Operations leadership for growing brands

Operations and stock control. Without the headcount.

Most growing brands need a proper operations function long before they can justify a full-time operations director. That is the gap we fill. Sourcing, supply chain, systems, fulfilment and stock control, owned at director level, typically a couple of days a week. Built on three decades inside Dolce & Gabbana, Yves Saint Laurent, Missoni, Temperley London and Czech & Speake.

Core services

The whole operation. Scaled to your size.

We take ownership of the operational side of your business at whatever depth you need: the full function on a regular basis, or one problem solved properly. A supplier base rebuilt. A system implemented. A stockroom brought back under control. Scope based on what you actually need.

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Operations Leadership

The senior operations person you cannot yet justify as a salary. We own the operational picture end to end, so there is finally one place where the whole thing is accounted for.

Director-level ownership of day to day operations
Process design and operating standards
Supplier, warehouse and 3PL management
Operational reporting you can make decisions on
Typically a couple of days a week, flexing as you grow
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Supply Chain & Sourcing

Restructure your supplier base and negotiate from real cost knowledge. We read cost of goods at component level and work direct with manufacturers across India and China.

Cost reduction through direct sourcing, historically 70 to 90 percent
Lead time compression, in one case three months to two weeks
Supplier vetting, diversification and negotiation
Quality assurance and compliance
Logistics and delivery strategy
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Systems & ERP Implementation

Audit the current setup, select the right system, implement it properly and leave your team able to run it. We have delivered ERP company-wide from business case through to go-live.

System selection and business case
Full implementation: configuration, BOMs, data migration
Process mapping and team training
Real-time inventory visibility
Reporting that reflects reality
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Stock Control & Inventory Accuracy

The discipline everything else rests on. Accurate stock, discrepancies caught before they become losses, and numbers you can safely buy against.

Full stocktakes and cycle counts
Reconciliation and discrepancy investigation
Loss prevention and shrinkage reduction
Stock accuracy across every sales channel
Stock movement and inventory reporting
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Fulfilment & Distribution

Build or optimise your warehouse, picking and packing, and shipping strategy. We have built fulfilment operations from nothing and scaled them to 30 plus country distribution.

Warehouse layout and design
Picking, packing and dispatch optimisation
International distribution, customs and export
Returns management and reverse logistics
Peak season preparation and scaling
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Manufacturing & Production

Rare in an operations consultancy: hands-on manufacturing knowledge. We have run production directly, which is exactly what makes the sourcing and cost work possible.

Production planning and factory liaison
Component-level cost of goods analysis
Tooling, moulds and manufacturability
Quality standards for luxury production
Bespoke and made to order operations
Who we work with

Built for businesses growing faster than their systems.

If your operations are held together by spreadsheets and the founder's memory, we are built for you.

Funded & Founder-Led Brands

You are growing quickly and cannot yet justify an operations hire, so the job lands on whoever has least on that day. We become the operations function until you can, then help you hire into it properly.

E-Commerce & DTC Brands

Orders are flying out, but the figures on your site do not match the shelf and nobody owns the problem end to end. We take it on, across every channel, so you stop overselling and stop over-buying.

Wholesalers, Retailers & Product Businesses

Your money is tied up in stock and suppliers, and every miscount or late delivery is real cash. We give you reliable numbers to buy against and a supply chain that holds, without adding a salary to your overheads.

Why Full Cycle

Luxury-brand standards. Without the overhead.

We help premium and product businesses build the operational infrastructure they need to grow without losing their standards. Companies need that infrastructure long before they can justify the headcount to build it. We bring director-level operations experience to your business on a schedule and a budget that fit where you actually are.

Director-Level, Not a Pair of Hands

You get someone who has held full operational ownership reporting to a chief executive, rather than one more person working inside a process nobody owns.

Results That Pay for Themselves

Cost reductions of 70 to 90 percent through direct sourcing. Key lead times cut from three months to two weeks. A 20 percent reduction in stock loss across a luxury boutique estate.

No Infrastructure Required

We work with whatever you have today, whether that is spreadsheets, Shopify or a full ERP. Your cash stays in stock, not in systems you do not need yet.

Built to Hand Over

When you outgrow spreadsheets we select the right system, implement it from the business case through to go-live, and train your team to run it without us. The aim is always that it holds when we step back.

Where our standards come from

Methods proven inside the world's most demanding brands.

Our methods were not written in a classroom. They were built and tested across three decades inside Dolce & Gabbana, Yves Saint Laurent, Missoni, Temperley London and Joseph, and most recently across five years as Director of Operations at Czech & Speake, the London luxury fragrance and bathroom fittings house. Environments where stock is high-value, supply chains are unforgiving, and errors are not tolerated. Your business gets that same standard.

Operational Ownership at Director Level

Five years to 2025 as Director of Operations at a London luxury fragrance and bathroom fittings house, reporting to the chief executive, with sourcing, production, supply chain and systems all held under one remit.

Cost and Lead Time Transformation

Cost reductions of 70 to 90 percent across multiple product categories by rebuilding supplier relationships direct with manufacturers. Key component lead times cut from three months to two weeks, removing lost sales entirely.

Systems Implemented, Not Just Recommended

Unleashed ERP delivered company-wide from business case to go-live, and Retail Pro rolled out across multiple boutiques, including configuration, data migration and training teams to run them independently.

Operations Built From Scratch

Warehouse and e-commerce fulfilment operations designed from inception and scaled to 30 plus country distribution, covering layout, workflows, teams, customs and the disciplines that held it together through rapid growth.

Multi-Site Stock Control

Stock control across entire boutique estates and warehouse networks, including a 20 percent reduction in stock loss, 30 percent faster stock reception, and the most successful stocktake across any of Dolce & Gabbana's European locations.

Manufacturing From the Inside

Years embedded in production in India across casting, metalwork, finishing and tooling. That component-level cost knowledge is what lets us see through supplier pricing others accept as fixed.

How we work

Understand. Fix. Keep it right.

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Understand

We meet your team, audit what is happening across stock, suppliers and systems, and identify what is broken and what it is costing you. Real clarity before any action.

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Fix

We implement the solution. New processes. System setup. Supplier restructuring. Regular check-ins. You see the work happening.

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Keep it right

Keep us on a regular arrangement, typically a couple of days a week, owning the operational side as you grow. Or we hand over fully documented and step back. Your choice.

Get in touch

Start with a conversation.

Tell us where your operations are creaking: stock that will not reconcile, suppliers who let you down, systems that do not match reality, or simply nobody senior owning any of it. We will come back within 24 hours with an honest view of what is needed, whether that is one piece of work or an ongoing arrangement.

Location

London, UK · Operating internationally

Response time

We respond to all enquiries within 24 hours