COO JOB DESCRIPTION:
SSBD / 26F — Fractional COO → COO (“Integrator”)
A Rare Operator Role for a Builder Who Wants to Create Wealth, Not Just Earn a Salary
Location: Paterson, NJ
Compensation: Paid Trial (hybrid location) → Full-Time w/ Significant Upside (including move allowance)
Portfolio: 26F Brand House (Crazy Cups + Challenger CPG Brands)
Type: Fractional-to-Full-Time (90–180 Day Trial)
Status: Accepting Candidates
Who We Are
26 Flavors is the parent company behind SSBD (www.ssbdistribution.com), a challenger-brand engine building profitable, digital-first beverage brands. We operate several beloved, high-volume CPG/e-commerce brands and are structurally designed to:
Build brands → Scale them → Position them for exit → Repeat.
We are self-funded, margin-driven, and exceptionally scrappy — with the long-term goal of taking an already 8-figure portfolio into a 9-figure system within 5 years.
We build brands differently.
We operate differently.
We win differently.
Who You Are (The Integrator)
You are a Wartime GM at heart — a calm, structured, financially minded operator who has successfully helped scale a $40M–$200M CPG/e-comm brand and is now ready to take a portfolio from: 8 figures → 9 figures. You’re not a corporate COO.
You’re not a theorist. You’re not a PowerPoint narrator. You’re the person who:
- Cuts through chaos
- Installs systems
- Builds predictability
- Takes full ownership
- Turns noise into organization
- Turns forecasts into reality
- Turns brands into assets
Most importantly — you are energized by the idea of meaningful upside tied directly to the value you help create.
- Turns brands into assets
Most importantly — you are energized by the idea of meaningful upside tied directly to the value you help create.
What This Role Actually Is
This is a Fractional COO → Full-Time COO path designed to attract someone who wants to be: A partner in building a portfolio of challenger brands worth selling — not just an employee. You will:
- Own the operational and financial engine of SSBD
- Bring discipline, predictability, and calm to a fast-moving environment
- Take a strong existing business and make it run like a real machine
- Build the systems that turn brands into saleable assets
- Lead with kindness, clarity, and accountability
- Reduce friction, drama, and escalation
- Free the CEO to focus on big opportunities, partnerships, and brand building
- Create a culture people want to win in
This is an operator’s role, not a manager’s role.
The First 90–180 Days (Paid Trial)
The paid trial is simple, clear, and fair — a structured way for us to evaluate mutual fit. Your Mandate: Install the systems that create profitable, predictable months. During the trial, you will:
- Own the forecast like a CFO
- Install meeting cadences and KPIs
- Implement the Owner > Contributor accountability model
- Stabilize operations
- Reduce escalations
- Deliver a predictable P&L
- Provide a clean weekly Noise Shield summary (minimalist CEO update)
- Deliver the first scorecard for Crazy Cups
Your Long-Term Impact (Full-Time COO)
Once converted, you will:
- Own the entire 26F operating system
- Build brand-level scorecards (Crazy Cups + others)
- Prepare brands for buyer-grade due diligence
- Build the operational template for brand exits
- Maintain forecast accuracy at 98%+
- Create a culture of accountability, clarity, and optimism
- Lead the transition from “scrappy” → “scalable”
- Help take 26F from 8 figures → 9 figures
- Build value that results in real, meaningful upside
Compensation & Upside (High Level)
We do NOT publish financials publicly — but here is what we can say: Paid Trial (Fractional COO): Paterson/remote Hybrid
- Monthly stipend
- Paid engagement (90–180 days)
Full-Time COO Compensation: Paterson, NJ
- Competitive base salary
- Move stipend
- Performance incentives tied to 26F cash flow
- Value Share Units tied to brand exits
- Upside structured around the value you help create
- Clear vesting path (time + performance)
- Payout tied to sale announcement (not sale close)
- Required post-exit transition period to unlock payout
This is a role for someone who wants to build real wealth — not just collect a paycheck.
What Success Looks Like
You’ll thrive here if you:
- Love structure
- Love clarity
- Love systems
- Love creating calm
- Love building something real
- Love turning chaos into order
- Love data
- Love accountability
- Love growth
- Love small team energy
- Love operational excellence
- Love being the person who “just gets it done”
And you’ll succeed if you believe:
“Profitable, predictable operations are the path to big vision.”
Who You’ll Work With
You will be the #2 operator across 26F, working directly with:
- CEO (Visionary)
- Ops Alignment Lead
- Controller
- Fractional CFO Team
- Amazon / DTC / Ops
Your authority will be respected — because your systems will make everyone’s jobs easier.
How to Apply
This role is not for everyone — and that’s the point.
If you are a calm, financially minded, system-building Integrator who wants to step into the most meaningful operator role of your career, we’d like to talk. To apply: Send your:
- Resume
- 2–3 sentences on why you thrive in fast-moving environments
- 1 example of a P&L you’ve owned or transformed
- Your favorite problem you’ve ever solved as an operator
Please email the following to: careers@ssbdistribution.com
Final Note
If you are the right operator, this will be the most rewarding role of your career.
You’ll help build brands that people love. You’ll architect the systems that power a portfolio. You’ll create real wealth through value creation. You’ll work with a CEO who deeply respects structure, clarity, and accountability. And you’ll help grow 26F from an 8-figure engine to a 9-figure brand builder.
