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Michael Hinz · Hanover

Take charge. Make change stick.

Interim management and consulting for production, operations and quality.

I support companies in the food, food supplement, cosmetics and personal care industries in situations where experience alone is not enough.

Where operational leadership is needed, I take responsibility in the line. Where an independent analysis and a clear plan for change are called for, I work as a consultant alongside management, owners or investors.

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Two routes. One aim: better performance.

The difference lies in the responsibility.

Taking a line role

As an interim manager I decide inside the organisation.

  • A key position is vacant?
  • A plant is not reaching its performance targets?
  • Production, quality or the organisation need stability?
  • A transfer or restructuring is due?

Then I take on operational responsibility for a defined period — leading, prioritising, deciding, answering for the result.

Roles Plant management · Head of production · Operations management · Technical management · Head of quality · General management / CEO

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Consulting

As a consultant I help the organisation decide well.

  • What is causing the weak performance?
  • Why is an organisation not working?
  • Is a business plan operationally realistic?
  • What structure does a plant need?

Then I analyse processes, organisation and performance, name the root causes and, on request, support the implementation — independent and free of internal interests.

Topics Production performance · Restructuring · Process optimisation · Plant structure · Delivery performance · Cost structures · Quality systems · Plant transfers

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Experience that counts in critical situations

  • Management experience35 years
  • Interim and consultingsince 2005, continuously on assignment from 2010
  • Leadershipup to plant director and CEO
  • Client size40 to 2,500 employees
  • TerritoryGermany · Netherlands · France
  • SectorsFood · food supplements · cosmetics · personal care

What sets my work apart

  • Responsibility, not observationWhen I take on a line role, I am part of the organisation and carry the responsibility that comes with that role.
  • Clarity, not complexityProblems are structured, root causes identified and decisions prepared or taken.
  • Implementation, not a concept paperA concept only has value once performance, organisation or processes actually improve.
  • Sustainability, not dependencyMy job is not to be needed permanently. Structures, processes and leadership have to work without me once the assignment ends.

Selected experience

a selection from 16 assignments
  • Director of OperationsProduction increase and operational development · Primal State Performance
  • Plant and technical managementOperational leadership and introduction of new systems · Nature’s Choice, Netherlands
  • Head of productionStabilising a 24/7 production operation · Active Nutrition International
  • CEO / general managementLeading several companies · European Convenience Food
  • Plant managementIncreasing production output · PowerBar
  • Project management, plant transferPlanning and delivery of an international production transfer · Kneipp
  • Consulting for investors and managementOperations assessment, restructuring, plant concepts and performance programmes

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Which situation do you need to solve?

Take charge

You need an experienced person to run a plant, production, operations or quality at short notice?

Discuss interim management

Assess the situation

You need an independent view, a plan of measures or support with a transformation?

Discuss a consulting project