Gartner Power of the Profession™ Supply Chain Awards

Supply Chain Excellence in Action

Recognizing 2023 supply chain innovations with lasting impact

The Gartner Power of the Profession™ Supply Chain Awards are an annual community-driven recognition program that inspires supply chain transformation around the globe.

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    Award Categories

    Customer or Patient Innovation of the Year

    Achieve a positive, quantifiable impact on customer or patient loyalty through supply chain.

    Process or Technology Innovation of the Year

    Achieve outstanding business performance via breakthrough supply chain innovation in process engineering or technology application.

    Social Impact
    of the Year

    Achieve a positive, quantifiable impact on the community and/or the environment through supply chain.

    People Breakthrough of the Year

    Foster diversity on the supply chain team, create business value through supply chain, and/or develop capabilities across the value chain.

    View All 2023 Honorees

    See the complete list of honorees for the Gartner Power of the Profession™ Supply Chain Awards 2023.

    Award eligibility and nomination

    Learn about eligibility and the submission process, including questions to answer and how to identify a breakthrough supply chain innovation. 

    The submission period for the 2024 program will open September 1. Check out the submission questions today.

    About Gartner Power of the Profession™ Supply Chain Awards

    Now in its 9th year, the Gartner Power of the Profession™ Supply Chain Awards are an annual community-driven recognition program for breakthrough supply chain innovations that inspire supply chain transformation around the globe.

    Key Benefits:

    • Showcase your supply chain leadership
    • Attract top supply chain talent to your organization
    • Advance the supply chain profession

    Casting Your Vote for the Supply Chain Awards

    Executive judges help to determine award winners. Supply chain leaders are eligible to be on the global executive judge panel (limit one panelist per organization). Excluded from the panel are consultants, technology vendors, and public relations, marketing and finance professionals.

    Gartner monitors the panel and reserves the right to accept or reject any offer to be a panelist.

    If you are interested in being an executive judge reach out to SCawards@gartner.com.

    Our Esteemed Executive Judges for 2023


    Thank you to our senior-most supply chain leaders for participating as executive judges in Gartner's Power of the Profession™ Supply Chain Awards (details subject to change; last update: 7 December 2022)

    Ann Ackerson

    Chief Procurement Officer

    BAE

    Venkatesh Alagirisamy

    Chief Supply Chain Officer

    Nike

    Halide Alagöz

    Chief Product Officer

    Ralph Lauren

    Ewan Andrew

    President, Global Supply & Procurement; Chief Sustainability Officer

    Diageo

    Mark Bakker

    Senior Vice President & General Manager, Global Operations

    HPE

    Jim Cafone

    Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain

    Pfizer

    John Church

    Former Chief Transformation and Enterprise Services Officer 

    Independent

    Morris Cohen

    Co-Director, Fishman-Davidson Center for Services and Operations Management

    Wharton University of Pennsylvania

    Frank Crespo

    Former Chief Supply Chain Officer, Indigo

    Independent

    Ian Dale

    Chief Supply Chain Officer

    GE Healthcare

    Ian Dearn

    Senior Vice President & Chief Supply Chain Officer

    McCormick

    Bart Derde 

    Chief Supply Chain Officer

    Haleon

    Mike Duijser

    Executive Vice President; Chief Supply Chain Officer

    Ecolab

    Ricardo Ernst

    Baratta Chair in Global Business; Co-Director, Global Logistics Research Program

    Georgetown University

    Prof. Jan Fransoo, PHD.

    Professor of Operations Management and Logistics, Dean of Research

    Kühne Logistics University

    Paul Gallagher

    Chief Supply Chain Officer

    General Mills

    Donato Giorgio

    President, Global Supply Chain

    Essity

    Luigi Giucca

    Group Head of Supply Chain

    British American Tobacco

    Bill Good

    Vice President, Global Supply Chain

    GE Appliances

    Barry Greenhouse

    Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain and Customer Experience

    Grainger

    Larry Grischow

    Executive Vice President, Supply Chain and Procurement

    Abercrombie & Fitch

    Rishi Grover

    Executive Vice President, Chief Integrated Supply Chain Officer

    Becton Dickinson

    Clare Harris

    Executive Vice President, Supply Chain, Contracting and Procurement

    Shell

    Linzell Harris

    Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain and Strategy

    AstraZeneca

    Cliff Henson

    Corporate Vice President, Cloud Supply Chain and Provisioning

    Microsoft

    Dr. Dirk Holbach

    Corporate Senior Vice President & CSCO Laundry & Home Care, Managing Director Henkel Global Supply Chain B.V.

    Henkel

    Prof. Dr. Arnd Huchzermeier

    Chaired Professor of Production Management

    WHU

    Javier Huerta    

    Chief Supply Chain Officer

    Imperial

    Ivanka Janssen

    Senior Vice President, Global Integrated Supply Chain

    Phillips

    Greg Jozwiak

    Corporate Vice President, Integrated Supply Chain

    Dow

    John Kern

    Senior Vice President, Supply Chain Operations

    Cisco

    Hardeep Kharaud

    Senior Vice President, Market Merchandising and Promotions

    Loblaw's

    Prof. Hau Lee

    Co-Director, Value Chain Innovation Initiative

    Stanford University

    Sheri Lewis

    Executive Vice President, Global Operations and Supply Chain

    Avantor

    Sven Markert

    Chief Supply Chain Officer

    Siemens

    Viju Menon

    Group President, Global Quality & Operations

    Stryker

    Joe Metzger

    Executive Vice President, Supply Chain Operations, Walmart U.S.

    Walmart

    Ramsey Musa

    Senior Vice President, Supply Chain

    Newmont Mining

    Sami Naffakh

    Chief Supply Chain Officer

    Reckitt Benckiser

    Liz O'Neill

    Executive Vice President; Chief Operating Officer

    Levi's

    Peter Puype

    Global Head of Supply Chain

    Biogen

    Jason Reiman

    Senior Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer

    Hershey's

    Marie Robinson

    Executive Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer

    Sysco

    Noam Shamir

    Senior Vice President, Supply Chain

    Teva Pharmaceuticals

    Greg Smith

    Executive Vice President,  Global Operations and Supply Chain

    Medtronic

    Rick Spann

    Executive Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer

    Church & Dwight

    Mourad Tamoud

    Chief Supply Chain Officer

    Schneider Electric

    Brian Thrush

    Vice President, Global Supply Chain and Manufacturing

    Bose

    Renée Ure

    Chief Operating Officer, Infrastructure Solutions Group

    Lenovo

    Donna Warton

    Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Devices Supply Chain & Sustainability

    Microsoft

    Kathy Wengel

    Executive Vice President, Chief Global Supply Chain Officer

    Johnson & Johnson

    Chris West

    Senior Vice President, Operations

    Winnebago Industry

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