This is a profile image of Maria Goodpaster

Maria Goodpaster

Associate PartnerSeattle

Advises product-centric companies across sectors on procurement, product development, margin transformation, and growth through operations excellence

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

PAST EXPERIENCE

Deere & Company
Supplier-quality engineer

The Hershey Company
Industrial engineering co-op

EDUCATION

Harvard Business School
MBA

Kettering University
BS, industrial engineering