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Whether for growth, transformation, reorganisation, or continuous improvement, Delville Management provides an Interim Chief Operating Officer ready to start in less than a week.

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Responsibilities

The Responsibilities of an Interim Chief Operating Officer

The Interim Chief Operating Officer structures and optimises processes, teams, and performance indicators. They support companies with their challenges related to growth, transformation, reorganisation, or continuous improvement.

Operations Management

The Interim Chief Operating Officer oversees daily industrial and logistical processes to ensure fluidity and efficiency, optimising resource coordination and team productivity.

Transformation and Reorganisation

They support the optimisation of production processes and, during restructuring periods, define new operational strategies to ensure an effective and sustainable transition.

Cost Optimisation

The Interim Chief Operating Officer identifies levers to reduce expenses without compromising quality, improves profitability, and ensures efficient budget allocation.

Crisis and Contingency Management

Facing major disruptions — industrial crisis, supply chain breakdown, logistics incident — they take charge of the situation and implement rapid solutions to minimise impact.

Change Management

They support teams in adopting new practices and tools, fostering employee buy-in through transparent monitoring and communication.

Performance and Strategic Consulting

The Interim Operations Director leads large-scale projects, establishes clear roadmaps, and deploys key indicators to ensure objectives are met.

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Tailored support from day one

An expert team in identifying the best profiles, for an assignment perfectly suited to your specific operational challenges.

Managers available within 5 days

Qualified Interim Chief Operating Officer, ready to intervene within 5 days, across France and internationally.

Local and International Presence

Based in France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and Spain.

A results-driven approach with measurable outcomes

Every interim assignment is an opportunity for successful transformation: immediate performance improvement, concrete deliverables, and lasting impact on your operations.

Delville Manager Profile

Experienced profiles, with decades of experience in complex industrial, logistics, or supply chain scopes, often in high-pressure performance environments.

Our Interim Chief Operating Officer are selected for their ability to quickly identify optimisation levers, structure high-performing organisations, and sustainably improve key indicators: productivity, costs, lead times.

Accustomed to demanding environments, they assume their roles with immediate autonomy and promptly deploy concrete actions to restore operational performance.

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Information Technology / IT

Our IT interim managers are deployed within 72 hours to manage your IT crises, lead your digital transformations, and ensure the performance of your information systems.

Insurance

Our interim insurance managers are deployed within 72 hours to lead your transformation projects, ensure your regulatory compliance, and guarantee the performance of your operations.

Aerospace Defense

Our aerospace, space, and defense interim managers are available within 72 hours to secure your industrial operations, manage your complex projects, and accelerate your production ramp-up.

Medical-Social Services

Our Medical-Social interim managers are deployed within 72 hours to ensure service continuity, steer your strategic projects, and support the transformation of your organisations.

Energy and Resources

Our energy interim managers are available within 72 hours to lead your industrial projects, secure your operations, and accelerate your energy transition.

Construction

Our interim managers specialising in Construction are deployed within 72 hours to secure your construction sites, manage your projects, and restructure your construction operations.

Transportation and Logistics

Our interim transport and logistics managers are deployed within 72 hours to optimise your flows, drive your transformations, and secure your organisation's performance.

Public Sector and NGOs

Our public sector and NGO interim managers are available within 72 hours to lead your reforms, modernise your organisations, and ensure the continuity of your public interest missions.

Luxury

Our luxury interim managers are available within 72 hours to lead your strategic projects, strengthen your operational excellence, and support the transformations of your brands.

Banks

Our interim banking managers are deployed within 72 hours to lead your digital transformations, secure your regulatory compliance, and ensure the continuity of your banking operations.

Agri-Food

Our agri-food interim managers are deployed within 72 hours to secure your operations, lead your transformation projects, and ensure your regulatory compliance.

Technology and Media

Our tech and media interim managers are deployed within 72 hours to drive your digital transformations, manage your crises, and accelerate your operational performance.

Healthcare

Our healthcare interim managers are deployed within 72 hours to ensure operational continuity, lead your critical projects, and drive transformations within your healthcare facilities.

Finance and Consulting

Our finance interim managers can be deployed within 72 hours to lead your transformation projects, secure your processes, and enhance the performance of your financial functions.

Supply chain

Our interim supply chain managers are deployed within 72 hours to secure your supply flows, drive your logistics transformations, and restore your supply chain's performance.

Retail and Distribution

Our retail interim managers are deployed within 72 hours to secure your operations, drive your omnichannel transformations, and strengthen your competitiveness.

Reaching excellence with Delville Management

François Denis
GENERAL MANAGER - GEOTAB

Delville is an excellent interim management firm. The team is highly professional and excels at accurately understanding the precise needs of its client companies.

Pierre Magro
CEO - BABYMOOV GROUP

Professional, high-quality, and efficient team, even under pressure.

Nicolas Péjout
CEO - EMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL

The benefit of the mission was immediate. Sylvie, the interim manager, successfully laid the foundation for a smooth, human-centric, and rigorous transition.

Matthieu Lambeaux
CEO - AGRIBIOTHERS

A highly professional team capable of finding the right candidates who match the expressed needs.

Jérôme Delanoë
PRODUCTION DIRECTOR - SFERIS

Interim management seemed like a good solution, and it proved to be.

Eric Gauthier
HEAD OF OPERATIONS EUROPE - WINDROSE

I needed people who had already worked with Chinese people or in China, because that helps culturally. [...] We were lucky to have two managers from Delville Management, who did an excellent job and helped us.

Guillaume Ferrand
INTERIM CEO - VALDUNES

Thanks to a methodical and people-centred approach, Valdunes has managed to overcome its immediate challenges.

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