Each year, Business Talent Group releases the High-End Independent Talent Report, looking across industries and business functions to analyze how business leaders deploy top independent talent to fill critical skill, expertise, and leadership gaps. Here are the key industrial trends for 2024.

Industrial leaders are facing several challenges this year, including continued supply chain disruptions, new tech adoption, a focus on sustainability, and pressure to innovate. As such, they are engaging on-demand talent to infuse their organizations with new expertise, adaptability, and flexibility to navigate the future.

PROJECT CATEGORIES: Industrial

34% Strategy

13% Operations

17% Transformation

5% Organization

31% Interim Leadership

IN-DEMAND PROJECTS FOR INDUSTRIAL

Interim Leadership

Marketing and Sales

Business Processes

Manufacturing Excellence

IT and Tech Transformation

IN-DEMAND SKILLS FOR INDUSTRIAL

Financial Controls, Accounting, and Audit

Market Landscape and Research

Manufacturing Strategy 

Financial Planning, Analysis, and Modeling

Due Diligence

SAMPLE INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS

• Serve as an interim plant manager during a turnaround
• Improve cash flow forecasting and modeling and liquidity management and define the treasury function for the go-forward state
• Evaluate market sizing, cost to enter, and revenue potential to validate a market entry
• Support the ground-up development process for a new manufacturing facility to accommodate future growth