Manufacturing
Contract, industrial and discrete manufacturers where cost, capacity and margin discipline drive the business.
Services
Three capabilities. One firm.
Stature is an integrated executive search, staffing, and advisory firm serving the middle market. Engage one capability or all three — and add another later without starting over with a new firm.
01 — Executive Search
The right leader for your company.
Permanent leadership hires for the middle market, on a retained or contingent basis depending on the seniority of the role, the confidentiality required, and how the market for that skill set behaves.
We recruit against the reality of your business: the culture, the operating pace, the stage of growth, and what the next 18 months require. A strong résumé and a polished interview are not enough — we assess judgment, operating partnership, and execution, and we say plainly when someone looks the part but is unlikely to perform in your environment.
Representative positions: Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, VP of Finance, Controller, VP of Human Resources, VP of Operations, Plant Manager, and Director-level finance, HR and operations leadership.
- Retained & contingent search
- C-suite & senior roles
- PE portfolio leadership
- Succession & growth hires
02 — Staffing
Flexible talent, in the work quickly.
Stature provides interim leadership, contract and project professionals, temp-to-hire placement, payrolling support, and direct hire staffing for clients that need capacity now.
We help companies cover leadership gaps, support growth, staff a systems implementation or a busy season, manage transitions, and keep critical work moving. The standard is simple: place people who contribute quickly, operate responsibly, and leave the business in better shape than they found it.
Functional coverage: Finance & Accounting; Human Resources; Operations & Project Support; and selected Light Industrial & manufacturing roles.
- Interim leadership
- Contract & project talent
- Temp-to-hire & payrolling
- Interim-to-permanent bridge
03 — Strategy
The work a hire alone cannot do.
We support leadership teams through the moments that shape enterprise value: turnaround and restructuring, liquidity and cash management, finance transformation, transaction support, operating improvement, and interim or fractional leadership.
This is not a binder of recommendations handed off for someone else to implement. Our advisors have sat in the seat — managing cash, boards, lenders, teams, and hard decisions with little room for error. We stay close until the plan is clear, the work is moving, and the fix holds.
- 13-week cash-flow forecasting and management
- Turnaround & restructuring
- Finance transformation
- Transaction support & readiness
One Firm
Why these capabilities work better together.
A search often surfaces a problem a hire alone will not solve. A strategy engagement needs an operator strong enough to carry the plan. Staffing keeps the work moving while the permanent answer is found. When those pieces sit with different vendors, the seams are where progress stalls.
Clients can engage Stature for Search, Staffing, or Strategy independently — and most start with one. The advantage of an integrated firm is the ability to add another capability when the situation calls for it, without briefing a new firm from scratch.
Where We Work
Built around the middle market
Michigan-rooted, national reach. Our work concentrates in industries where operating detail matters and leadership benches are thin.
Industrial services
Distribution, logistics, field service and asset-intensive operators managing labor, utilization and working capital.
Private equity portfolio companies
Sponsor-backed businesses building the leadership team the thesis requires, integrating acquisitions, or preparing for exit.
Family-owned businesses
Second- and third-generation companies professionalizing operations, planning succession, or moving beyond founder-led decision making.
Founder-led growth companies
Businesses adding their first CFO, HR leader or operations executive as scale outruns the original team.
Professional services
Firms whose value sits in people, where a leadership hire changes client outcomes directly.
Questions
Picking the right starting point
Can we engage Stature for only one service?
Yes. Clients engage Stature for Search, Staffing, or Strategy independently, and most start with one. Nothing is bundled and nothing is conditional. The advantage of an integrated firm is that if the situation changes, you can add another capability without starting over with a new firm.
What's the difference between search and staffing?
Search places a permanent leader chosen for your culture and the next few years of the business. Staffing supplies interim leaders and project professionals who can often start within days to hold a seat and keep the work moving. The two run together well — staffing covers the role while the search finds the long-term answer.
When should we bring in an interim CFO or CEO?
When a critical seat is empty or misaligned during a window that cannot wait — a sudden departure, a period of rapid growth, a systems implementation, a restructuring, or a sale process. An interim leader carries the work now and keeps the permanent search from being rushed into a compromise.
Do you work with private equity portfolio companies?
Yes. We work directly with sponsors and their portfolio companies — placing operating executives, staffing interim coverage, and advising through value creation, integration and exit.
Not sure where to start?
That's what the first call is for. Tell us what's happening, and we'll tell you straight whether it's a search, an interim leader, a strategy mandate — or more than one at once.
A member of the Stature team will respond within one business day.