INDUSTRY · CPG & CONSUMER BRANDS

Finance leadership for retail-led CPG brands.

Finance leadership for $10M–$200M consumer brands selling into grocery, mass, club, specialty and Amazon. Co-pack, broker, distributor, trade-spend management — the retail-led operating complexity that pure-play DTC brands have not had to live with.

01 / What matters here

The work that actually moves the P&L.

Sector-specific. Every cpg & consumer brands engagement is built around these levers, not a generic CFO playbook.

01

Trade spend & retailer economics

Slotting, MCB, scan-back, freight allowance. The lines that quietly eat 15-25% of revenue.

02

Co-pack and supply chain economics

When to in-source, when to co-pack, when to switch. Modeled with the real total cost.

03

Working capital across the trade cycle

Inventory, AR aging by retailer, deduction reserves. The reality of selling into mass retail.

04

Brand portfolio P&L

When the parent owns multiple brands, the allocations that make individual P&Ls honest.

05

Multi-channel margin

DTC + retail + Amazon + wholesale, modeled separately and rolled up.

06

Strategic sale to strategic acquirer

Most CPG exits are strategic. The financial story they buy is different from a financial-buyer story.

02 / Capabilities engaged

What we braid into CPG engagements.

All practices
03 / The bench for CPG

Partners with operating experience in this sector.

We don't sell what we haven't run. Every engagement led by a partner who has been inside the function.

04 / Field notes from this sector

Insights from CPG.

All insights
05 / Common questions

FAQ.

What size CPG brands does Putra & Co serve?

$10–$200M, typically. Retail-led brands with operational complexity above pure-play DTC.

Who leads the CPG practice?

Matt Putra. Decade-plus in CPG operating roles before founding Putra & Co.

Does Putra & Co know the major retailer systems?

Yes — Whole Foods, Sprouts, Kroger, Target, Costco, Sams, Walmart. The deduction landscape and the working-capital cycles for each.

What about international expansion?

We work with brands expanding US → Canada, Australia → US, UK → US. Cross-border tax and entity structure is part of the work.

Can Putra & Co run trade spend optimization?

Yes. Most CPG retainers include a trade spend review in the first 90 days.

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