Operational Consulting

Fractional Operations Consulting

A senior operator inside your business a few days a month. Process, numbers, and systems handled, without the $200k full-time hire.

What Fractional Operations Leadership Is

A senior operator inside your business for a defined slice of the month, with real decision support, a standing cadence, and ownership of the operating numbers. Not a report that gets presented and shelved: the same person returns every week and answers for whether the plan moved.

When It Fits

  • The founder still runs operations personally, and it has become the bottleneck.
  • You are between ten and a hundred people and growth is outpacing process.
  • There is an ops leadership gap between now and your next full-time hire.
  • The systems exist (CRM, ERP, dashboards) but nobody owns the numbers they produce.

What You Get

  • An operating cadence: weekly numbers with owners, a monthly operating review that ends in decisions.
  • Process design that ships: documented, assigned, and configured into the systems your team already uses.
  • KPI dashboards built: our analytics practice builds them as part of the engagement, not as a recommendation for someone else.
  • Systems and vendor decisions: including whether and when an ERP like Odoo earns its place.
  • A path to the full-time hire: we help scope and recruit the role when the business is ready, then hand over a running system.

The Math

A full-time VP of Operations or COO in the US runs $180,000 to $250,000 plus equity and benefits, and most companies under a hundred people need the judgment far more than they need the hours. Fractional engagement with Operbit starts at $6,000 per month, scales with the scope, and stops when you no longer need it.

Why Operbit Rather Than a Solo Fractional COO

A solo operator advises; then someone still has to build. Operbit's consulting sits on top of the same team that builds the dashboards and configures the ERP, so when the operating review decides something, the system that executes it gets built by the people in the room. Strategy to systems is the whole point of the firm.

How It Starts

With the Operations Diagnostic: $4,500, two weeks, a mapped operation and a prioritized plan with the numbers behind it. If we both see a fit, the retainer picks up the plan and runs it. The diagnostic fee is credited toward the engagement.

FAQ

Common Questions

How is this different from hiring a fractional COO?

The role is similar; the delivery differs. A solo fractional COO advises and coordinates. Operbit pairs the senior operator with the team that builds the dashboards and configures the systems, so decisions become working workflows without a second vendor.

How much time do we get?

Engagements start at roughly two working days per month plus the standing cadence, and scale with scope. The retainer is defined by outcomes owned rather than hours logged, and you will always know the cadence you are buying.

Is it remote?

Yes, in US time zones from Miami and Guatemala City, with on-site time where it earns the airfare, typically the kickoff and major operating reviews.

What kinds of businesses do you work with?

Distribution, consumer goods, retail suppliers, and service operations: businesses with inventory, margins, and field execution, where the operating numbers are measurable.

Start With a Diagnostic

Operations Diagnostic

A short, scoped engagement: we map how your operation runs today, find where the decisions and the systems disconnect, and hand you a prioritized plan with the numbers behind it. Fixed fee: $4,500, delivered in two weeks and credited toward any build that follows.

Not ready for the diagnostic? Start with a free 30-minute discovery call. You'll leave with a straight answer on scope and cost.

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