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8 Executive Search Metrics Consumer Brands Should Know

lmiller@protisglobal.com (Lars Miller) — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:07:30 GMT

Most companies can tell you what an executive search costs. Fewer can tell you clearly whether it delivered, because the success measures were never defined at the start.

10 Retained Search Facts for Food & Beverage Leaders

lmiller@protisglobal.com (Lars Miller) — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 15:51:17 GMT

Food and beverage executives usually learn how retained search works mid-negotiation, which is the most expensive classroom available.

First C-Suite Hires for Emerging Consumer Brands

lmiller@protisglobal.com (Lars Miller) — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 15:40:03 GMT

Founders of brands under $10 million ask us a version of the same question every month. We keep hitting a ceiling, we know we need someone senior, what are we buying and what does it cost?

Retained Search ROI for Consumer Brand Hires

lmiller@protisglobal.com (Lars Miller) — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 15:34:09 GMT

The objection arrives in almost the same words on every call: we can't spend $40,000 to $60,000 on a fee right now.

How to Build a Consumer Brand Hiring Plan for 2026

lmiller@protisglobal.com (Lars Miller) — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 14:47:13 GMT

Consumer brands don't scale hiring gradually. They scale it in a step function, usually right after a raise, a distribution win, or a new market entry, and usually two quarters after the moment when they should have started planning. Protis Global has watched this step function play out across 3,000+ placements in consumer brands.

Protis Global Named to Hunt Scanlon’s America’s Top 250 Recruiting Firms for Third Consecutive Year

csacco@protisglobal.com (Cristina Sacco) — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:00:01 GMT

Protis Global Enters Its Next Chapter with Appointment of Co-Presidents

Protis Global — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:00:00 GMT

Co-Founder Bert Miller Moves to Chairman as 31-Year CPG Executive Search Firm Expands Leadership Capacity Following 3,000+ Placements and $754 Million In Client Economic Impact

Protis Global, an award-winning executive search and talent advisory firm specializing in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry, announced a planned generational leadership transition as the company positions itself for its next phase of growth.

CPG News Roundup: July 2026

lmiller@protisglobal.com (Lars Miller) — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:18:24 GMT

July was the month the ground shifted under some of CPG's most established franchises. Brown-Forman's longtime CEO announced his retirement with no successor named, opening the most consequential seat in American whiskey. Nestlé sold half of Perrier and San Pellegrino to private equity in a $3.4 billion deal that creates an entirely new waters company. The RNDC collapse kept rippling through spirits distribution, with Southern Glazer's cutting jobs and Reyes absorbing new markets while suppliers waited on payments. The Senate handed hemp beverages a 30-day lifeline just as the category posted 133 percent growth. And McKinsey published a number every brand leader should sit with: 85 percent of grocery executives now say their private label matches or beats national brands. Each of these is a leadership story in motion, and each one puts a specific set of senior searches on the clock.

7 Things to Know About Retained Search for CPG (Before Signing a Contract)

lmiller@protisglobal.com (Lars Miller) — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 11:00:00 GMT

Retained search is a partnership model in which a consumer brand engages a search firm on a committed, milestone-based fee for exclusive, dedicated recruitment. And done right, it is not reserved for the corner office: at Protis Global, retained search covers every business-critical seat — from analysts and field sales team members to the C-suite and board. Here are the seven things CPG leadership teams should understand before engaging a retained partner.

Retained Search for Food & Beverage Leaders in 2026

lmiller@protisglobal.com (Lars Miller) — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:00:00 GMT

Retained executive search is an exclusive engagement in which a food and beverage company pays a search firm in staged installments to fill one critical leadership role, with the firm accountable until the seat is filled. In 2026, brands use it because the leaders they want are employed, guarded, and being courted by everyone else.