Interim Commercial Growth Director
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The client
Our client is an international specialist manufacturer and consumer brand renowned for serving both the public and commercial sector markets. They are focused on accelerating growth, improving commercial performance, and aligning strategic priorities across multiple business functions.
The challenge
Our client sought an experienced commercial strategist to act as a trusted advisor to the senior leadership team, providing the structure, discipline and momentum required to deliver an ambitious growth agenda.
This newly created 12-month fixed-term contract required a senior commercially focused leader capable of:
Driving commercial performance across multiple revenue streams.
Challenging established thinking, by contributing to board level strategic discussions.
Ensuring decisions were grounded in robust analysis and insight.
Aligning divisional teams to help implement cohesive strategic policies across their international markets.
Connecting financial performance, marketing activity, trading operations and customer outcomes.
Key to this search was rapidly identifying prospective candidates who could demonstrate a balance between their strategic thinking and practical delivery to quickly integrate into a fast-paced environment.
Our approach
The Team at Moon worked collaboratively, focusing the search on targeting candidates from consumer-led organisations with strong commercial, strategic and operational credentials. Particular emphasis was placed on identifying leaders who had:
Worked closely with executive leadership teams.
Experience shaping commercial strategy.
Demonstrated success delivering change and growth initiatives.
Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
Through a highly targeted process, we delivered a shortlist of experienced commercial leaders aligned with both the technical requirements of the role and the organisation's culture.
The outcome
The assignment resulted in the successful placement of a Commercial Growth Director on a 12-month fixed-term contract six weeks after Moon was instructed.
The appointment provided the client with senior-level commercial expertise to support strategic decision-making, strengthen cross-functional alignment, and drive business performance throughout the contract period.
“Moon delivered a high-quality shortlist, communicated proactively throughout the process and demonstrated a genuine understanding of our business needs. We would happily recommend their services.”
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