Integration Lead

Job Title: Integration Lead - Operations

Location: Concord, NC

Pay: $70-72/hr

Type: Contract (3 months, could extend past that)

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Interim Integration Lead to drive the successful integration of newly acquired businesses into a growing multi-site custom manufacturing organization. This individual will partner closely with executive leadership to standardize operational processes, improve reporting visibility, align organizational structures, and establish a repeatable integration framework that supports future growth initiatives.

The ideal candidate brings a strong operational leadership background within custom manufacturing environments and has a proven track record of leading cross-functional teams, managing complex integrations, and driving operational excellence across multiple facilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a scalable integration playbook to successfully incorporate newly acquired businesses while maintaining business continuity.
• Lead integration efforts across people, processes, systems, and organizational structures.
• Coordinate activities across multiple facilities to align production capacity, operational processes, reporting, accountability, and execution.
• Assess and improve operating processes and reporting structures to enhance visibility, decision-making, and organizational performance.
• Partner with executive leadership, including Finance and Operations leaders, to evaluate existing reporting capabilities and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Document facility-level processes, systems, workflows, and organizational responsibilities.
• Create and implement a roadmap to support enterprise-wide reporting, operational oversight, and performance management.
• Provide recommendations to strengthen collaboration and communication between sales, project management, operations, and installation teams.
• Drive accountability and consistency across facilities through standardized metrics, reporting, and operational best practices.
• Facilitate change management initiatives and ensure alignment among stakeholders throughout integration efforts.
• Travel to operating facilities as needed to support assessments, implementation, and integration activities.

Required Qualifications

• Prior experience in an operational leadership role within a custom manufacturing environment.
• Proven success leading cross-functional organizations and driving execution across operations, finance, and business functions.
• Demonstrated experience integrating multi-site operations, including standardization of processes, reporting, accountability, and operational execution.
• Experience leading mergers and acquisitions (M&A) integrations, including alignment of people, processes, systems, and organizational structures.
• Strong process improvement, organizational design, and operational transformation experience.
• Ability to analyze complex operational environments and develop practical, scalable solutions.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and change leadership skills.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to drive multiple initiatives simultaneously.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in consulting, operational transformation, business integration, or organizational effectiveness roles.
• Background supporting private equity-backed organizations or high-growth manufacturing environments.
• Experience developing enterprise reporting frameworks and operational KPI dashboards.

Success in This Role

Success in this position will be measured by the ability to:

• Establish a repeatable integration framework for future acquisitions.
• Successfully integrate acquired businesses with minimal disruption to ongoing operations.
• Improve reporting accuracy, visibility, and accountability across all facilities.
• Standardize operational processes and organizational responsibilities.
• Enhance cross-functional coordination between sales, project management, operations, and installation teams.
• Deliver actionable recommendations that improve operational efficiency and support long-term scalability.

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