Provide Interim Leadership to Fortune 500 Beauty Care Distribution Network
Industry: Beauty Care
Annual Revenue: >$700 Million
Est. Employees: > 1,500
Mission Critical Priority
Taking the time to find the right leader for the organization was critical to business success, and to provide ample time and ensure comitted results, the Senior Vice President of Supply Chain sought interim leadership from NewGen. As Interim Leader, a plan was developed and aligned to accelerate results, improve culture, and support talent development. Once the new leader was found, we supported onboarding, transition of role, and check ins for the first 90 days of the new leader.
How did NewGen help?
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Assume operational responsibility for distribution and warehouse teams in multiple DC network. Assess talent to support development of team members, coaching for promotions, and feedback to deliver necessary results.
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In absence of S&OP processes, developed rough cut capacity planning tool to assess ongoing capacity needs and balance labor for peak operations.
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Participate in new leader hiring process, develop onborading tool for both business requirements and results performance, and support transition while all teams were working remotely.
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+60% increase in units shipped / direct manhour
$7.5M working capital improvement
+28% warehouse capacity without capital investment
5 Values Stream Mapping events improving business results and CI culture
Successful transition to new leader during COVID remote working environment
