Chief Business Officer

Trucent is a global leader in fluid recovery and regeneration solutions, helping manufacturers and producers achieve operational excellence through sustainable processes. For over 25 years, Trucent has delivered leading-edge solutions across Fluid Separation for Metalworking and Manufacturing, Industrial Fluid Control, Plant Process Optimization, Corn Oil Extraction, and Oil Flow Optimization.

Trucent operates through three distinct business divisions, each led by a dedicated Vice President:

• Trucent Separation Technologies — fluid separation solutions for metalworking and industrial manufacturing customers.
• Trucent Centrifuge Parts & Repair (CPR) — a focused expert in disc stack centrifuge repair, rebuild, and parts supply for food, dairy, and beverage plant operators.
• Trucent Renewable Chemicals — delivering sustainable chemical solutions including corn oil extraction and oil flow optimization.

Across all three divisions, Trucent employs approximately 155 people who share a commitment to being visionaries in fluid separation technology and delivering the customer excellence and dependability that has defined the company for over two decades.

The CBO will work directly with the CEO and the three Division VPs, serving as a key strategic partner across the organization — aligning finance and strategy across all business units.

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CBO

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CEO

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The CBO is an integral member of Trucent’s senior leadership team — a strategic, MBA-caliber executive who partners directly with the CEO to drive enterprise value creation, long-term growth, and capital efficiency across the organization.

The ideal candidate brings deep financial and operational leadership experience, understands how strategy translates to execution, and can own corporate financial strategy, capital management, leasing, ERP systems, shared services, and M&A. This leader will directly oversee and further develop all of Trucent Inc.'s corporate disciplines — Human Resources, IT, Accounting & Finance, and Marketing — working through and elevating strong existing functional leaders across each area equally (for example, a Corporate Controller who leads Accounting & Finance).

The CBO will serve as a strong conduit between these functional teams and the Business Unit VPs, and as a trusted partner to the CEO on acquisitions, divestitures, and the strategic decisions that drive Trucent's long-term value creation and growth.

• Partner directly with the CEO on enterprise strategy, capital allocation, and the decisions that drive long-term value creation and growth across Trucent.
• Lead Trucent Inc.’s corporate (INC) organization across Human Resources, IT, Accounting & Finance, and Marketing — a multi-disciplinary team of 10-15 built around strong existing functional leaders in each area.
• Human Resources:partner with and further develop the HR leader to advance benefits strategy, human asset development (talent, performance management, and succession planning), organizational culture, and regulatory/compliance programs.
• IT:partner with and further develop the IT leader to advance systems architecture, hardware and infrastructure strategy, cybersecurity, and AI utilization across the business.
• Accounting & Finance:partner with and further develop the Corporate Controller and finance team to advance financial systems, controls, reporting cadence, and regulatory compliance.
• Marketing:partner with and further develop the Marketing leader to advance outreach and demand generation, B2B customer/prospect interfaces and the customer portal, corporate-wide CRM systems, brand strategy and collateral, market intelligence, competitive positioning, and conference/event presence.
• Serve as a strong conduit…