Staffing benchmark · Operations

Operations leadership as a share of operations staff

Across 4 named companies in 1 industry, the median is 6.9% % of operations, from 4.4% at The Kraft Heinz Company to 7.4% at International Flavors & Fragrances. Quartiles are published at 8 or more companies; this cut has 4.

named companies with a value

6.9%

median, % of operations

Food & CPG

Quartiles. Lean and heavy quartiles for this metric are in the $150 cut.

Definition

The question. What share of operations staff work in operations leadership?

How it is computed. Operations leadership headcount ÷ operations headcount × 100.

Counts people whose title places them in the function: an exact count for the org and a floor for the process, since someone in another function may perform part of it.

Also called: operations.

Food & CPG companies

Across 4 food & CPG companies, the median is 6.9% % of operations, from 4.4% at The Kraft Heinz Company to 7.4% at International Flavors & Fragrances. Quartiles are published at 8 or more companies; this cut has 4.

Measured: named-profile census of every person in the function, grossed up for coverage, as of June 2026. The food & CPG benchmark.

Company	Ticker	Operations leadership headcount	Operations headcount	Employees	Revenue, $B	% of operations	Provenance
Ingredion	INGR	paid	paid	11,200	7.22	paid	measured
International Flavors & Fragrances	IFF	paid	paid	21,500	10.89	paid	measured
McCormick & Company	MKC	paid	paid	14,100	6.84	paid	measured
The Kraft Heinz Company	KHC	paid	paid	35,000	24.94	paid	measured

Company values and headcounts are in the $150 cut.

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