Senior Partner – Capital and Deals — Process-Manufacturing Network

The mandate

Customer and operating evidence now point to demand for sector-specific capital and transaction advice across the region within a privately held multi-site industrial manufacturing group. The immediate arena is the process-manufacturing network during a working-capital release. For mandate 488, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The Senior Partner – Capital and Deals operating perimeter covers approximately €7,250 million in manufacturing and commercial portfolio, with activity spanning several process-manufacturing network customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The Senior Partner – Capital and Deals Manufacturing remit carries direct influence over roughly 875 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The chair, executive committee and principal capital sponsors want a Senior Partner – Capital and Deals who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the process-manufacturing network. The Senior Partner – Capital and Deals Manufacturing seat must resolve a working-capital release, while preserving the underlying strengths of the process-manufacturing network. For mandate 488, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The Senior Partner – Capital and Deals’s first year on the process-manufacturing network is expected to end with board access, deal conversion and post-deal value capture. In mandate 488, authority covers resources and leadership appointments; material trade-offs go directly to the board sponsor.

Why this seat is open

This is an urgent replacement for the Senior Partner – Capital and Deals — Process-Manufacturing Network seat following an accelerated leadership transition. Interim accountability is in place for the process-manufacturing network, but the board wants a permanent appointment within 6–8 weeks because a working-capital release cannot remain under split ownership. The predecessor’s outcome is being handled neutrally and professionally. The external search remains confidential until the preferred candidate and transition plan are agreed.

What you will own

• Set the Senior Partner – Capital and Deals value-creation thesis for the process-manufacturing network, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately €7,250 million in manufacturing and commercial portfolio, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the Senior Partner – Capital and Deals Manufacturing organisation of about 875 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the process-manufacturing network economics and execution constraints created by a working-capital release, with Senior Partner – Capital and Deals-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one Senior Partner – Capital and Deals operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the process-manufacturing network; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Have originated and led board-sponsored work whose benefits survived beyond the engagement team’s departure in mandate 488.
• Build the Senior Partner – Capital and Deals’s three-year succession and capability plan for the process-manufacturing network, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Manufacturing organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the process-manufacturing network baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to demand for sector-specific capital and transaction advice across the region, assess the leadership team, stabilise immediate delivery risks and agree a board-owned scorecard with explicit decision gates.
• Months 4–9: Make the principal Senior Partner – Capital and Deals portfolio and organisation choices for the process-manufacturing network, install the new operating cadence, fill critical leadership gaps and deliver the first measurable release of cash, capacity or customer value.
• Months 10–12: Demonstrate a repeatable process-manufacturing network trend against board access, deal conversion and post-deal value capture, lock the following year’s capital and talent plan, evidence control sustainability and present a credible three-year value case with downside actions.

What the board will measure

• Delivery of the Senior Partner – Capital and Deals’s agreed first-year process-manufacturing network value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A Senior Partner – Capital and Deals forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the process-manufacturing network’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the Senior Partner – Capital and Deals mandate’s highest-priority process-manufacturing network risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical process-manufacturing network talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the Senior Partner – Capital and Deals’s direct reports.
• A quantified Senior Partner – Capital and Deals-owned improvement in the process-manufacturing network operating constraint behind a working-capital release, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 488: no unresolved high-severity escalation older than 30 days and no material surprise withheld from its agreed governance forum.

The person

You are currently a Senior Partner, Deals Leader or Investment Committee adviser in a privately held Manufacturing or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the process-manufacturing network, your Senior Partner – Capital and Deals track record includes a transition where the original plan was no longer sufficient; you can explain your choices, evidence and numerical impact. Candidates from industrial manufacturing, engineering, chemicals, automotive components or process industries will be considered where the operating model, customer stakes and governance intensity match this Senior Partner – Capital and Deals brief.

As a Senior Partner – Capital and Deals candidate, you bring 22–28 years of progressive Manufacturing or adjacent-sector experience, consistent with the 22-28 experience band. At minimum, you have carried a P&L, book, budget or accountable portfolio of €4,200 million and led an organisation of at least 625 people. Advisory seats require equivalent process-manufacturing network client-value ownership and multi-disciplinary leadership.

For mandate 488, the board wants two transitions: a difficult process-manufacturing network portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a working-capital release. As the prospective Senior Partner – Capital and Deals for this process-manufacturing network, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 488 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The Senior Partner – Capital and Deals must be based in Rotterdam; international relocation is supported, but this Manufacturing role is not designed as a remote appointment.

Non-negotiables

• Current or recent accountability at the level of Senior Partner, Deals Leader or Investment Committee adviser, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Manufacturing governance forum.
• Proven Senior Partner – Capital and Deals ownership of at least €4,200 million and leadership of no fewer than 625 employees in a comparable process-manufacturing network context.
• One completed Manufacturing or adjacent-sector example of demand for sector-specific capital and transaction advice across the region with outcomes sustained for at least two reporting periods after the initial intervention.
• Sector credibility from industrial manufacturing, engineering, chemicals, automotive components or process industries; experience that is purely functional and lacks Senior Partner – Capital and Deals-level process-manufacturing network consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Rotterdam location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 488.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated Senior Partner – Capital and Deals package is €240,000–320,000 base + annual incentive, calibrated to the final process-manufacturing network scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 488 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The Senior Partner – Capital and Deals appointment in Rotterdam, centred on the process-manufacturing network, offers regular exposure to the chair, executive committee and principal capital sponsors. A structured client and conflict transition of up to 6 months can be accommodated for mandate 488.

Confidentiality

This search is being conducted without naming the client for mandate 488. Identifying information will follow only when both sides elect to proceed under confidentiality; nothing in the published mandate should be treated as a clue to ownership or brand for mandate 488.