Supply Chain Consulting

Supply Chain Consulting – Optimize for Maximum Efficiency

Strengthen your operational processes with Toptal’s Supply Chain Consulting services. From integrating advanced technologies to implementing strategic improvements, our consultants will help you develop an agile, efficient, and resilient supply chain that can overcome challenges, reduce costs, and enhance your operational performance.

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Clients Served

35,000+

Total Vetted Professionals

30,000+

Toptal Total Projects Delivered

85,000+

Years in Business

15+

TRUSTED BY LEADING BRANDS

Our Services

Toptal Supply Chain Consulting Services

Drive profitable growth, reduce costs, and minimize risks with Toptal’s Supply Chain Consulting services.

Supply Chain Strategy Consulting

Transform your supply chain strategy to align with business priorities, boost resilience, and achieve sustainable growth.

Logistics Optimization

Streamline logistics operations to reduce costs and improve delivery times, enhancing overall supply chain efficiency.

Supplier Management

Enhance supplier relationships and performance with effective supplier management and collaboration.

Digital Supply Chain Solutions

Leverage advanced digital technologies to enhance supply chain visibility, agility, and performance.

Supply Chain Design

Design efficient, cost-effective supply chains that enhance responsiveness and meet evolving customer demands.

Procurement Consulting

Optimize procurement processes to achieve cost savings and ensure timely availability of raw materials and components.

Supply Chain Analytics

Utilize advanced analytics to gain essential insights into supply chain performance and drive continuous improvement.

Inventory Management

Optimize inventory levels and improve forecast accuracy to ensure availability and minimize carrying costs.

Supply Chain Risk Management

Mitigate risks with proactive supply chain risk management strategies to ensure resilience and continuity.

Supply Chain Operations Consulting

Streamline operations and supply chain processes to maximize efficiency and reduce unnecessary costs.

Warehouse Management

Implement effective warehouse management strategies to improve storage efficiency and reduce handling times.

Production Planning

Enhance production planning to align with demand forecasts, minimizing downtime and maximizing resource utilization.

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PARTNERSHIP THAT WORKS

How We Deliver Supply Chain Consulting Services

Our supply chain consulting team, with experience at leading companies, will work with you to develop and deploy tailored solutions that meet your business needs and unique industry demands, providing you with sustainable results and long-term success.

Discover

A leader from our team works with you to understand your business challenges, pain points, and strategic goals to uncover new opportunities and identify the options to reach your objectives.

Define

Toptal leaders collaborate with your team to define your specific goals and service needs, evaluating multiple approaches and aligning requirements with your strategic objectives to define the best solution.

Develop

Once your service is defined and you have your talent or team on board, they will create your unique project timeline, process, and initial proposals; whether it’s redesigning logistics networks or optimizing inventory management for enhanced supply chain efficiency.

Deploy

Toptal will get to work, tracking quality assurance, handling project management, and maintaining the delivery schedule.

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Matthew McNaghten

Business Strategy and Finance Consulting Practice Lead

As Toptal’s Business Strategy and Finance Consulting Practice Lead, Matt focuses on helping clients address critical issues and drive value across their enterprises. He brings 35 years of senior-level consulting experience, having held leadership roles at Cognizant, Accenture, IBM, and Deloitte.As Toptal’s Business Strategy and Finance Consulting Practice Lead, Matt focuses on helping clients address critical issues and drive value across their enterprises. He brings 35 years of senior-level consulting experience, having held leadership roles at Cognizant, Accenture, IBM, and Deloitte.

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CUSTOMIZED SOLUTIONS

Supply Chain Consulting Services That Deliver Value

Toptal delivers leading supply chain consulting through its diverse talent network and flexible delivery models. We implement the right skills at each project phase, blending expertise from various roles for seamless execution.

End-to-End Delivery by Toptal
On-demand Talent and Teams

End-to-End Delivery by Toptal

Comprehensive project delivery, tailored to your specific requirements.

Business Strategy and Finance Consulting Practice Lead

Delivery Manager

Supply Chain Consultant

Operations Consultant

Operational Excellence Consultant

Strategy and Operations Consultant

Supply Chain Consultant

Procurement Consultant

Matthew McNaghten

Business Strategy and Finance Consulting Practice Lead

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Experience

35+ Years

Rachael Karaffa

Delivery Manager

Rachael serves as a Delivery Manager at Toptal with a focus on leading diverse global teams in developing innovative solutions for our clients. She works across multiple disciplines, including technology, marketing, and management consulting. Rachael specializes in managing people and client relationships, process optimization, and driving teams toward optimal business outcomes.

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Experience

9+ Years

John Lee

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

18+ Years

of Experience

Supply Chain Consultant

John is a highly commercial, entrepreneurial leader who speaks six languages. His proudest achievement was founding his own travel technology startup, CultureMee, which won global awards in business and leisure travel. He is also proud to have led a Europe-wide, cross-functional supply chain project, which drove a €40 million savings for CRH Plc, one of the largest construction companies in the world.

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Jakub Rehor

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

29+ Years

of Experience

Operations Consultant

Jakub has worked as a McKinsey consultant and portfolio manager at Third Avenue, a legendary multibillion-dollar value fund, leading investments, advising on acquisitions, and performing valuations for companies across geographies and sectors. A Yale graduate, he possesses extensive expertise in assessment, strategy development, and investment analysis. Jakub loves to help his clients with valuation, operations, and strategy.

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Barbara Close

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

36+ Years

of Experience

Operational Excellence Consultant

As a former KPMG and PwC consultant and Fortune 1000 executive, Barbara has collaborated with CXOs in diverse industries for 36+ years. She has diversified industry expertise across consumer and industrial products and services, manufacturing, logistics, e-commerce, retail, and technology, which gives her a multi-dimensional approach to problem-solving. Functionally, her work has spanned core operations and front- and back-office processes. Barbara is a mechanical engineer and Kellogg MBA.

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Ruyi Jiang

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

13+ Years

of Experience

Strategy and Operations Consultant

A Brown graduate with an MBA from Emory, Ruyi has more than 13 years of tier 1 consulting experience across strategy, transformation, and M&A in Australia and the US. She has developed a GTM strategy for Origin.

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Neel Augusthy

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

28+ Years

of Experience

Supply Chain Consultant

Neel is a finance leader and change agent with 28+ years of experience and a track record of impact in Fortune 50 companies. He has driven transformations to the tune of $250 million, EBITDA uplift of $100 million+, and sustainable change by managing mandates in multinationals, SMEs, and startups. Neel is adept at navigating across countries, regions, and cultures, and he brings an entrepreneurial and creative mindset, drive, and passion to design and execute win-win solutions for his clients.

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Arun Venkatesh

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

18+ Years

of Experience

Procurement Consultant

Arun has been working as a freelance consultant since 2018 and has 18+ years of experience contributing as an analyst on both buy- and sell-side engagements across various industries. His key analytical strengths are a clear articulation of business fundamentals, financial modeling, enterprise and equity valuation of companies, and bespoke market research. Throughout his career, Arun has been part of fundraisings amounting to over $100 million of capital.

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On-demand Talent and Teams

30,000+ vetted professionals, ready to deploy individually or in teams.

Supply Chain Consultant

Operations Consultant

Business Transformation Consultant

Strategy and Operations Consultant

Operations Consultant

Supply Chain Consultant

Business Transformation Consultant

Procurement Consultant

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

17+ Years

of Experience

Supply Chain Consultant

Rajeev is a strategy and operations consultant with 17+ years of experience delivering value-enhancement projects across industries for Fortune 500 companies. He drives profitability and cost-saving initiatives by transforming supply chain ecosystems. He specializes in supply chain and operations improvement, M&A day-1 readiness, and post-merger synergy capture and integration. Rajeev is also an expert in data analytics, modeling and visualization, and program management.

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Verified Expert in Management Consulting

26+ Years

of Experience

Operations Consultant

Rich is an award-winning leader specializing in answering his clients’ business growth, operations, and change management questions with innovative techniques. He has more than 26 years of experience in business development, operations, management, and market strategy, working with private equity and Fortune 100 companies like Kroger, Cigna, and Blue Cross Blue Shield. Lately, Rich has founded DART, an organization focusing on innovative digital health solutions.

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Verified Expert in Project Management

27+ Years

of Experience

Business Transformation Consultant

Mihai is a seasoned program and project manager and transformation consultant with extensive experience in digital transformation, process optimization, automation, software development, and technology integration. He strategically navigates change and manages senior relationships within tier 1 banks, global blue-chip companies, and startups. He restructures troubled projects, solves problems, and devises operating models and Agile methodologies, fostering collaboration and long-term success.

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Verified Expert in Management Consulting

14+ Years

of Experience

Strategy and Operations Consultant

Gustavo is an expert in management consulting with extensive experience working with digital native tech companies and retail, energy, and telecom corporations. He combines strong analytical, abstract thinking, and problem-solving skills with a remarkable capacity to intersect strategic, product, and commercial perspectives.

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Verified Expert in Management Consulting

16+ Years

of Experience

Operations Consultant

Theodore is the founder and managing principal of Healthy Growth Advisory, a boutique consulting firm providing strategic and financial advisory services to health and wellness companies and investors. After cultivating his strategy and private equity expertise at Bain, Charlesbank, and Wharton's MBA, Teddy has advised over 40 innovative H&W companies like Precision Nutrition (health education), MDVIP (preventive primary care), True Food Kitchen (healthy eating), and Talkspace (mental health).

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Verified Expert in Management Consulting

30+ Years

of Experience

Supply Chain Consultant

Rick is a business strategy, financial planning, and operations expert with more than 30 years of experience as a chief operating and strategy officer and a Big 5 management consultant. He has led three company turnarounds, including one for a $500 million multinational firm, growing revenue by 28% and increasing profitability by 21% within two years. Leveraging his experience with companies of all sizes and across industries, Rick is willing to start delivering value and results in new projects.

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Verified Expert in Management Consulting

12+ Years

of Experience

Business Transformation Consultant

Aishwarya is an SPJIMR and Cornell exchange MBA graduate in finance with 12+ years of experience in strategy, business planning, and financial services. She has collaboratively built an early-stage startup from scratch, worked with industry leaders like Deloitte, and is adept in financial modeling, asset optimization, and business transformations. Aishwarya appreciates the opportunity to work remotely with passionate entrepreneurs and management teams to unlock growth in their organizations.

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Verified Expert in Management Consulting

28+ Years

of Experience

Business Transformation Consultant

Desmond is a change and transformation leader experienced across a range of industries. For more than two decades, he’s architected and guided change initiatives for corporations, governments, higher education, and nonprofits. This work involves processes and technologies, but at the core, people are those who determine project success or failure. Desmond brings field-proven methods and tools to help senior leadership, program directors, and project teams achieve success.

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Verified Expert in Management Consulting

14+ Years

of Experience

Procurement Consultant

Reid partners with executives to quickly uncover new value by transforming their operating models and organizations. In his decade of experience at two of the largest international consulting firms, he has worked with CEOs, CFOs, and CHROs on operating model and organizational assessments, organizational redesigns, shared services transitions, and digital transformations. Reid has helped executives identify more than $350 million in cost savings and more than $600 million in revenue uplift.

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UNRIVALED EXPERTISE

Our Talent Has Worked With Top Companies

Having previously worked with these leading global companies, our talent brings valuable insights and expertise to deliver world-class outcomes.

WHY ORGANIZATIONS CHOOSE US

Toptal in Action

Discover the cutting-edge benefits our clients enjoy with the global Toptal network.

Toptal helps a Fortune 50 CPG company navigate supply chain hurdles for its first successful D2C launch.

Challenge: A global Fortune 50 CPG firm had tried and failed to successfully establish a D2C model. Its previous attempts had proved too costly and did not resonate with customers.

Outcome: By mapping the D2C journey intricately, Toptal curated solutions for complex supply chain hurdles, inventory issues, and market fit, paving the way for scalable D2C strategies.

Impact: With Toptal, the client debuted a D2C model, reducing operational costs significantly and acquiring crucial customer data for tailored market segmentation.

Toptal Ranked #1 Most Reliable Professional Services Company in America

Newsweek and Statista’s rankings were based on an independent survey of more than 2,400 decision-makers at Fortune 500s.

IBM — Newsweek's Most Reliable Companies in America 2026 ranking. Toptal is ranked #11, the highest-ranked professional services firm.

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Methodology for the Rankings

How likely the respondent is to recommend the selected company to others.

Measures the convenience of interaction with the company and efficiency of processes.

Measures the company’s cost-effectiveness and quality relative to price.

Measures whether the company consistently meets or exceeds expectations in quality and timeliness of deliverables.

Measures the company’s ability to consistently fulfill commitments and maintain customer trust.

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OUR THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Explore Insights From the Supply Chain Field

Read the latest articles and resources to keep you current on emerging trends in operations, supply chain, and more.

Planning for Supply Chain Uncertainty: A New Framework to Guide Strategic Action in Manufacturing

Unpredictability has become the norm in manufacturing supply chains. Use this diagnostic framework to evaluate structural risk and prioritize strategic actions that build lasting resilience.

Michael Valocchi

35 Years of Experience

Michael is a management consulting and client advisory leader with experience at IBM, PwC, Cognizant, and Toptal. Over the course of his career, he has designed and directed consulting practices, including serving as head of consulting for the Americas at Cognizant, where he advised leaders across sectors such as telecommunications, media, and energy and utilities. Michael holds a BS in accounting from St. Joseph’s University and has completed advanced management programs at Harvard, Columbia, and Emory universities. He also serves as a guest lecturer at Columbia University and Baruch College.

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