Fractional leadership
A leader for the function, not another advisor.
A fractional leader holds a real leadership role, part-time, for a defined period. You get someone who has run the work and is accountable for the outcome, without a full-time executive hire.
When it fits
- A supply chain or operations leader has left, and the search will take months.
- A transformation needs an owner, but not a permanent headcount.
- You've outgrown spreadsheet planning and need someone to build the next stage.
- An ERP program needs a business-side process owner who has done it before.
What you get
- Ownership of defined outcomes, with metrics agreed up front.
- A seat in your leadership routines: planning, reviews, escalations.
- Coaching for the team that will run the work after I step back.
- A clear handoff, so the result doesn't depend on me.
Engagement models
Three ways to work together.
Fractional leader
Part-time leadership of the operations or supply chain function: in its meetings, accountable for its results.
Program lead
One initiative owned end to end, such as standing up SIOP, resetting inventory policy or leading an ERP workstream.
Advisor
Regular working sessions with your leader, for a team that has the capacity but wants experience alongside.
The first 90 days
Assess. Forge. Scale.
Assess
Learn the operation from the floor up: processes, systems, data and people. Agree the outcomes and how we'll measure them.
Forge
Start the highest-value changes with the people who'll run them. Owners named, targets set, routines in place.
Scale
Measure against the business, extend what works, and plan the handoff so the result holds.
Need a leader for a season?
Tell me about the role and what has to change. I'll tell you honestly whether fractional fits.
Email hello@miller-forge.com