Active Engagements
Advisory grounded in
current operating work.
AIRONCLAD is currently advising across three active engagements — a multi-million-dollar organic beauty brand, a food and beverage brand, and a tier-1 VC-backed AI company — all with hands-on operating involvement, not arm's-length consulting.
The Difference
Advisory grounded in 30 years of doing the work.
There is a fundamental gap between the supply chain consultant who produces benchmarks and frameworks, and an operator who has personally managed vendor contracts, warehouse labor, inventory levels, and pricing architecture inside a real P&L.
AIRONCLAD is led by an operator who spent nearly a decade as a senior technology and operations executive inside a $2B+ CPG enterprise — and who now brings that operating knowledge directly to growth-stage brands, Amazon marketplace operators, and VC-backed companies scaling their first real supply chain.
Every recommendation is grounded in having lived the problem: the supplier who misses a delivery window, the retail chargeback that kills a quarter, the Amazon MAP violation that starts a pricing war, the inventory write-off that should have been prevented six months earlier.
That is what makes AIRONCLAD different. Not a framework. A floor.
| Type | What they do |
|---|---|
| Management Consultant | Produces frameworks and benchmarks. Strong on PowerPoint, weak on execution. Engagement ends when the deck is delivered. |
| Implementation Firm | Executes what someone else designed. Strong on delivery, weak on business judgment. Often optimizes for scope expansion and renewal. |
| AIRONCLAD | Combines 30 years of hands-on CPG operating accountability with current advisory. Grounded in having personally managed the supply chain, the P&L, the warehouse, and the pricing model. |
What We Do
Six CPG practice areas, one integrated engagement.
Supply Chain & Procurement
Vendor network design, inbound logistics, co-manufacturer management, and retailer replenishment — built from direct experience running these systems at $2B+ enterprise scale.
Pricing & Margin Architecture
Cost-to-serve modeling, channel pricing design, MAP policy, promotional ROI frameworks, and the pricing governance that prevents channel conflict from destroying margin.
Amazon & Omnichannel Operations
Amazon marketplace strategy that works alongside physical retail — 1P/3P structure, inventory positioning, MAP enforcement, and the operational integration between channels.
Inventory & Demand Planning
Demand forecasting grounded in real sell-through data, right-sized safety stock, S&OP cadence design, and the inventory visibility that prevents both stockouts and write-offs.
Warehouse & Fulfillment
Slotting, pick-path efficiency, labor productivity standards, 3PL contract review, chargeback root cause analysis — the operating rigor that holds cost-per-unit where it needs to be.
Business Process & Systems
Process design, ERP and WMS configuration guidance, and the data architecture that gives your team the operating visibility they need — right-sized for your current scale.
Active Engagements
Three active client engagements. All confidential.
Client names are kept confidential by policy. What we can share is the nature of each engagement — the category, the channel complexity, and the work being done.
| Category | Focus Areas |
|---|---|
| Organic Beauty CPG | Amazon marketplace strategy, pricing architecture, MAP policy enforcement, omnichannel inventory alignment |
| Food & Beverage CPG | Supply chain optimization, demand planning, Amazon 1P/3P channel structure, pricing and margin architecture |
| AI Technology Platform | Operations and go-to-market advisory for a tier-1 VC-backed AI company — bringing CPG enterprise operating patterns to an AI-native product |