FRACTIONAL GM & COO CONSUMER BRANDS

Operating Leadership for Consumer Brands.

We step in at Launch, Scale, or Turnaround moments.

I'm Alexandra Galindez, a Fractional General Manager, CEO and COO for consumer brands at inflection points. I’ve run the businesses: CEO of Emotional Utility Beverage and ROAR Organic, General Manager at Hain Celestial. Earlier at Red Bull and Vitaminwater and Smartwater, Burger King, and Meta, I did the commercial groundwork: earning distribution, building demand, opening markets. All of it pointed at the same thing: more product, in more doors, at better margins.

I partner with Founders, Boards, C-Suites, Investors, and Manufacturers where the market needs convincing, customers need a reason to switch, or the commercial model has to be built for scale. I’ve taken a business from negative 4% to 30% gross margin, driven a growth story that contributed to a $4.1B acquisition, and repeatedly turned challenger brands into category leaders.

Operational, commercial, and accountable. Not advisory.

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Cardboard boxes moving along a conveyor belt in a warehouse or distribution center.

OPERATOR, NOT CONSULTANT

In the seat, not on the sideline.

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Scientist wearing gloves handling a test tube with a clear liquid in a laboratory.
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Four hands holding bottles of ROAR Organic drinks with vibrant labels in front of a blurred outdoor background.
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A woman in a navy dress pointing to a presentation screen displaying a graph labeled 'E-Commerce Sales Growth' during a business meeting.
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HOW WE WORK

Where we step in

Launch

A new brand, product or category that needs 0-to-1 commercialization led by someone who has built from white space before.

$4.1B

PROOF

Early commercial team at Vitaminwater, acquired by Coca-Cola for $4.1B. Built E.U.B. from white space to e-commerce and retail. More than 20 CPG product launches in the United States.

Scale

Growth is happening but the operating model can't keep up. Margins, channels, or team structure need to mature for the next chapter.

PROOF

Scaled ROAR from $5M to $17M run-rate. National placement at Whole Foods, Sprouts, and Kroger. Grew the Southeast into one of Vitaminwater’s top-selling regions.

Turnaround

Unit economics are broken, commercial execution has stalled, or leadership has changed. The business needs discipline and decisive action.

PROOF

Took ROAR gross margin from -4% to 30%. Rationalized and reformulated BluePrint products, cutting operational costs 37% at Hain Celestial.

HOW WE ENGAGE

Hourly

Advisory on demand at an hourly rate. Questions, contracts, negotiations, decisions.

Project

A defined deliverable at a fixed fee. A brand foundation, a pricing architecture, a margin analysis, an investor deck.

Retainer

A committed weekly rhythm, from building the brand to leading the business.

Three ways to work together.

A project ends when the work is delivered. A retainer ends when you stop needing us in the business.

Built. Scaled. Transformed.

20+ Years of Operating Leadership Across Category-Defining Consumer Businesses

E.U.B. Chief Executive Officer

Category Creation and Omnichannel Go-to-Market

TRACK RECORD

ROAR ORGANIC Chief Executive Officer

Full Business Turnaround and Growth Acceleration

HAIN CELESTIAL General Manager

Brand Revitalization and Omnichannel Transformation

META (FACEBOOK) Client Partner

Digital Transformation for Wendy’s, Subway, Dunkin’ Donuts & Papa John’s

BURGER KING Marketing Director

National Commercialization and Franchise Activation

VITAMINWATER Marketing Manager

Regional Growth and National Expansion

RED BULL Field Marketing Manager

Regional Market Launch and Category Building