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DanKen Industries is an emerging, forward-thinking manufacturing company specializing in luxury and smart furniture along with secondary product categories like electric golf carts and wheels/rims. With operations spanning the United States, Dominican Republic, and China, we aim to build a vertically integrated business model revolutionizing engineered consumer and commercial products. **Role Overview:** We are seeking an experienced Fractional President/COO to propel our transition from startup planning stages into structured, scalable operations. Beyond being a strategic partner, we need someone hands-on to turn sourcing opportunities, product ideas, sales channels, and execution priorities into actionable outcomes. Key Responsibilities: - Oversee all aspects of operations: manufacturing, supply chain, sales development, project workflows, and logistics. - Collaborate with global suppliers across furniture, electronics components, golf cart parts, and related products. - Lead sourcing efforts in China while facilitating Dominican Republic toll manufacturing processes. - Develop organizational structures and roadmaps for U.S. compliance and distribution plans. **Ideal Candidate:** We’re looking for someone with expertise in: - Furniture industry or mechanized/electronic-integrated products (e.g., smart beds or recliners). - Global component sourcing (focus on China) or cross-border logistics (U.S. sales). - Startup scaling or OEM/private-label production environments. **Goals:** During the initial phase: - Create a clear launch roadmap for products and processes. - Validate suppliers and oversee design-to-production readiness processes. - Strategically develop workflows to enable practical sample/pilot production phases smoothly transitioning into large-scale operations over time. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape every phase of DanKen’s journey toward becoming an innovative leader in the premium consumer product space.
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Greetings! I will help build your operating structure across luxury furniture, golf carts, and wheels. I will create an execution roadmap, coordinate China sourcing and Dominican Republic manufacturing, manage BOMs and margins, and develop sales channels. I prefer milestone based compensation with performance bonuses. Send your current product specs and target suppliers. Thanks, Revival
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Hi there, We will build your execution roadmap: sourcing structure, BOM cost models, supplier vetting workflow, and launch sequencing across furniture, golf carts, and wheels/rims. Our approach starts with a gap analysis of your current suppliers, then maps each product category to a phased timeline with clear milestones for samples, QC, and production readiness. A couple of quick things to confirm: 1) Do you have any existing supplier contacts in China or the DR? 2) Which product category should we prioritize for the first sample run? The number quoted here is a starting estimate. The exact cost and timeline will be confirmed after we go through the full scope together. Send me a message and we can go over the details. Best regards, Faizan
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I understand your priority is turning smart furniture and golf cart concepts into real, scalable operations. I recently sourced thermal paper from China for $11,264 vs market $13,800, managing supplier audits, pre-shipment inspections, and FOB/CIF options, saving the client $2,536. I can organize suppliers, confirm MOQ and sample approvals, coordinate production, and track lead time with clear Incoterms and flexible payment terms, including L/C and account terms. My English isn’t perfect, but all communication is text-based—great people have small flaws, I make up for it with expertise. Let’s start structuring your China sourcing and manufacturing roadmap together.
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I am a perfect fit for your project. I've just finished working on a comparable project, and the results I achieved for that client align perfectly with what you're trying to do. Your need for a hands-on Fractional President/COO to structure and execute a manufacturing and supply chain operation resonates with my expertise in building and scaling businesses in the luxury furniture and product development space. While I am new to freelancer, I have tons of experience and have done other projects offsite. You won't find an agency better aligned with what you're looking for. I would love to chat more about your project! No pressure! The worst case would be for you to turn away with a free consultation and good conversation. Let's chat. Best Regards, Marius Van Der Hulle
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Dear Daniel, Your project covers several connected areas, including luxury and smart furniture, electric golf carts, wheels/rims/tires, sourcing, manufacturing, logistics, and early-stage business execution. Before submitting a final proposal, I would be happy to arrange an initial meeting free of charge to better understand your current stage, priorities, challenges, and expected deliverables. This discussion will help me assess how I can add the most value and propose a practical first-phase roadmap covering structure, sourcing, supplier validation, BOM/cost review, manufacturing readiness, logistics, and sales-channel planning. Please let me know a suitable time for a short introductory call. Best regards, Mohammad Sammar
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Versatile and Innovative Operations and Program Management Frontrunner with 20+ years of stellar record championing sports, logistics and service operations management across global platforms, driving operational excellence, entrepreneurship, and cultivating stakeholder relationships. ↗ Strategic leadership on developing Country’s Sporting Industry in a new direction engaging corporate capacities. ↗ Fast-track record of expanding services and operational engagements to new countries across Asia-Pacific, Japan, and China (APJC) regions. ↗ Strategically transformed operational challenges into structured execution opportunities, and eliminated customer complaints through robust partnerships with customers and vendors, addressing challenges and completing multiple projects. ↗ Leveraged entrepreneurial vision and expertise to plan and execute processes, resulting in positive outcomes; robust volunteering experience with numerous associations. ↗ Architecting the “Wellbeing Code” framework and “Performance System” initiatives to anchor sustainable execution, organizational wellbeing, behavioral consistency, and strategic performance alignment. ↗ Skilled in minimizing conflicts and energizing organizations for service innovation and development. ↗ Recognized for delivering exceptional performance, leading large teams, and setting up businesses across industries.
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Hi, I am not applying as a full president or COO. I can support the China sourcing and factory communication part of your manufacturing and supply-chain work. For furniture, golf cart parts, wheels/rims or related hardware, I can map suitable China suppliers, request RFQs, compare MOQ, pricing and lead time, and flag factory and quality risks. This can plug into your broader COO workflow as a focused sourcing support milestone. I will keep supplier identities transparent and return a clean quote/risk comparison sheet so you can decide which supplier path is worth pursuing.
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Hi Daniel, I’m interested in supporting DanKen Industries as a hands-on fractional COO. My approach would be to first clarify the business model, validate the product priorities, and turn the current vision into a practical execution roadmap for sourcing, samples, manufacturing, logistics, and early sales. I can help organize supplier outreach, RFQs, cost models, production-readiness workflows, dashboards, SOPs, and team structure while keeping the focus on margin, quality, and speed to market. I’m comfortable working in an early-stage environment and open to a milestone-based structure with performance incentives tied to execution, savings, supplier validation, and growth. Best regards, Daniel
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