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Maria Goodpaster

Expert Expert Associate PartnerMiami

Advises product-centric clients on procurement, product development, product design, cost reduction, and growth through product excellence

Maria is an expert associate partner in our Miami office where she serves product-centric companies primarily on topics including procurement, product development, product design, cost reduction, and growth through product 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

PAST EXPERIENCE

Bain & Company
Summer associate

Deere & Company
Supply chain management specialist
Supplier-quality engineer

The Hershey Company
Industrial engineering co-op

EDUCATION

Harvard Business School
MBA

Kettering University
BS, industrial engineering