Chief Growth & Commercial Executive Candidate

SEEKING A ROLE AS: Chief Growth Officer, Chief Commercial Officer, President/General Manager, Chief Strategy & Growth Officer, or other senior executive leadership role combining commercial strategy, brand growth, innovation, and meaningful P&L ownership. Particularly interested in food, beverage, branded foodservice, and broader CPG/consumer products organizations, including growth-stage, transforming, and private equity-backed companies.

IN LOCATION: Currently based in Florida and would prefer to maintain Florida residency through a remote or hybrid opportunity. Open to relocation for the right opportunity with long-term runway, with a preference for the NY/NJ/CT tri-state area. Open to onsite, hybrid, or remote arrangements.

SKILLS & ACHIEVEMENTS: Award-winning CPG and consumer products executive with 25+ years of experience driving profitable growth across Fortune 500 companies, iconic brands, and high-growth consumer organizations. Her experience extends well beyond traditional marketing, combining brand and portfolio strategy, innovation, commercialization, sales partnership, multi-channel go-to-market strategy, organizational leadership, and full P&L ownership. Most recently, she led a $2B+ portfolio of 12 brands at McCormick & Company, including Frank’s RedHot, Cholula, and French’s, delivering +8% gross sales and +14% gross profit versus the prior year.

-Led full P&L responsibility for a $2B+ portfolio of 12 consumer and branded foodservice brands
-Delivered +8% gross sales and +14% gross profit versus prior year
-Accelerated innovation speed-to-market by 40%, including launching —McCormick’s most successful innovation in five years
-Extensive multi-channel experience across food, drug, mass, club, e-commerce, and foodservice
-Executive Leadership Team experience with a strong track record of building teams, developing future general managers, and leading organizational change
-Former CMO with experience leading a 50-person organization across 155+ retail locations and participating in M&A initiatives
-Global consumer and commercial experience across the Americas, Europe, and Asia; fluent in Spanish
-Career experience includes McCormick & Company, Trulieve, National Mango Board, Heineken, Avon, and Colgate-Palmolive

EDUCATION: MBA from Columbia Business School and B.A. in Sociology from Duke University. Completed Harvard Business School’s Advanced Leadership Program and Cornell University’s Food Industry Executive Development Program.

COMPENSATION: Seeking a base salary of approximately $350,000+, with target bonus around 30%. Open to evaluating the overall compensation package based on responsibilities, long-term incentives, equity, and other components.

If you are interested in speaking with this strategic leader who:

– Brings Fortune 500 CPG discipline together with the agility and growth mindset needed in an emerging or transforming organization
– Has successfully led multi-billion-dollar portfolios while driving measurable revenue, profit, innovation, and distribution growth
– Can bridge brand strategy, commercial execution, innovation, sales partnership, and P&L leadership
– Is energized by opportunities to build teams, scale brands, and create meaningful impact on the next stage of an organization’s growth, then…Contact:
Stephanie Mattice
stephaniem@kinsa.com
Worksite Preference:Open
Employment Preference:Permanent