Maria is an associate partner in our Seattle office and a leader in McKinsey’s Operations Practice. She services product-centric companies in the high tech and industrial sectors across a broad range of operations topics, including procurement, R&D, product development, design to value, cost reduction, and growth through operations excellence.
Examples of Maria‘s recent work include the following:
- operating model and manufacturing location diagnostic at leading consumer durables company
- leading cash transformation with a focus on engineering R&D and long-term inventory for a large industrials client
- engineering R&D resource modeling and spend forecast for electric drive development at an automotive tier 1 driveline supplier
- spearheading next-generation procurement cost-reduction effort through complex request for proposals and best-in-class negotiations for leading consumer-packaged-goods company
- overseeing procurement strategy for a leading hotel franchise conglomerate
- executing next-generation procurement transformation for a global power tools company
- managing product development excellence transformation for diesel engine manufacturer
- leading procurement-focused cost reduction programs in data center hardware with hyperscalers
- spearheading a design-to-value and procurement program for a cutting-edge eVTOL player