Milan Prilepok

Milan Prilepok is a Senior Expert in McKinsey’s Operations Practice based in the New York Office. Milan is a leader in McKinsey’s Capability Building service line which assesses a function’s initial capabilities, designs the overall skills training program, and delivers the technical and leadership workshops.

Milan’s client service focuses heavily on the topic of negotiations, having led client workshops for over 10,000 participants in over 30 countries globally. Moreover, Milan works with closely with clients in developing comprehensive fact-bases and scenario analysis, negotiation strategies, designing situation specific negotiation game-plans, as well as architecting and executing war-gaming simulations.

Milan’s negotiations support for clients includes working directly with C-suite executives and board members, as well as functional leaders in purchasing, supply chain, manufacturing, sales, finance, corporate strategy, technology, legal, real estate, etc.

Additionally, Milan conducts research on institutional maturity and practices around negotiations infrastructure (e.g., negotiation processes and playbooks, governance and policies, organizational biases, setting targets and performance management, knowledge capture, and capability building).

Milan has published short articles on negotiations and speaks at conferences, industry forums, and roundtables on negotiations topics (largely focused on the institutional and functional considerations).

Prior to joining McKinsey Milan worked in the automotive and aerospace sectors, with experience on large commercial deals – both from purchasing and account management perspectives. Milan relocated to Japan for two years during an automotive joint-venture program, working closely with suppliers and partners in China, Thailand, and Korea. Milan relocated to Brazil for over two years as a technical consultant, working with suppliers and partners in several countries.

Additionally, Milan served as a strategic advisor to the Jersey International Finance Centre, working with the government, finance sector, and promotional groups in developing a comprehensive 10-year strategy to enhance the jurisdictions’ competitiveness.

Milan has provided advisory support for numerous start-ups in negotiating valuations, contract terms, and operating models with both investors and other stakeholders.

EDUCATION

Milan has an MBA from London Business School and has received certificates in negotiations from several executive education programs:

– Wharton: Executive Program on Negotiations (Bargaining for Advantage)

– Harvard: Advanced Negotiations Masterclass

– Oxford: Program on Negotiation

– UC Berkeley: Negotiation and Influence

– University of Michigan: Negotiating for Positive Results