Interim Post-Merger Integration Director

VDS Consulting Group•West Palm Beach, FL

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Two or more manufacturing businesses just became one on paper. Your job is to make that true in practice — operations, systems, people, and culture — starting on day one and moving fastest during the first hundred days, when the window for change is widest and the risk of losing customers and key employees is highest. You will work across every function and hold authority delegated from the CEO and the sponsor.

Requirements

12+ years in operations, general management, or integration leadership
Multiple completed post-merger integrations in manufacturing or industrial businesses, led rather than supported
Demonstrated synergy capture against a deal model
Cross-functional authority and the ability to use it without alienating the team you inherited
Strong program management discipline under real time pressure
Genuine skill with the human side — retention, communication, and culture

Nice To Haves

Roll-up or platform-and-add-on experience
Carve-out integration
PE sponsor reporting
Experience linking diligence findings to the integration plan
Familiarity with 360º Client Alignment®

Responsibilities

The integration plan: workstreams, owners, milestones, dependencies, and synergy targets
Integration management office setup and cadence
Synergy capture and tracking, with financial validation against the deal model
Operations integration — footprint, capacity allocation, product transfers, procurement consolidation
Systems and data integration in coordination with IT leadership
Organizational design, role clarity, and retention of key people
Cultural integration, which is where most of these programs actually fail
Customer and supplier communication and continuity
Day-one readiness and the first 100 days
Executive, board, and sponsor reporting