Rosanna Lim

About Rosanna Lim

As a Principal at Kearney in the Healthcare and Life Sciences Practice, I bring over a decade of experience driving enterprise transformation for global biopharma, medtech, and healthcare provider organizations. I partner with senior executives to solve high-impact challenges across procurement, R&D, supply chain, and operations—translating strategy into execution in some of the industry’s most complex environments.My work spans the full value chain, from reshaping operating models and leading post-merger integrations to optimizing external partnerships and enabling product development. I’ve led large-scale, cross-functional teams, managed global initiatives, and consistently delivered measurable results.With a background as a biotech research scientist and advanced degrees in chemical engineering and business from MIT, I bridge science and strategy with analytical depth, technical fluency, and a passion for solving meaningful healthcare challenges.

Experience

1. Principal

   Kearney

   Jul 2021 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   Experienced management consultant and trusted advisor to leaders across biopharma, medtech, and healthcare provider organizations. I lead high-impact strategy and operations initiatives that accelerate innovation, unlock enterprise value, and enable long-term growth. My work spans procurement, R&D, supply chain, and operations — bridging deep technical expertise with business acumen to drive strategic decision-making.Representative experience includes:~ Launched and scaled Kearney’s global supply chain risk management offering (PRISM), owning end-to-end development of strategy, service design, and proprietary tech platform~ Unlocked millions in pharmaceutical R&D cost savings by redesigning partnership strategy with external research partners, uniting Procurement and R&D around shared value creation goals.~ Drove early synergy capture post-merger for two major pharmaceutical companies by identifying R&D integration opportunities and executing rapid supplier renegotiations within the first 100 days.~ Led critical COVID-19 response efforts for a large network, securing PPE, optimizing ventilator allocation, and developing real-time dashboards to guide surgical reentry.~ Redesigned distribution strategy for a healthcare distributor, recommending a restructured warehousing footprint and service model that reduced costs, improved reliability, and supported EBITDA growth.~ Defined GTM strategy for a new life sciences data and analytics platform, crafting a differentiated value proposition, 5-year revenue model, and commercialization roadmap.

Education

• MIT Sloan School of Management

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

• University of California, Berkeley

  Bachelor’s Degree, Chemical Engineering

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Chemical Engineering

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Master’s Degree, Chemical Engineering