The Fairfield Perspective
Expert insights on leadership, talent, and growth in the consumer industry.
Natural Products Executive Search: How to Find Leaders With Industry Experience
How to find executives with natural products industry experience. Learn what to look for in natural products leaders, from CPG expertise and retail experience to growth-stage leadership and cultural fit.
CPG Executive Search Firms: What Consumer Products Companies Should Look For
Learn what to look for in a CPG executive search firm, including industry expertise, executive placements, passive talent, search methodology, and leadership experience.
How to Choose an Executive Search Firm for a Growing CPG Brand
Learn how to choose the right executive search firm for a growing CPG brand. Explore what to look for in CPG industry expertise, executive placements, passive talent access, search methodology, and senior-level involvement.
How to Attract Top Executive Talent to a Growing CPG Brand
Learn how to attract top executive talent to a growing CPG brand, including how to recruit passive candidates, position your growth story, structure compensation, and compete with larger consumer companies.
What Makes a Great CPG Executive? 7 Traits to Look for When Hiring Leadership
What makes a great CPG executive? Explore 7 traits to look for when hiring leadership, from CPG experience and P&L ownership to retail expertise, team building, and founder collaboration.
How to Build a Leadership Team for a Scaling CPG Brand
Learn how a scaling CPG brand should evolve its leadership team, from founder-led organizations to functional leaders and executive teams, including when to hire a COO, CFO, CMO, or VP of Sales.
When Should a CPG Brand Hire a CFO?
When should a CPG brand hire a CFO? Learn the key growth, cash flow, retail, investor, and fundraising signals that indicate it’s time for a CPG CFO.
When Should a Growing CPG Brand Hire a VP of Sales?
Wondering when your CPG brand should hire a VP of Sales? Learn the key signs, skills, and experience to look for when hiring a sales executive for a growing consumer brand from Fairfield Partners Executive Search.
CPG Executive Search: What Consumer Brands Should Know Before Hiring a Leadership Team
Learn what CPG executive search is, when growing consumer brands should use an executive search firm, how the process works, and what to look for in a CPG executive recruiting partner.
The Biggest Executive Hiring Mistakes Growing Consumer Brands Make
Growing consumer brands often make costly executive hiring mistakes—from hiring for today instead of tomorrow to prioritizing credentials over leadership fit. Learn the key executive hiring mistakes to avoid and how to build a leadership team equipped for your company's next stage of growth.
What Executive Roles Does a Growing CPG Brand Need?
What executive roles does a growing CPG brand need? Explore the key leadership roles—including CMO, CFO, COO, commercial, digital, and operations leaders—and when consumer brands should add or strengthen each function.
What Executive Should a Founder Hire First When Scaling a Consumer Brand?
Learn which executive a growing consumer or CPG brand should hire first. This guide breaks down when to hire a COO, CFO, CMO, CRO, or operations leader based on your company’s biggest growth challenges.
How to Build an Executive Leadership Team for a Growing Consumer Brand
Learn how growing consumer brands can build the right executive leadership team, identify critical leadership gaps, and hire the executives needed to scale. Explore a strategic approach to leadership hiring from Fairfield Partners, a leading consumer and CPG executive search firm.