How consumer brands use interim CFO, HR, sales, and supply chain leaders to run a layoff, stabilize the team, and relaunch without adding headcount.
Interim Executive Solutions: Interim vs Fractional vs Contract, Explained
How interim, fractional, contract, and contract-to-hire differ on hours, duration, employer, and cost, and four questions that pick the right one.
You Lost the Candidate in the Interview, Not the Offer
In contract hiring, a sloppy client interview loses the candidate before comp comes up. Five failure points, a 45-minute plan, and a scorecard.
Interim Supply Chain Leadership: Filling the Seat Between Plant and Boardroom
The five interim supply chain seats consumer brands fill, what triggers each, what they cost per day, and how the role differs from an interim COO.
Fractional CRO and Fractional Sales Leaders for Consumer Brands
What a fractional CRO owns at a consumer brand, when to hire one, what it costs against a full-time VP Sales, and how to vet the candidate.
Employer of Record vs Staffing Agency: What Consumer Brands Need to Know
How an EOR, a staffing agency, a PEO, and a 1099 differ on recruiting, employment, compliance, and cost for consumer brands.
Interim COO: Role, Cost, and When a Consumer Brand Needs One
What an interim COO owns at a consumer brand, when to bring one in, what one costs per day, and how it compares with a fractional COO.
Interim Executives for M&A Integration: The First 100 Days After the Deal
A 100-day plan for renting the CFO, integration lead, supply chain, and HR seats after a consumer deal closes, and when to hire full time instead.
Interim CMO: Role, Cost, and When to Choose Interim Over Fractional
What an interim CMO owns at a consumer brand, what one costs per day, and when interim beats fractional.
Leave Coverage: The Interim Playbook When a Leader Goes on Parental Leave
Four ways to cover a leader’s parental leave, what each one costs, and the eight to ten week timeline that protects the returning leader.
Contract to Hire: How It Works for CPG Leadership Roles
How contract to hire works for manager-to-VP roles at consumer brands: who employs the leader, trial length, conversion fees, and when to skip it.
Fractional Executive Search Firms: How to Choose One for a Consumer Brand
Marketplaces, staffing agencies, retained firms, and category specialists: how each sources, vets, employs, and prices fractional executives.
Interim Controller: What the Role Covers and When to Bring One In
What an interim controller owns, five triggers for bringing one in, 2026 hourly rates, and how it differs from an interim or fractional CFO.
What Is a Fractional CFO? Role, Cost, and When a Consumer Brand Needs One
A fractional CFO defined for consumer brands: what the role owns, when you need one, what it costs, and how it compares with an interim CFO or controller.
Contract Staffing Solutions for CPG: A Buyer’s Guide
Models, markups, conversion terms, and employer-of-record mechanics: a data-backed buyer’s guide to contract staffing solutions for CPG and consumer brands.
