Fractional President / COO

Fractional President / COO — Manufacturing, Supply Chain & Growth Execution

📍 Remote / Global
🌍 Focus Regions: United States + Dominican Republic + China
📅 Engagement Type: Fractional / Ongoing
💰 Compensation: Base + Incentives / Bonuses

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About Us

We are building DanKen Industries, a vertically integrated OEM manufacturing and supply chain company focused on engineered consumer and commercial products.

Our initial product platform includes:

- Enclosed cargo trailers — primary business
- Custom rims, wheels, and tires — secondary product line
- Golf carts — near-term expansion product line

Our operating model is structured around:

- China — raw materials, components, parts, supplier sourcing, and product development support
- Dominican Republic — fabrication, partial sourcing, toll manufacturing, assembly, and production development
- United States — sales, distribution, compliance, customer delivery, and market expansion

We are building this from the ground up with a focus on cost control, scalable systems, strong execution, and long-term growth.

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Role Overview

We are seeking a highly capable Fractional President / COO to help build, structure, and execute the business from startup phase into scalable operations.

This is not a passive advisory role. We need a hands-on operating partner who can help turn ideas, product concepts, sourcing opportunities, logistics needs, and sales channels into a structured, functioning business.

In the early stage, this person must be comfortable wearing multiple hats across operations, supply chain, sourcing, logistics, sales development, business development, project management, team coordination, and execution planning.

As the company grows, this role will help separate responsibilities, build the team, delegate functions, and develop department-level leadership.

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What We Need

We are looking for someone who can help build the company like a true operating partner.

The ideal candidate should be able to:

- Develop the overall business structure
- Organize priorities across multiple product lines
- Build execution roadmaps and operating systems
- Coordinate engineers, sourcing reps, logistics contacts, vendors, and partners
- Support sales and business development strategy
- Oversee day-to-day execution across active projects
- Build workflows, SOPs, reporting, and accountability systems
- Identify gaps, risks, bottlenecks, and opportunities
- Help move the company from idea → pilot → production → sales → scale

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Core Responsibilities

1. Company Building & Executive Leadership

- Help structure DanKen Industries as a scalable operating company
- Translate vision into priorities, milestones, and execution plans
- Support high-level business planning and decision-making
- Help define departments, roles, responsibilities, and reporting structure
- Build accountability so execution does not depend only on the founder

2. Operations & Execution Management

- Manage the overall execution roadmap
- Track weekly priorities, deliverables, and bottlenecks
- Coordinate between product development, sourcing, logistics, sales, and operations
- Build project management systems and execution dashboards
- Keep contributors aligned and moving with urgency

3. Supply Chain & Sourcing Strategy

- Help structure sourcing systems across China, the Dominican Republic, and regional suppliers
- Support supplier identification, outreach, RFQs, quote comparison, and negotiations
- Help evaluate raw materials, components, and manufacturing partners
- Work with cost engineers or sourcing specialists to reduce cost
- Help establish backup suppliers and sourcing redundancy

4. Manufacturing & Production Development

- Help develop toll manufacturing and contract manufacturing structures
- Support Dominican Republic production development
- Identify and evaluate fabrication and assembly partners
- Coordinate with engineers to ensure designs are manufacturable
- Help structure early production workflows, pilot production, QC planning, and scaling strategy

5. Product Execution & Engineering Coordination

- Coordinate engineers, designers, sourcing specialists, and manufacturers
- Help connect product specs, BOMs, sourcing, manufacturing, and cost targets
- Support trailer, rims/tires, and golf cart launch planning
- Help prevent misalignment between engineering, sourcing, production, and cost control

6. Logistics & Shipping Strategy

- Help structure logistics across China → Dominican Republic → United States
- Support shipping cost reduction, especially for completed trailer systems
- Evaluate LCL, FCL, RoRo, flat rack, tow/convoy, and hybrid shipping models
- Compare logistics providers, carrier options, routes, costs, risks, and lead times
- Support creative cost-saving ideas for oversized trailer movement

7. Sales Development & Revenue Support

This role should also help support commercial growth.

Responsibilities may include:

- Develop initial sales strategy
- Support dealer, distributor, and B2B channel planning
- Help structure CRM, sales pipeline, and outreach process
- Assist with dealer, fleet buyer, commercial customer, and partner outreach strategy
- Help define pricing, margin targets, and early sales process
- Support business development and partnership opportunities

8. Financial Discipline & Cost Control

- Help build and monitor unit economics
- Track target cost vs. actual cost
- Support cost models across sourcing, production, and logistics
- Help with budget planning and cash-flow awareness
- Identify cost-reduction opportunities without hurting quality
- Support performance-based compensation structures when applicable

9. Team Building & Delegation

In the beginning, this person may wear multiple hats. As the company grows, this role should help identify and onboard dedicated support such as:

- Sourcing specialists
- Logistics coordinators
- Sales representatives
- Project managers
- Engineering coordinators
- DR-based operations support
- China-based sourcing support
- Quality control support
- Production managers

The goal is not for one person to do everything forever. The goal is to help build the system first, then build the team around it.

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First 30–45 Day Objectives

During the initial phase, we want to build clarity, structure, and momentum.

Expected first-phase priorities may include:

- Review current business model, product lines, and execution priorities
- Build a 30–45 day execution roadmap
- Identify immediate gaps in sourcing, logistics, engineering, sales, and operations
- Help prioritize trailer launch requirements
- Support sourcing and supplier strategy
- Help define logistics validation plan
- Help structure early sales development approach
- Build a weekly operating rhythm and reporting format
- Recommend team structure for the next stage

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Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate should have experience in:

- Fractional President, COO, General Manager, Operating Partner, or similar leadership role
- Startup or early-stage company building
- Manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, or product-based businesses
- Multi-country operations and vendor coordination
- Sales development, business development, or channel strategy
- Building teams, workflows, SOPs, dashboards, and accountability systems
- Working directly with founders or CEOs
- Turning unstructured ideas into structured execution plans

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Preferred Experience

Strong preference for candidates with experience in:

- Manufacturing startups
- OEM or private-label product development
- Trailers, automotive, equipment, industrial products, or consumer durables
- China sourcing
- Dominican Republic, Caribbean, or Latin America operations
- Toll manufacturing or contract manufacturing
- Freight, import/export, or logistics optimization
- Dealer or B2B sales channel development
- Cost reduction and unit economics management

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Compensation Structure

We are open to discussing a structure that aligns with the stage of the business and value created.

Potential compensation may include:

- Monthly base compensation
- Bonuses
- Cost savings incentives
- Sales or revenue performance incentives
- Long-term growth opportunities based on performance

We are looking for someone who understands early-stage realities and is open to balancing base compensation with upside tied to results, execution, and growth.

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Important Notes

- This is a build-phase opportunity, not a fully established corporate role
- The business is early-stage, but the vision is long-term and scalable
- The right person must be hands-on, practical, creative, and execution-focused
- We are not looking for someone who only advises — we need someone who helps build and execute
- As the business grows, the role can evolve into a larger leadership position

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To Apply

Please provide:

- Summary of your relevant experience
- Examples of businesses or operations you have helped build or scale
- Experience with manufacturing, sourcing, logistics, or product-based businesses
- Experience with sales development, business development, or revenue growth
- Your approach to building a company from early-stage concept into execution
- How you would structure the first 30–45 days
- Your preferred compensation structure

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Long-Term Opportunity

We are building a scalable multi-product OEM platform.

For the right person, this can evolve from a fractional build-phase role into a long-term executive leadership opportunity with significant impact on the direction and growth of the company.

If you are a builder, operator, strategist, and execution leader who can help take a company from idea to structure to revenue to scale, we would like to connect.

Best regards,
Daniel
DanKen Industries
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