Dan Swan | Source | Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company

Dan is the co-leader of the firm’s Operations Practice globally, as well as the managing partner of McKinsey’s Stamford office. He serves manufacturing (e.g., CPG, industrial) and service (e.g., retail, rental companies) clients on end-to-end operations issues across procurement, planning, manufacturing, and logistics. Through his client work and research, he leads the firm’s thinking on operations collaboration.

In his career, Dan has helped global consumer and retail companies identify and achieve deep improvements in their supply chains. His recent work includes helping a leading food manufacturer design and implement an end-to-end supply chain transformation program across multiple business units and regions. The project focused on direct and indirect procurement, manufacturing four-wall performance, and building a more responsive supply chain, spanning network design to planning and inventory management. In the process, more than $500 million in cost reductions were identified and achieved.