Interim Management

How can interim management help?

Interim management can help you to meet all kinds of challenges, from change management and transformation projects, to meeting specific short-term skills gaps. 

The clear advantage that interim management brings over other routes is the ability to quickly bring in experienced individuals to work alongside your existing team, introducing new skills, applying deep experience and leaving a valuable legacy. 

It’s all about finding the right person with the right skills. Effective interim management will establish best practice learned at the highest level. It will create permanent and beneficial change and inspire your management team long after the appointment has been fulfilled. 

Why use an Interim Manager?

An interim manager enables you to harness the skills of a highly experienced person to fulfil the needs of your organisation at a particular moment in its life.

Interim management is a flexible and cost-effective solution for transformational change. We have a proven track record in introducing experienced interim managers with the knowledge, skills and objectivity needed to push through major initiatives.

Indeed in our opinion, the most effective use of interim management is when it is deployed in a focused and controlled way with outcomes and timescales clearly defined and managed.

For an informal discussion please contact Jo Watkins Director 
on 0844 241 2064 jo.watkins@novoexec.com

An Interim Manager can be employed for a number of reasons

  • An interim manager can be used at a time of crisis to turn round a failing service or business. They may offer expertise to a challenged management team. This could mean bringing sound financial management or wise counsel to an organisation that has lost its way as well as the ability to tackle issues such as grievances, poorly managed commercial relationships, broken procurement contracts or problems with internal relationships.
  • Interim managers may be brought in at a time of change for an organisation. Start ups, new business development, mergers/acquisitions or restructuring within a company are all productive areas for a skilled interim manager. 
  • Equally an interim manager or director can give a company or organisation some breathing space during the recruitment of a permanent executive or a period of temporary absence of an existing executive. 
  • Many clients who are seeking to improve or innovate take advantage of the specialist cross-sector skills interim managers offer to develop new products and services. For example, for a charity or museum thinking of developing a new revenue stream, bringing in a retail expert may be the right solution. Thinking of outsourcing your HR service? Then hiring someone who has done it before makes sense, but it’s unlikely you’ll need them forever. 
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Why choose Novo Interim?

Novo Interim has a track record that is second to none in providing the right interim manager for the job.  We develop a really good understanding of clients' business culture, so that we place interim managers who fit in well and make a difference from day one. 

We have a tried and tested methodology for matching the right executive to each assignment and this has been re-paid with exceptional loyalty from our existing interim managers and clients.

Advantages of Interim Appointments v Permanent Appointments

Permanent Director                                 Interim Director

  • Fixed employment costs                    Daily rate charged for days worked              
  • 3 month notice period                        7 day notice period
  • 10 weeks to recruit                              3 days to recruit
  • Member of Paid Service                     Classed as a supplier
  • 6 month induction period                  Performance measured from day 1
  • Redundancy liability                            No redundancy liability



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Our Directors

Dale Perrett

Dale Perrett

Director and Founder

Dale is one of the Founding Directors of Novo Executive Search and Selection. He is part of the Novo leadership team that drives the business. He remains passionate about working with clients on a daily basis delivering executive search assignments. Dale has a breadth of experience successfully working across many sectors.

Jo Watkins

Jo Watkins

Director

Now a Director at Novo, Jo has spent 10 very successful years with the business. Jo has extensive experience recruiting senior management and board-level professionals across a range of industry sectors.

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    BPE is a highly successful multi service law firm based in Cheltenham with a growing and developing presence in many disciplines such as Private Wealth and Corporate Law. Novo's Legal Division were retained to recruit Technical Associates across areas such as Private Client and Corporate Law for the company.  Through retained comprehensive South West headhunting search assignments within Gloucestershire, Bristol, Swindon and Bath, Novo were successful in appointing suitably exerienced Associates in both practice areas.

    BPE Solicitors

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     I have enjoyed working with Novo since they started up and it is a relationship I am happy to continue. Novo scores very strongly acting as the virtual face for my Company – I have real confidence in their ability to represent us and judging by the feedback from candidates they do this very well. I also appreciate Novo’s honesty – they manage our expectations well and push us hard for support when they need which enhances the sense of relationship in our dealings. HR Director, Buro Happold

    Buro Happold

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    Novo Excutive Search & Selection was appointed to search for a new Managing Director for Chiorino UK Ltd. Chiorino UK is part of a large Italian group which manufactures conveyor and transmission belting, coated fabrics and polyurethane films. The UK division (one of 60 divisions worldwide) has traded in the UK for over 40 years. Novo were able to access the very best candidates in the market place. They kept us fully informed throughout the process and presented us with a number of candidates to interview. From the initial list of candidates presented to us we were able to recruit a successor. We were delighted with Ryan’s work and efforts he contributed to achiving our goal. We therefore would have no hesitation in recommending Novo Excutive Search & Selection to any other organisation looking for help or advice in recrutiment. Vice President.

    Chiorino UK Ltd

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    During 2020/2021 Novo Executive Search worked with Framptons, the Somerset based niche food & drink services company to recruit an experienced Operations Director and Head of Commercial for the site in Shepton Mallett. Through running targeted traditional headhunting searches which were supported by carefully selected national executive advertising campaigns, both roles were filled. Framptons are experiencing some very successful market times, as they grow and diversify services lines and these two senior appointments will make a tremendous difference in terms of the way ahead. Novo’s experienced Food and Drink search practice did a wonderful research, advertising and networking job on these assignments and look forward to helping Framptons with further projects in the future.   

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    In the Summer of 2020 Novo were appointed by Gemserv, the low carbon, energy, technology & health sector consultancy to recruit an experienced NED for their Board. Through running a thorough and targeted non-executive selection campaign, engaging with a wide audience of experienced people from the environmental, technology, health and energy markets Novo were successful in appointing a suitably experienced NED for Gemserv.

    Gemserv

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    During the first half of 2021 Novo Executive Search worked with the Central Bedfordshire Council on 3 retained search assignments; the recruitment of a Non-Executive Chair to oversee the Board of a start-up housing development company (New Vista Homes) and a start up care homes and services business (Care is Central), as well as suitably experienced Executive Directors for both of these new organisations. Through running targeted traditional headhunting searches which were supported by carefully selected executive and non-executive advertising campaigns, all 3 roles were filled.    

    Central Bedfordshire Council

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    "I found the whole experience refreshingly straightforward compared to other organisations I have dealt with in the past. Novo were flexible with their selection stage and then supported me through the company interview process, providing valuable feedback and updates at each stage. All in all a professional approach and a company I would willingly use again and recommend to others." Supply Chain Director.

    Actavis

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    “Novo was excellent in understanding our requirements and was responsive to our needs, so working with them has always been a pleasure. They assisted us with recruiting senior staff in a very competitive market and produced results.” Owner, Wardell Armstrong International

    Wardell

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