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Eli can walk into a turnaround situation, correctly diagnose the real bottleneck, and move to solutions that generate measurable value fast.”
Anthony BarberOperating PartnerRed Arts Capital

Serving food, beverage, and consumer products manufacturers across the U.S.

Growing pains break operations before they break anything else.

You already know something has to change. What's harder is knowing who's safe to trust with it. Hill-Fin Collective is a hands-on operating partner — not a consultant — led by Elijah Finister: 25+ years running plants and standing beside founders and owners through the growth that broke what got them here.

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Where is growth breaking your operation?
What’s usually underneath

Capacity planning hasn’t kept pace with sales. The limit is usually one line, one shift, or one co-packer, and nobody has named it yet.

What Eli has delivered
10x

revenue growth supported through a manufacturing scale-up

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The Difference

A consultant hands you a strategy and an invoice. A partner stays until it works.

What You've Probably Experienced
  • A team of analysts who've never run a shift
  • A 90-slide deck, then radio silence
  • Gone the moment the invoice clears
How Hill-Fin Works
  • Eli walks the floor himself, every engagement, every time
  • Solutions built for your team to run, not admire in a binder
  • Stays until the system holds, then hands it off clean
Elijah Finister, founder of Hill-Fin Collective
About

Meet Elijah “Eli” Finister

Eli has spent more than twenty-five years inside manufacturing and supply chain operations, turning struggling plants and supply chains into ones that run safely, predictably, and profitably. He has done it as a plant leader on the floor and as a COO in the boardroom, and in 2026 he founded Hill-Fin Collective to bring that experience to the owners and founders who need it most.

Operations leadership at

PepsiCoThe Coca-Cola CompanyBPShell Oil ProductsClean Harbors

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Get In Touch

Let's talk about what's really on the line.

Whether you're scaling past your current systems, walking into a turnaround, or just tired of not knowing who to trust with any of it — I'd like to hear about it. No pitch, no sales team. Just a conversation with the person who'd actually do the work.

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