Interim Supply Chain Leadership

Supply chain clarity
for complex organisations.

Senior interim consulting for pharmaceutical, biotech and life sciences companies navigating transformation, operational improvement, and logistics change.

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25+
Years in supply chain
CMILT
Chartered qualification
£35M
Logistics budgets managed
4PL
Transformation specialist
Global
Multi-site, multi-market
Paul Swann – Windsor Swann Limited

About

Paul Swann

I'm an interim supply chain consultant with over 25 years of experience in pharmaceutical, biotech and eCommerce supply chains. I work with organisations facing operational complexity — fragmented processes, underperforming logistics networks, or the need for step-change improvement in planning and S&OP governance.

Most recently I served as Associate Director of Global Logistics and Customer Excellence at Norgine, where I led a team of 17 across a $35M logistics budget, delivering a major network optimisation programme and transforming the company's 3PL partnerships.

Before that, as Head of Supply Chain Operations EMEA at Groupon, I managed high-volume fulfilment across the European market — a very different context, but the same discipline of building clarity from complexity at pace.

I work on an interim and project basis, embedding quickly, cutting through the noise, and leaving organisations in genuinely better shape. CMILT qualified.

Norgine Associate Director, Global Logistics
Groupon EMEA Head of Supply Chain Operations
CMILT Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport
Pharmaceutical & Biotech Primary sector specialism

What We Do

Services

Focused, senior-level engagement across the areas where supply chain performance has the greatest impact on business outcomes.

Interim Supply Chain Leadership

Senior supply chain director capability on a flexible, interim basis. I embed quickly, provide immediate operational grip, and drive the change programme before transitioning to a permanent team. Typically 3–12 month engagements.

Interim Director Change Leadership Immediate Impact

S&OP Design & Implementation

Many organisations have S&OP processes that exist on paper but don't drive decisions in practice. I design and embed robust planning governance — the cadence, structure, data flows, and behaviours — that makes S&OP a genuine management tool, not a meeting.

Planning Governance Demand Forecasting Cross-functional Alignment

3PL to 4PL Transition

Moving from reactive 3PL management to a genuinely strategic 4PL model requires more than an RFP. I lead the full transition: scope definition, RFP development, provider selection, and implementation governance — ensuring the new model actually delivers the promised efficiency and service improvement.

RFP & Procurement 4PL Model Design Implementation

Network Optimisation

Fragmented supply chains — often the result of acquisitions or organic growth — carry hidden cost and service risk. I map, diagnose and redesign distribution networks to reduce complexity, improve resilience, and lower total landed cost, with a clear implementation roadmap.

Network Design Cost Reduction Post-acquisition Integration

How We Work

The Approach

Senior experience without the overhead. Embedded quickly, focused on outcomes.

01

Diagnose rapidly

In the first two to four weeks I map the current state, identify root causes — not just symptoms — and build a clear, evidence-based picture of where the real performance gap lies.

02

Design with you

Solutions are built collaboratively with your team, not delivered as reports. The people who have to live with the change are involved in shaping it — which is what makes it stick.

03

Deliver and transfer

I stay until the change is embedded. Whether that means running the programme, supporting a new permanent hire, or building capability in the existing team — the exit is planned from day one.

Sector Experience

Industries Served

Pharmaceutical Biotech Life Sciences Medical Devices OTC & Consumer Health eCommerce & Retail FMCG

Get in Touch

Let's talk about your supply chain

If you're dealing with an operational challenge, planning a transformation, or just want a senior perspective on a supply chain problem — I'm happy to have a no-obligation conversation.

Phone
07516 742397
Location
United Kingdom — available remotely