Allen Carpenter

Allen Carpenter specializes in supply chain, transportation and operational excellence. Mr. Carpenter has more than 15 years of experience helping organizations optimize supply chains, transportation networks and operations across the manufacturing, technology, automotive, retail and apparel, and energy industries. He also has extensive international experience supporting clients throughout North and South America, Europe and Asia.

Mr. Carpenter advises clients on supply chain strategy, transportation optimization, warehousing and distribution, network design, inventory management and working capital improvement. His experience includes operational due diligence, third-party logistics (“3PL”) strategy, organizational redesign, systems implementation and business intelligence solutions that improve operational performance and profitability.

Mr. Carpenter rejoined FTI Consulting after serving as vice president of transformation at Oregon Tool, a Platinum Equity portfolio company, where he led initiatives including manufacturing footprint optimization, 3PL implementation, sales, inventory and operations planning (“SIOP”) transformation, SKU rationalization and interim operational leadership. 

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Carpenter held leadership roles at Amazon, Ryder System and Panalpina (now DSV). In these positions, his work included network optimization, warehousing and distribution, transportation strategy, demand and capacity planning, freight forwarding and lean transformation, as well as implementations of warehouse management systems (“WMS") and transportation management systems (“TMS”).

• Led operational portions of contract manufacturing transitions to and from the Asia Pacific ("APAC") region for a chainsaw and lawnmower blade manufacturer, coordinating supply chain activities to support manufacturing footprint changes
• Directed the creation and management of transition service agreements (“TSAs”) for the carve-out of a $3 billion global logistics organization with more than 20 sites from a global technology distributor, supporting operational separation and continuity
• Managed a transportation network assessment for an axle manufacturer that identified more than $14 million in savings through route optimization, 3PL migration, TMS implementation, modal conversion and ocean freight negotiations
• Developed an analytical framework and integrated tool to manage inventory and optimize working capital deployment for a $53 billion technology distributor, identifying approximately $300 million in working capital opportunities
• Led an RFP process to identify and integrate a new 3PL partner and WMS for a salon chain with more than 800 stores, improving warehousing and logistics operations
• Redesigned the organizational structure for an organization with more than 900 full-time equivalent (“FTE”) employees by developing a shared services operating model, conducting spans and layers analysis, reviewing headcount data and creating future-state organizational scenarios