James McIntosh

About James McIntosh

Senior Operations Executive with over 25 years of experience in building, operating and consulting to successful businesses from startups to Fortune 50 firms. Background includes full P&L responsibility and management of large, complex teams. Excellent team building and change management skills.Significant Accomplishments• Proven history of building and growing successful businesses• History of creating supply chain/operations strategies that yield immediate and long-term gains• Experienced change management leader with experience in complex organizational environments• Highly skilled in training and mentoring team members to reach their highest potentialOperational Expertise• Co-founded startup professional services firm and launched two practice areas. Over 9 years, grew practice to over $20 million in revenue and 55 consultants. Provided management oversight to the firm including HR Strategy, Professional Development and Training, Organization Design and Profitability/Staffing Models. Negotiated leases, revolving line of credit and IT Strategy• Private Equity operations responsible for pre-acquisition due diligence, operational improvement and IPO preparation for portfolio companies. Responsibilities included assessment and implementation of improvements to organization, manufacturing operations, supply chain operations and workforce strategy.• Operating executive responsible for redesign and relaunch of contracting organization with over 2,800 resources and responsibility for over $50 billion in annual spend• Operating executive responsible for establishing and running overall Strategic Sourcing program including governance structure, policies and processes to support program with more than $40 billion in spendCore Responsibilities• Corporate Strategy/Planning• Operations• Supply Chain• Human Capital Planning• Information Technology • Corporate Governance• Strategic Sourcing• Procurement

Experience

1. Managing Director, Supply Chain Management Practice

   Advanced Operations Partners

   Jan 2026 — Present · Austin, TX, US

   I am a Senior Operations Executive with over 25 years of experience in building, operating and consulting to successful businesses from startups to Private Equity to Fortune 50 firms. My clients look to me to drive complex Supply Chain and Operations transformations linked to significant value creation.As Managing Director, I lead AOP’s Supply Chain Management Practice, a core service line that provides expert consultants / teams, interim leaders, and executive placements to help our clients solve their supply chain challenges and capture sustainable benefits from strategic sourcing / procurement, network optimization, manufacturing effectiveness, sales & operations planning (S & OP), and warehouse operations.AOP is a global consulting and talent management firm founded in 2005 with main offices in Chicago, IL. Built over the past ~20 years, the AOP worldwide expert network has over independent consultants, interim leaders, and senior executives readily available to fuel our clients\' performance transformations, including but not limited to mergers/carve-outs, supply chain optimization, SG & A streamlining, and ERP implementations.

Education

• Harvard University

  BA, Computer Science

• MIT Sloan School of Management

  MBA, Strategy and Operations

Skills

• Management Consulting
• Business Strategy
• Strategy
• Negotiation
• Process Improvement
• Change Management
• Supply Chain
• Strategic Planning
• Acquisition Integration
• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Benchmarking
• Strategic Sourcing
• Consulting
• Business Transformation
• Start-Ups
• Organizational Design
• Business Process Improvement
• Performance Improvement
• Procurement
• Operational Excellence
• IT Strategy
• Leadership
• Management
• Contract Management
• Outsourcing