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Fractional operations leadership

A fractional COO who builds
operational efficiency.
Not a deck that recommends it.

You've outgrown founder-led ops. A full-time COO costs $250K+ all-in. We embed inside your operation, build the infrastructure, and exit when it runs without us.

What we mean by efficiency

Orders ship without you touching them.
That's operational efficiency.

Inventory tracks itself across your 3PL and co-packer. B2B and B2C orders flow through one system. Co-packer commits land on time because someone is managing the relationship — not because the founder checked in at midnight. Demand signals flow back into production planning.

The founder takes a two-week vacation and the operation keeps running. That's what we mean by operational efficiency. Not a consultant's slide deck about “streamlining workflows.”

Operational efficiency is not an initiative. It's what your operation looks like when someone actually built the infrastructure.

Why CPG is different

Generic fractional COOs
don't speak CPG.

Bill of materials. Co-packer dependencies. Multi-warehouse allocation. Distributor PO chaos. Trade-show seasonality. Growth-spike capacity ceilings. If your fractional COO doesn't have this vocabulary, they're learning on your dime.

Area 01
Co-packer & Supply Chain

Managing co-packer relationships, production scheduling, raw material planning. When your co-packer drops you or can't keep up, you need someone who's navigated that transition before — not someone learning on the job.

Area 02
Order & Inventory Systems

Multi-channel order intake — Shopify, Amazon, Fair, wholesale, distributors — flowing into FIFO inventory allocation and 3PL coordination. One system instead of five that don't talk to each other.

Area 03
Demand Planning & Forecasting

Sales forecasting by channel, production planning tied to real demand signals, trade-show prep that doesn't end in stockouts. Know what's coming before it arrives — proactive, not reactive.

We've lived the co-packer scramble, the trade-show stockout, the 3PL mispick. We build for CPG because we operate in CPG.

We don't stay forever.
That's the point.

Phase I
Truth Audit
2–4 weeks · fixed price

Process archaeology: we map how your operation actually works before we scope anything. Where orders come from. How they get to the co-packer. What breaks when the founder isn't in the room. The audit produces a blueprint — yours to keep regardless.

You get
  • Map of your real operation, not the assumed one
  • Named bottlenecks, ranked by revenue impact
  • Scoped deployment blueprint
  • Yours to keep regardless
Phase II
Deployment
8–12 weeks · quoted off audit

The build. Custom ops infrastructure configured for your operation — order intake, inventory tracking, production planning, co-packer coordination. Team trained. Systems integrated. Not a SaaS subscription — infrastructure that works for how your business actually runs.

You get
  • Working system, not a deck
  • Team trained on day-to-day operations
  • Co-packer and 3PL coordination systemized
  • Founder out of the integration loop
Phase III
Leadership Tail
Transfer & Exit

Ongoing support through the windows that matter: first trade show on the new system, first co-packer transition, first quarterly forecast. We exit when it holds — not on a calendar date.

You get
  • Team operates independently day-to-day
  • Operation runs when the founder is on vacation
  • On-call support for the windows that matter
  • We don't leave until it holds

Built for CPG operators.
Not everyone.

This fits
If most of these are true
  • CPG brand $1M–$10M revenue, hitting an operational ceiling
  • Founder is the bottleneck between co-packer, 3PL, and customers
  • Operations live across 4+ disconnected tools
  • Want efficiency built, not recommended
This doesn't
Skip the discovery call if
  • Pre-revenue — still finding product-market fit
  • Looking for advisory only, no build
  • Need a permanent leadership replacement
  • Not ready to change how the team works

Ready to talk about
what's actually breaking?

Start with a message. We'll reply to see if a Truth Audit fits.

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Or schedule directly — 30 minutes, no pitch.