YOUR PLUG & PLAY
OPERATIONS TEAM
On-demand external ops team, for £2m to £30m+ mission-driven organisations.
You're growing, but your operations can't keep up!
We are the first European operations partner built on an on-demand model, the external ops team behind £2m to £30m+ mission-driven organisations.
We bring together expert operators and smart systems to build and scale your operational backbone.
One point of contact, we manage the rest.
Operating model, processes, systems, automation, and supply chain handled so you can scale.
Are your ops strong enough to scale?
Results
Improved EBITDA (+5 points), tightened cash flow (-80% AR balance reduced) and reduced COGS despite rising costs (-6%)
GLOBAL D2C PERSONAL GROWTH BRAND, £10M REVENUE
Rapidly increased production capacity by +30%, improved operational efficiency +25%, and strengthened sustainability performance across sourcing and materials, enabling growth without operational strain.
HIGH-GROWTH SUSTAINABLE ORAL CARE BRAND, £20M REVENUE
Replaced fragmented tools with an integrated ERP, CRM, and finance stack, automating reporting and freeing the ops team from manual work.
B2B SAAS COMPANY, £12M REVENUE
Solving Ops challenges for mission driven companies
Testimonials
"We were stretched by our own success, demand had outgrown our operations. The Ops Engine helped us quickly unlock capacity, put the right people in place, and strengthen sustainability practices across the supply chain, from recyclable materials to more efficient operations."
Mark Rushmore | Co-Founder SURI | Sustainable Rituals
“We were scaling fast but our ops couldn't keep up. In one quarter, The Ops Engine rebuilt our operational backbone, strengthening finances, tightening cashflow, reducing COGS, and delivering six-figure savings. Most impressive was how quickly they brought structure, accountability, and direction across the organisation.”
Alex Ikonn | Founder, CEO of Intelligent Change
Our services
—> Monthly retainer from £2.5k a month
Operations Partner for Scaling Brands
We scale operations for mission-driven brands from £2M to £20M.
We go deep into how your business actually runs, then build the operating backbone it needs to grow, across business operations, revenue systems, finance controls and supply chain.
New services
Operational sustainability
We embed sustainability into your supply chain and operations as a growth lever. From sourcing and logistics to reporting frameworks that satisfy investors and customers.
Ops leader coaching
For ops directors and chiefs of staff ready to step into a COO role. We work with you on the skills that close the gap, leadership presence, financial fluency, and hands-on operational review. £800/month, four sessions included
AI automated supply chain
We design and implement AI-driven supply chain automation for scaling consumer goods businesses — so you forecast accurately, reorder automatically, and stop firefighting stock.
We turn ambition into execution.
Whether you’re defining structure, scaling systems, or aligning your team, The Ops Engine™ makes operational excellence inevitable through focus, frameworks, strong margins, resilient supply chains, and processes.
On-demand expertise without the cost, delay, or complexity.
Cost-effective
No recruitment fees, no NI, no long-term overhead. You invest in outcomes, not headcount.
Built for scale
We don’t just plug gaps, we build the systems, structure, and discipline required to take you from growth to true scalability.
Seamless execution
One point of contact. We diagnose, build, and run your operations, managing people, projects, and priorities so you don’t have to.
Flexible by design
Scale up, scale back, or stop entirely. No lock-in, no risk, just what the business needs, when it needs it.
Right expertise, right time
The right expert, at the right moment, whether that's an automation specialist, a demand planner, or a COGS expert.
One model. Lower cost. Built to scale with you.
Consultants diagnose and hand you a deck. Fractional COOs embed in your meetings and culture, but stretch one person across every gap. The Ops Engine™ builds and runs your operational backbone, supply chain, finance, systems, governance, then steps back. Senior oversight, specialist execution, on-demand.