What separates a real Industry 4.0 leader from a title?

Deployed outcomes on the shop floor — MES / MOM live, connected assets producing usable data, and change management inside operations. The Dynamic Fit Method™ tests for that history, not for slideware.

Do you place both plant-level and corporate Industry 4.0 leaders?

Yes. Plant-level leaders make it real; corporate-level leaders design the platform and scale it. Both are in scope, and they require different profiles.

How does this connect to automation and robotics?

Closely. Industry 4.0 sets the digital backbone; automation and robotics execute inside it. Many searches span both — see the automation and robotics practice.

Practice · Industry 4.0

Industry 4.0 Executive Search

Digital manufacturing, smart-factory, MES, IIoT, and OT/IT leadership for manufacturing operations.

Silvia Flores leads Industry 4.0 and digital-manufacturing executive search — placing Directors and VPs who translate digital investment into real shop-floor outcomes. The practice spans smart-factory transformation, MES / MOM, industrial IoT, OT / IT convergence, and manufacturing analytics.

Where the practice focuses

VPs and Directors of Digital Manufacturing / Industry 4.0
Smart-factory transformation and connected-plant leaders
MES, MOM, and industrial IoT platform leaders
OT / IT convergence and cybersecurity-of-operations leaders
Data, analytics, and manufacturing-AI leaders
Digital Thread and Digital Twin program leaders

The roles

VPs and Directors of Digital Manufacturing and Industry 4.0; MES / MOM and IIoT platform leaders; OT / IT convergence and OT-cybersecurity leaders; Data and Analytics Directors serving operations; and Digital Thread / Digital Twin program leaders.

How the search runs

Through The Dynamic Fit Method™ — Ability, Capability, Capacity — delivered via Alder Koten. Connects to the technology-driven manufacturing, automation & robotics, and operational excellence practices.

Industry 4.0 — questions

What separates a real Industry 4.0 leader from a title?: Deployed outcomes on the shop floor — MES / MOM live, connected assets producing usable data, and change management inside operations. The Dynamic Fit Method™ tests for that history, not for slideware.
Do you place both plant-level and corporate Industry 4.0 leaders?: Yes. Plant-level leaders make it real; corporate-level leaders design the platform and scale it. Both are in scope, and they require different profiles.
How does this connect to automation and robotics?: Closely. Industry 4.0 sets the digital backbone; automation and robotics execute inside it. Many searches span both — see the automation and robotics practice.