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Operator-led advisory and interim leadership.

Engaged for selective fractional, interim, and advisory mandates — when the constraint is the operating model, the supplier ecosystem, the data foundation, or tech & AI that never leaves the pilot stage.

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Operating model & COO-level transformation

Redesign how the organisation decides, plans, and executes across functions — so strategy stops dying in handoffs. Includes decision rights, operating cadence, S&OP spine, and the enablement layer for systems, master data, and AI. Grounded in work like Liewood’s four-function product-to-market loop + Business Enablement, and PVH’s cross-brand operating-model reset.

Who it’s for

CEOs, boards, and leadership teams scaling beyond founder-led or brand-siloed ops — wholesale, retail, DTC, marketplace — or resetting after growth outruns the model.

Outcomes

  • Clear ownership and decision rights across the product-to-market loop
  • A cadence that carries outside-in signals, not only internal status
  • An operating model that can absorb AI and growth initiatives without queueing behind unowned foundations
02

Global procurement & strategic sourcing

Supplier ecosystems, spend discipline, and sourcing operating models that hold under cost, quality, compliance, and launch pressure — including post-merger integration of manufacturing and supply footprints. Proven at MedTech scale (€28M across 32 plants) and fashion Asia hubs.

Who it’s for

Organisations with complex global spend, multi-site manufacturing, or M&A-driven supply consolidation — fashion, consumer, and regulated environments alike.

Outcomes

  • Sourcing designed as a system with quality, planning, and compliance — not a savings campaign in isolation
  • Supplier performance and commercial models that make cost-to-serve visible
  • Integration paths that protect continuity through transitions
03

Supply chain, product data integrity & DPP readiness

End-to-end supply chain redesign with the data layer that regulatory and commercial access now depend on — Digital Product Passport strategy, fiber-level chain of custody, master data governance, and supplier-enforced compliance ahead of ESPR / EUDR / CSDDD timelines.

Who it’s for

Leadership teams facing ESPR, EUDR, CSDDD, or customer transparency requirements — or discovering that AI and marketplace readiness both resolve to the same master data problem.

Outcomes

  • A practical DPP and traceability path grounded in product and supplier data
  • Governance that reduces reporting gaps and execution failures across tiers
  • AI and growth initiatives unblocked by owned data foundations
04

Tech & AI enablement (pilot to practice)

Make technology and AI an operating capability — not a stranded pilot. Redesign the operating model, master data ownership, decision rights, and process handoffs so tools stick in planning-to-buying, procurement, and day-to-day ops. Same path as OpenAI steering with live SC use cases at PVH, and company-wide enablement with named owners at Liewood.

Who it’s for

Leadership teams with AI or systems ambition that stalls after demos — or with enterprise partnerships that never translate into owned use cases across supply, sourcing, and operations.

Outcomes

  • Clear ownership of data, exceptions, and decisions that AI depends on
  • Use cases embedded in real planning, buying, and ops workflows
  • An enablement path from pilot to governed practice, not another slide deck
05

Fractional / interim COO & transformation leadership

Hands-on COO-level leadership inside the organisation for a defined mandate — organisational redesign, operating cadence, supply and customer ops reset, or taking transformation from programme theatre to working practice.

Who it’s for

Boards and CEOs who need a Transformational COO on a fractional or interim basis — not a full-time hire yet, and not another slide deck from the outside.

Outcomes

  • An operator accountable for the functions and the model, not only recommendations
  • Momentum on the few levers that unlock cost, service, and growth together
  • A cleaner handoff into a permanent structure when the mandate lands

Engagements are selective by design. If the fit is clear, we define scope, rhythm, and decision rights up front — then work in the operational detail.

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