Biography

Kirk Waldrop is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal’s supply chain practice within the corporate performance improvement group, bringing more than more than 27 years of experience to the role, specializing in supply chain transformation and end-to-end operational improvement. Waldrop’s domain expertise includes distribution and manufacturing operations and technology, facility design, last mile delivery operations (including direct-to-store and direct-to-consumer), omni-channel, reverse logistics,  field service operations, cost-to-serve improvement, customer segmentation, 3PL sourcing and implementation, and supply chain risk management. Waldrop’s industry experience spans consumer goods, retail and apparel, industrial manufacturing, food and beverage, telecommunications, automotive aftermarket, field service operations, and 3rd party logistics.

Prior to joining A&M, Waldrop was a Managing Director within Grant Thornton’s supply chain practice – specializing in end-to-end supply chain transformation for corporate and private equity clients. He previously served as Vice President, Supply Chain Operations at Chainalytics, LLC, a boutique supply chain consulting firm. Waldrop was a Senior Associate with Booz Allen Hamilton’s Supply Chain & Logistics Team where he focused on complex supply chain and logistics solutions for Department of Defense clients, led the Homeland Security Logistics market and later started and led the Space Logistics market. Waldrop earned his bachelor of science degree in industrial engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and an MBA and an MS in Logistics and Transportation from the University of Maryland.