Fractional President / COO — Manufacturing, Supply Chain & Growth Execution -- 7

Fractional President / COO — DanKen Industries

Luxury Furniture, Golf Carts, Wheels/Rims, Manufacturing, Supply Chain & Growth Execution

Remote / Global
Focus: United States + Dominican Republic + China
Type: Fractional / Ongoing / Milestone-Based
Compensation: Limited Startup Base + Incentives / Performance Bonuses

About Us

DanKen Industries is an early-stage, vertically integrated product manufacturing company focused on engineered consumer and commercial products.

Our primary focus is luxury furniture and smart furniture, including beds, smart beds, sofas, sectionals, electric recliners, mattresses, smart bedroom sets, home theater seating, commercial/hospitality furniture, and products with integrated electronics, electrical components, and mechanized systems.

Furniture features may include electric recline, Bluetooth speakers, USB/Type-C charging, wireless charging, LED lighting, touch controls, fireplaces, TV lifts, adjustable mechanisms, power motion, and other smart components.

In addition to the furniture business being our primary business, we are also working on secondary product categories that align with our broader sourcing, manufacturing, and distribution model.

These secondary categories include custom 4-seat and 6-seat electric golf carts, golf cart components and accessories, and related low-speed electric vehicle products. This may involve sourcing or developing complete golf carts, semi-knockdown kits, batteries, motors, controllers, chargers, frames, suspension systems, steering components, lighting, seats, dashboards, trim packages, wheels, tires, and customization accessories.

We are also evaluating a separate wheels, rims, and tires product line, including custom rims, alloy wheels, steel wheels, golf cart wheels, tire/wheel packages, specialty tires, automotive-style accessories, aftermarket products, and OEM/private-label opportunities.

The furniture business remains the main priority, but we want someone who can help us think through and support these secondary product categories as part of a larger long-term operating platform.

Our operating model may include:

- China/global sourcing for components, electronics, mechanisms, golf cart parts, wheels, rims, tires, and raw materials
- Dominican Republic toll manufacturing, assembly, fabrication support, and possible final production
- U.S. sales, distribution, compliance, customer delivery, and market expansion

Role Overview

We are seeking a hands-on Fractional President / COO to help build, structure, and execute the business from startup phase into scalable operations.

This is not a passive advisory role. We need a founder’s right-hand operating partner who can help turn product ideas, sourcing opportunities, suppliers, manufacturing plans, sales channels, and execution priorities into a structured operating business.

This person should be comfortable wearing multiple hats across:

- Operations, sourcing, supply chain, and logistics
- Furniture, golf cart, wheels/rims/tires product development
- Toll manufacturing and vendor coordination
- Cost control, BOM review, and margin protection
- Sales development, business development, and early revenue planning
- Project management, workflows, dashboards, SOPs, reporting, and accountability
- Team building, delegation, and long-term operating structure

Core Responsibilities

The selected candidate should be able to support:

- Building the company structure, departments, roles, reporting systems, and execution roadmap
- Creating a practical launch plan across furniture, smart furniture, golf carts, wheels, rims, and tires
- Coordinating designers, engineers, sourcing reps, vendors, factories, logistics contacts, and future team members
- Supporting luxury/smart furniture development, including beds, sofas, recliners, mattresses, sectionals, smart bedroom sets, and furniture with electrical/electronic/mechanized features
- Supporting smart component sourcing for recline systems, actuators, adjustable bases, Bluetooth, LED lighting, USB/Type-C charging, wireless charging, fireplaces, TV lifts, control panels, wiring harnesses, and power supplies
- Supporting golf cart sourcing/development for 4-seat and 6-seat electric carts, luxury carts, street-style carts, frames, batteries, motors, controllers, chargers, suspension, steering, lighting, seats, trim, wheels, tires, and accessories
- Supporting rims/wheels/tires sourcing, including custom rims, alloy wheels, steel wheels, golf cart wheels, automotive-style rims, tire/wheel packages, specialty tires, aftermarket accessories, private-label products, and OEM-style products
- Structuring China/global sourcing, supplier outreach, RFQs, quote comparisons, factory vetting, supplier scorecards, backup suppliers, and negotiation strategy
- Helping develop Dominican Republic toll manufacturing, assembly, fabrication, pilot production, QC planning, and production-readiness workflows
- Building logistics strategy across China → Dominican Republic → United States, including freight, packaging, warehousing, shipping lanes, landed cost, lead times, and damage-risk reduction
- Supporting sales channel development for dealers, distributors, wholesale, retail, hospitality, commercial, B2B, golf cart dealers, wheel/tire shops, online sales, and direct sales
- Building cost models, unit economics, target cost vs. actual cost tracking, BOM review, budget awareness, margin protection, and cost-reduction plans
- Helping identify and onboard future support such as furniture designers, engineers, sourcing specialists, logistics coordinators, sales reps, project managers, DR/China support, QC support, and production managers

Initial Phase Objective

DanKen Industries is still in the early startup planning and development stage. We do not have a finalized execution plan already in place. The purpose of this role is to help us develop, structure, and organize that plan properly from the ground up.

The successful candidate will help turn our current business vision, product categories, sourcing ideas, manufacturing concepts, and sales goals into a clear, realistic execution roadmap.

Our goal is to become properly organized and prepared to move toward initial product samples, supplier validation, sourcing structure, manufacturing planning, and early production readiness.

During the initial phase, the selected candidate should help us:

- Review the business concept, product categories, and startup goals
- Develop the first real execution roadmap from the ground up
- Identify key gaps, risks, assumptions, and missing pieces
- Define the proper sourcing, manufacturing, logistics, and sales-development strategy
- Determine the best path toward samples, supplier validation, and production readiness
- Recommend needed specialists, vendors, engineers, sourcing agents, logistics support, and contractors
- Organize workflows, reporting, project tracking, and accountability

We are not looking for someone to simply follow a prebuilt plan. We need someone who can help build the plan, validate the strategy, organize execution, and prepare the business for samples and initial production.

Ideal Candidate

Strong preference for someone with experience in several of the following:

- Fractional President, COO, General Manager, Operating Partner, or similar leadership role
- Startup or early-stage company building
- Luxury furniture, upholstered furniture, smart furniture, motion furniture, electric recliners, adjustable beds, mattresses, sofas, sectionals, or home furnishings
- Golf carts, EV-style carts, low-speed electric vehicles, wheels, rims, tires, automotive accessories, or mechanical/electrical products
- OEM/private-label product development
- China sourcing, RFQs, supplier vetting, and factory coordination
- Dominican Republic, Caribbean, Latin America, or global manufacturing operations
- Toll manufacturing, contract manufacturing, logistics, import/export, and landed-cost analysis
- Dealer, distributor, B2B, retail, hospitality, commercial, wholesale, or sales channel development
- Cost reduction, BOM review, unit economics, dashboards, SOPs, workflows, and accountability systems

Compensation

This is a new startup and the role will be virtual/remote-based starting out, so initial base compensation will be limited in the beginning. However, we are open to building a fair structure that rewards.

We are looking for someone who understands early-stage startup realities and is open to a structure that balances limited starting compensation with upside tied to execution, savings, revenue, and long-term growth.

To Apply

Please include:

- Relevant experience and examples of businesses/operations you helped build or scale
- Experience with furniture, smart furniture, golf carts, wheels/rims/tires, sourcing, manufacturing, logistics, or product-based businesses
- Experience with electrical, mechanized, or technology-integrated products
- How you would approach helping us determine the correct first-phase plan
- How you would help us get organized and ready for initial samples and early production execution
- Proposed deliverables
- Preferred compensation structure

We are looking for someone practical, hands-on, execution-focused, and capable of helping build DanKen Industries from idea → structure → sourcing → samples → production → sales → scale.

Best regards,
Daniel
DanKen Industries