Fractional COO Services for Portland-Area Manufacturers

If your business has strong demand but growing complexity, I help you scale with systems, clarity, and leadership — not more hours, heroics, or firefighting.

Is This You?

You’ve built a real business. Customers want what you make. You have talented people. But as you’ve grown, new problems have appeared:

  • Daily operations depend on a few key people who are overloaded

  • Workflows are unclear and communication breaks down between departments

  • Schedules shift constantly and priorities compete

  • Tribal knowledge replaces documented standards

  • Leaders spend more time putting out fires than improving the business

  • You know what “better” looks like — but can’t spare the time to build it

You don’t need more hustle.

You need structure, visibility, and predictable execution.

That’s where a fractional COO becomes your advantage.

What I Do (and How It’s Different)

I partner with owner-led and multi-generation manufacturing companies across Portland, SW Washington, and the Willamette Valley to:

  • Create clarity and alignment across leadership & production

  • Build scalable systems and process standards (Lean mindset)

  • Establish scorecards, KPIs, and meeting rhythms

  • Reduce chaos, rework, and dependency on tribal knowledge

  • Develop leaders and build next-layer management capacity

  • Drive accountability and execution — not just planning

This is not coaching.

It’s hands-on operating leadership, aligned with your culture, working beside your team, on the floor and in the board room.

What Working Together Looks Like

1️⃣ Discovery & Assessment

We’ll map your current state, identify bottlenecks, and define measurable goals — operational, cultural, and financial.

2️⃣ 90-Day Operating Foundation

We build essential systems for clarity, communication, and consistency (visual controls, standards, decision cadence, roles & responsibilities, scorecards).

3️⃣ Scale & Sustain Phase

We refine, delegate, and coach leaders into role clarity and ownership — moving execution from “heroics” to “system.”

Why Portland Companies Choose Local Support

Most fractional executives work remotely and focus on SaaS or finance.

Portland manufacturers need a partner who can walk the floor, see the work, build trust, and coach in real time.

  • Portland-based

  • Lean + structured operations background

  • Executive-level leadership experience

  • Hands-on, sleeves-rolled-up operator

  • Focused on sustainable change, not presentations

Results You Can Expect

  • Fewer urgent fires and last-minute scrambles

  • Clear ownership and predictable delivery

  • Documented, teachable systems

  • Frontline and leadership alignment

  • Reduced waste, confusion, and bottlenecks

  • More capacity — without immediately hiring

Scaling gets easier.

People get more confident.

You get your time and energy back.

Schedule a 30-Minute Consultation