. We will not send you ten CVs and ask you to do our job for us. We present the executives we genuinely believe can do what you need. These are often people who have delivered projects for us before or at the very least we have met and referenced.
Ongoing support. We stay engaged through the placement to ensure the assignment is delivering what your business needs and provides a measurable ROI.
We work exclusively in UK manufacturing. You will not spend time briefing us on your world. Whilst we are always learning we already understand it well.
The interim talent we place
Managing Director · Chief Executive · Chief Operating Officer
Finance Director · Chief Financial Officer
Operations Director · Supply Chain Director
HR Director · People Director
Transformation and Change leadership
The sectors we support
Engineering and advanced manufacturing
Industrial and heavy manufacturing
Logistics and supply chain within manufacturing environments
The scenarios
Rapid growth or downsizing
New CEOs/Investors
Change in ownership structures
Non business as usual activities
A heavy hitter required for a limited time
We recognise that these headline sectors represent many subsectors. Our experience spans everything from med-tech, clean energy, automotive, aerospace, textiles, wood/paper, electronics, chemicals, machinery and equipment.
“In our opinion the sector expertise always lives within the business. Our expertise is finding interim executives with relevant experience to help move your business forward.”