Ketan Shah
Partner at McKinsey & Company
Ketan Shah
Partner at McKinsey & Company
Palatine, Illinois
Overview
Work Experience
Partner; Head SCM Connections; Global co-lead Plan Service line; Lead NA OEP
2021 - Current
Identified shortlist of companies to acquire, completed due diligence, sponsored and led the acquisition of SCM Connections in to McKinsey. Led a successful integration and currently innovating SC digitization offerings to clients - Led a highly impactful bespoke digitization of supply chain for a major advanced industry client transforming all core supply chain areas and creating a "North Star" vision - Led a control tower to mitigate the impact of supply chain disruptions - Continued building of partnership with SC software vendors - Co-Chair of 2 different people committees
Partner; NA lead for Supply Chain Plan Service line; Lead NA OEP (Ops Excellence Program)
2017 - 2022
Leading Supply Chain Planning service line; SC technology alliances with leading SC software vendors; Leading McKinsey's internal training program for operations - Led operations turnaround for Consumer healthcare company - Led SC digital transformation for Food Company and for a Medical product company - Led multi-year transformation in logistics and planning for a medical device company - Led network strategy for a Food and Beverage company
Partner & Deliver service line lead
2013 - 2017
NA Supply Chain leader - Founded and led Physical Flow and Logistics service line (now called Deliver) - Led SC turnaround for a major telecom company, a major cosmetics company - Led post merger integrations for companies in lifesciences industry - Led post merger integration and subsequent synergy capture for companies in Chemical industry - Led merger management for Food and beverage companies and subsequent network strategy
Partner
2011 - 2013
Client development; Led client engagements. Highlights: - SC strategy for whitegoods company - "best project award" - Site strategy for contract manufacturer
Associate Principal
2008 - 2010
Leading multiple engagements across clients and operational topics - Highlights: - Multi-site manufacturing transformation at a Pharmaco - Due diligence, Chemicals distributor - Rapid Supply Chain turnaround for an FMCG company - "worst to first" SC performance
Engagement Manager
2006 - 2008
Led engagements to improve operational performance of many clients, e.g. - Led operational strategy, diagnostic and multi-site transformation of a major pharmaco - Led end to end supply chain transformation for a large distributor including network strategy, warehouse transformation, inventory optimization
Associate
2003 - 2006
Helped several clients, across different industry sectors, solve challenging cross functional business issues
Summer Associate
2002 - 2002
Managing Director
1998 - 2001
Took over as CEO and led the turnaround of the company working creatively with financial institutions
Director
1995 - 1998
Built business case, secured term loan and working capital, designed, built and commissioned new manufacturing plant in record time and under budget
General Manager
1994 - 1995
Ran operations for the company (Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Sales)
Project Engineer
1992 - 1994