Each year, Business Talent Group releases our High-End Independent Talent Report, looking across industries and business functions to analyze how business leaders deploy independent consultants, executives, experts, and project managers to complete critical work and meet their goals. Here are the top trends in how CPG industry leaders deployed these highly skilled talent in 2020.
Consumer goods companies need fast access to the skills that keep them ahead of the curve. Last year, supply chain and marketing topped the list of our most requested projects. This year, business process optimization has displaced them both—joining new categories like IT transformation and manufacturing excellence, where independents bring deep experience and cutting-edge expertise.
PROJECT CATEGORIES: Consumer Goods
| 58% Strategy |
| 30% Operations |
| 8% Transformation |
| 3% Interim Executive |
| 1% Organization |
MOST IN-DEMAND PROJECTS
Business Processes
Growth Strategy
Planning
Manufacturing Excellence
Marketing and Sales Strategy
IT and Tech Transformation
Opportunity Assessment
Supply Chain
MOST IN-DEMAND SKILLS
Advanced Analytics
Corporate and Business Unit Strategy
Tech and Systems Implementation
Market Landscape
Strategic Planning
Growth Strategy
Project Management
Process Optimization and Transformation
SAMPLE CONSUMER GOODS PROJECTS
- Analyze product categories and develop an in-depth analytics dashboard to track competition continuously
- Develop new processes to streamline and standardize visual merchandising
- Define the total addressable market, competitive benchmarks, and five-year growth strategy
- Place multiple interim plant managers to drive manufacturing excellence and team development
- Define, oversee, and refine processes to support an ERP implementation
