Executive Search for the new era of U.S food & beverage manufacturing
We place the senior and executive leaders who solve the most complex operational challenges in U.S. Food & Beverage Manufacturing, accelerating value creation from the plant floor to the balance sheet.
Executive Search for the new era of U.S food & beverage manufacturing
We place the senior and executive leaders who solve the most complex operational challenges in U.S. Food & Beverage Manufacturing, accelerating value creation from the plant floor to the balance sheet.
20 years of experience
Your Challenges Demand a Different Kind of Partner
Your Challenges Demand a Different Kind of Partner
The pressures on today's food and beverage leaders are relentless. You aren't just managing a business; you are navigating a landscape of constant disruption. Your success hinges on having a leadership team that can master this complexity.
The pressures on today's food and beverage leaders are relentless. You aren't just managing a business; you are navigating a landscape of constant disruption. Your success hinges on having a leadership team that can master this complexity.
The pressures on today's food and beverage leaders are relentless. You aren't just managing a business; you are navigating a landscape of constant disruption. Your success hinges on having a leadership team that can master this complexity.
Navigate Supply Chain Volatility:
Navigate Supply Chain Volatility:
Transform your supply chain from a liability into a competitive advantage, ensuring resilience and efficiency amidst global uncertainty.
Transform your supply chain from a liability into a competitive advantage, ensuring resilience and efficiency amidst global uncertainty.
Drive Operational Excellence:
Drive Operational Excellence:
Implement the lean manufacturing principles and automation strategies required to expand margins and increase productivity in a high-cost, labor-constrained environment.
Implement the lean manufacturing principles and automation strategies required to expand margins and increase productivity in a high-cost, labor-constrained environment.
Ensure Uncompromising Quality & Safety:
Ensure Uncompromising Quality & Safety:
Uphold the most stringent food safety and regulatory standards (FDA, USDA), protecting your brand and your customers in a landscape of increasing scrutiny.
Uphold the most stringent food safety and regulatory standards (FDA, USDA), protecting your brand and your customers in a landscape of increasing scrutiny.
Lead High-Stakes Growth:
Lead High-Stakes Growth:
Execute the strategic vision—whether for a private equity value creation plan or a new market expansion—with the urgency and financial acumen required to deliver measurable ROI
Execute the strategic vision—whether for a private equity value creation plan or a new market expansion—with the urgency and financial acumen required to deliver measurable ROI
Relied upon by these great companies
Relied upon by these great companies
Whitworth Bros
Whitworth Bros
Whitworth Bros
Cargill
Cargill
Cargill
ADM
ADM
ADM
PreGel
PreGel
PreGel
Beechdean
Beechdean
Beechdean
Carr's Flour
Carr's Flour
Carr's Flour
Strategic Talent Services
We offer a focused suite of services designed to solve your most pressing leadership challenges and build a competitive advantage.
Executive Search Partnership
Our core focus is identifying and securing the executive talent that will transform your business. We act as a dedicated partner, providing a rigorous and confidential search process designed to deliver leaders who create a measurable impact from day one.
Our executive search is conducted on a retained, exclusive basis. This model ensures a deep, committed partnership, allowing us to dedicate the full resources and market intelligence of our firm to achieving your specific hiring objectives. It moves beyond simply filling a role to ensure we find the absolute best strategic fit for your long-term success.
Our core focus is identifying and securing the executive talent that will transform your business. We act as a dedicated partner, providing a rigorous and confidential search process designed to deliver leaders who create a measurable impact from day one.
Our executive search is conducted on a retained, exclusive basis. This model ensures a deep, committed partnership, allowing us to dedicate the full resources and market intelligence of our firm to achieving your specific hiring objectives. It moves beyond simply filling a role to ensure we find the absolute best strategic fit for your long-term success.
Strategic Talent Advisory
Beyond immediate hiring needs, we provide strategic counsel to help you build a long-term competitive advantage through talent. These advisory services are for forward-thinking organizations looking to proactively shape their leadership landscape.
Succession Planning
We partner with your leadership team and board to identify and develop the next generation of leaders from within your organization. This includes assessing high-potential internal talent, identifying developmental gaps, and creating a strategic roadmap to ensure seamless and successful leadership transitions for your most critical roles.
Talent Mapping
Knowledge is power. Before a critical hiring need ever arises, we provide a confidential, in-depth analysis of the talent landscape for your key positions. You receive a comprehensive map of the top performers in your sector, their backgrounds, and their motivations. This proactive intelligence allows you to make faster, more strategic hiring decisions when the time is right.
Beyond immediate hiring needs, we provide strategic counsel to help you build a long-term competitive advantage through talent. These advisory services are for forward-thinking organizations looking to proactively shape their leadership landscape.
Succession Planning
We partner with your leadership team and board to identify and develop the next generation of leaders from within your organization. This includes assessing high-potential internal talent, identifying developmental gaps, and creating a strategic roadmap to ensure seamless and successful leadership transitions for your most critical roles.
Talent Mapping
Knowledge is power. Before a critical hiring need ever arises, we provide a confidential, in-depth analysis of the talent landscape for your key positions. You receive a comprehensive map of the top performers in your sector, their backgrounds, and their motivations. This proactive intelligence allows you to make faster, more strategic hiring decisions when the time is right.
A trusted partner
A trusted partner
A trusted partner
An Insider's Perspective. A Partner's Commitment.
An Insider's Perspective.
A Partner's Commitment.
An Insider's Perspective.
A Partner's Commitment.
An Insider's Perspective.
A Partner's Commitment.
We built this firm because we saw a critical gap in the market. Many search firms understand recruiting, but few have lived the operational realities of your industry. Our approach is founded on firsthand experience.
We built this firm because we saw a critical gap in the market. Many search firms understand recruiting, but few have lived the operational realities of your industry. Our approach is founded on firsthand experience.
Deep Niche Fluency
Deep Niche Fluency
With nearly two decades of in-house experience in F&B supply chain and sales, we speak your language. We don't just understand the titles; we understand the challenges, the pressures, and the precise skill sets required to succeed in each role.
With nearly two decades of in-house experience in F&B supply chain and sales, we speak your language. We don't just understand the titles; we understand the challenges, the pressures, and the precise skill sets required to succeed in each role.
Executive-to-Executive Partnership
Executive-to-Executive Partnership
When you partner with us, you work directly with a principal. We provide a discreet, consultative experience tailored to your unique business challenges. Your critical search will never be delegated to a junior associate.
When you partner with us, you work directly with a principal. We provide a discreet, consultative experience tailored to your unique business challenges. Your critical search will never be delegated to a junior associate.
Outcome-Focused Process
Outcome-Focused Process
Our methodology is diagnostic, not transactional. We focus on the business problem you need to solve, vetting candidates for their proven ability to drive tangible results like EBITDA growth, market share expansion, and operational efficiency
Our methodology is diagnostic, not transactional. We focus on the business problem you need to solve, vetting candidates for their proven ability to drive tangible results like EBITDA growth, market share expansion, and operational efficiency
Specialized Search for Your Unique Mandate
For the Private Equity-Backed CEO
You have a 3-5 year timeline to deliver transformative growth; the right executive team is non-negotiable.
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For the COO & VP of Operations
You battle supply chain volatility and margin pressure daily; we find the leaders who thrive in that complexity.
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For the Strategic HR Executive
You're tasked with building a resilient leadership team; we act as your specialist partner to de-risk your most critical hires.
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Driving Tangible Results for Our Partners
"Leo Scott Executive Search was instrumental in helping us find our new VP of Operations. Their understanding of our challenges was immediate and insightful. The candidate they placed has already driven an 18% improvement in Overall Equipment Effectiveness in the first 12 months. They are a true strategic partner."
"Leo Scott Executive Search was instrumental in helping us find our new VP of Operations. Their understanding of our challenges was immediate and insightful. The candidate they placed has already driven an 18% improvement in Overall Equipment Effectiveness in the first 12 months. They are a true strategic partner."
CEO, Private Equity-Backed Beverage Manufacturer
CEO, Private Equity-Backed Beverage Manufacturer
"Leo Scott's expertise in the food manufacturing sector is unparalleled. They found us a Chief Operating Officer who not only had the deep manufacturing experience we needed but also the rare ability to lead a cultural transformation. The search was confidential and efficient, and the impact has been undeniable. Within 12 months, their placement had increased our production capacity by 25% while improving margins. They don't just fill positions; they find leaders who create value."
"Leo Scott's expertise in the food manufacturing sector is unparalleled. They found us a Chief Operating Officer who not only had the deep manufacturing experience we needed but also the rare ability to lead a cultural transformation. The search was confidential and efficient, and the impact has been undeniable. Within 12 months, their placement had increased our production capacity by 25% while improving margins. They don't just fill positions; they find leaders who create value."
Managing Partner, Food & Beverage Private Equity Firm
Managing Partner, Food & Beverage Private Equity Firm
20 years
Food & Beverage industry experience
2024
Financial Times top 150 UK recruiters
100%
Retained mandate success
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Consumer Preferences
Best Executive Interview Questions: Good Questions to Ask
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Career Guidance
C-Suite Executive Roles: CEO vs COO vs CFO vs CIO vs CTO vs CMO
Career Guidance
C-Suite Executive Roles: CEO vs COO vs CFO vs CIO vs CTO vs CMO
Career Guidance
C-Suite Executive Roles: CEO vs COO vs CFO vs CIO vs CTO vs CMO
Career Guidance
C-Suite Executive Roles: CEO vs COO vs CFO vs CIO vs CTO vs CMO
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