Who we are
TMDirect is an Interim Management network serving Corporations, Small and Medium Enterprises, and Private Equities. The name “ TMDdirect” derives from our direct relationship with our customers. This makes our intervention more incisive and, eliminates the added costs of the interim provider as our managers invoice directly to the customer.
We are all seasoned professionals with specializations in General Management, Sales and Marketing, Finance and Control, Project Management, Purchasing, and Supply Chain, and we work in a wide range of industrial sectors.
We are more than the sum of individual skills, working as a team with our customers we can resolve complex challenges.
The Context
Small and medium-sized enterprises employ 82% of workers in Italy and account for 92% of active companies. These numbers make SMEs a salient feature of the Italian economy and often have very different characteristics from corporate companies.
An excellent corporate manager does not necessarily have the soft skills to be effective in a typical SME with an agile business structure and strong family participation in decision-making.
When an "Interim Management" project is effective, balanced, and respectful of the culture of SMEs, it can bring important, rapid, and sustainable results, even in difficult times.
We have gained our technical competence and “soft skills” through over 30 years of experience in SMEs, in Italy, and abroad and, we have demonstrated this with many successful business cases.
How we work
Our approach is simple and focused,
We quickly assess the issues and the current business situation with the stakeholders and then discuss the desired goals and the timeframe.
We analyze the reasons for the current situation, agree “doable” objectives, and prepare a transformation plan.
The change begins when our Interim Manager takes responsibility for the plan, manages the company's resources, and regularly collaborates with the customers' management team until the agreed results are achieved.
Our contracts are flexible and the customer may decide to extend a mission or close a mission that is ahead of planning. In these cases, the customer can decrease or increase the number of billed days or even terminate the mission.
Our Services
We have implemented high value-added projects within strict time-frames, in complete transparency and, we have transferred the skills needed to achieve consolidated and long-lasting results.
Recovery and relaunch of struggling businesses
Business development in Italy and international markets
Strategic and operational marketing projects
Credit restructuring and cost accounting
Efficiency and reduction of fixed and variable costs.
Managing industrial plans in small and medium-sized enterprises
Supply chain reorganizations and enhancements
Support for family businesses during the generational successions
Managing critical issues when a manager suddendly leaves the company
Production relocations, also to emerging markets
Why Call Us?
We are a network of some of the most experienced and respected interim managers presently working in Italy, we are all “hands-on” managers. We have a proven track record of delivering a high return on our customers' investment and repaying the trust that our customers have given us.
“We hired Jonathan as broadly experienced freelancer to build, facilitate and manage relationship turn-around with our very important supplier. Jon’s excellent interpersonal savvy skills brought transparency, fairness, and efficiency into our cooperation already within the first few weeks. This very convincing achievement drove the decision to prolong and deepen Jon’s involvement in the role of Program Director embedded at the supplier’s site. Jon’s contribution was one of the most important enablers to the overall long-term success of our critical global program. Well done & many thanks!”
“Stefano is a very professional person, with high business focus and knowledge within his field. As a person Stefano has a high integrity and understanding for different cultural matters.”
“Laura has a deep and extensive experience in overall Supply Chain , from planning to procurement. Extraordinary leader and great team player, constantly focused on achieving the best possible results.”