YOUR OBJECTIVE COMES FIRST
Decide which manager can accept the first employees’ work.
Plan the team before filling the individual seats.
TNECD includes automotive, manufacturing, logistics, healthcare and life sciences, and headquarters, finance and technology among its sectors. When a role supports operating-site intake and shared-service coordination, the title is only a starting point. Use a site request, required evidence and central-service assignment to explain the work, and identify the decisions shared with site operations, shared services and technical support. Which part of the request can the site approve and which needs central ownership?
Tennessee ECD: Industries ↗01Define what the local operation must do
Identify customers, operating activities and decisions that need local ownership. Separate work that stays with a central team from responsibilities at the new location. That division should shape roles and management rather than be decided after people are hired.
02Sequence leadership and specialist hiring
A first manager may need to build procedures while specialists need an existing reviewer. Set the order of hires around supervision, access and the work available. Use a hiring plan that explains dependencies between roles and the reason for each position. Working example: Role sequence and site readiness checklist.
03Describe real workplace requirements
Confirm the workplace, attendance, travel, collaboration hours and any on site onboarding. Explain which systems and resources will be ready for each hire. A market plan should not imply an RFA office or an operating facility that has not been established. For operating-site intake and shared-service coordination, agree how site operations, shared services and technical support contribute where those functions are involved.
04Connect local ownership with central support
Name the escalation partners for technology, finance, recruiting and management decisions. Set a practical review rhythm and identify the information both teams need. The operating plan should remain usable when central stakeholders are not immediately available. Review check: Each initial role has a manager and ready work.