Fractional Leader
Process Development, Operations Management, Root Cause Analysis, and Continuous Improvement Expertise
What is a Fractional Leader?
- A Fractional Leader is a professional, who has worked in industry for many years, and who works for a company on a part-time, regular basis.
- Typically, these leaders bring their extensive experience and proven knowledge to an organization, but without the full-time commitment.
- They have spent decades mastering their skills. Fractional Leaders do the work of a highly skilled employee in significantly less time, and at a fraction of the overhead.
From Engineers, Human Resources, Directors of Operations, and Continuous Improvement Professionals to CFOs and COOs, fractional roles are becoming increasingly common at all levels of organizations around the world
Resource Options and their Characteristics
| Fractional Employees | Consultants | Freelancers | Full-Time Employees | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commitment | Part-time (flexible) | Project-based | Project-based | Full-time |
| Cost | Medium - often hourly | High project based | Medium - Low- project based | High - salary + benefits |
| Skills | Specialized | Wide-ranging | Varies per individual | Wide-ranging |
| Flexibility | High | Medium | High | Low |
| Control | High (set tasks) | Low (deliverables driven) | Medium (task- specific) | High (direct supervision) |
| Duration | Variable (could be long-term) | Short-term/project-based | Short-term/project-based | Long-term |
| Expertise | Rich, industry- specific | Variable, often generalist | Niche-specific | Varies per position |
| Relationship | Ongoing, collaborative | Short-term, project- focused | Short-term, task- focused | Permanent, team- focused |
Past Business Structure
A full-time employee could fill most of a job’s requirements with a narrow task focus, but not fully fill the organizations needs. Or fill an organizations needs and not be able to fully meet the job requirements. In this, the organization sacrifices one or the other to fill positions.
Full-time employees come with fully loaded cost and salary. Along with time and effort either tailoring the job to their abilities, or trying to tailor them to what the job and organization needs
Future Business Structure
As full-time employees turn over more quickly, and are less willing to work, businesses will be drawing on outside expertise to fill the job requirements.
Fractional Leaders who have years of experience, and can help fill both the needs of the organization, and are experts at the job’s requirements, will be used more frequently at a lower cost to fill the employee gap
Contractors, suppliers, and customers will be able to meet job specific needs, but are often not willing to, or able to fill the needs of an organization on a long-term basis.
How I Can Help
Many entrepreneurs are working very hard to build and grow their business. Often taking on more roles, and stepping into areas, that they know very little about. The last thing they feel they have time for, is identifying gaps in their processes, building a continuous improvement culture, and developing their future leaders. Entrepreneurs, know they need this, but don’t know how they will have time to make it happen.
Let me bring my years of experience into your organization, and as part of your team, move your business to the next level of efficiency, continuity, and stability.
The following are skills and abilities that I bring to the table, and as part of your team, would bring into your organization.
30 Plus Years Experience in Operational Leadership
- 10 Years as a Process Engineer
- 5 Years as an Sr. Operations Manager
- 5 Years as a Sr. Process Engineering Manager
- 7 Years as a Continuous Improvement Manager
- 2 Years as a Sr. Training Manager
- Also Served as a Startup Manager, Commissioning Lead, Corporate Trainer, and support to many other functions
- On Site and Remote Experience
I have successfully interacted with, trained, and influenced all levels of many organizations, and have been heavily involved with setting the strategy of the organizations I have worked for.
Education
- Masters of Business Administration
- Organizational Behavior Emphasis
- B. S. Manufacturing Engineering
- Business Emphasis
- A.S. Manufacturing Engineering Technology
- Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement Certifications
Resource Toolbox
- Operations Management
- Kaizen
- Value Stream Analysis
- Root Cause (A3)
- Process Mapping / Opportunity Heat Map
- X Matrix Strategic Planning
- Troubleshooting
- Human Development
- Process Design and Layout Criteria
- Interactive Planning
- Process Improvement
- Training and certification programs
- SOP
- One Point Lesson
- Visual Management
- Leadership Development
- Bench Strength Strategy
- Accountability
- Project Planning
- Statistical Process Control
- Control Plans
- Process Narrative
- Manufacturing Processes and Practices
