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Ankur Mehta
Director, Advisory, KI Leader
Ankur Mehta is a Director in Gartner's Supply Chain research organization, specializing in end-to-end supply chain performance management and the effective use of metrics across industries. He provides actionable insights and best practices to supply chain leaders, helping them utilize metrics and benchmark data to drive performance, shape outcomes, and make informed trade-off decisions.
Ankur collaborates with executives to evaluate alternative approaches and implement best practices within their organizations. Additionally, he assists CSCOs and supply chain leaders in assessing their current maturity levels and prioritizing next steps using the Score framework to advance their maturity.
Previous experience
Ankur Mehta has over 23 years of experience, including more than 5 years at Gartner advising supply chain and quality leaders on a broad range of topics. Before joining Gartner, he spent 17 years in various roles within Supply Chain Operations, including overseeing end-to-end supply chain management, strategy, planning, and operations.
His responsibilities have encompassed aligning organizational strategy with execution, driving supply chain transformation, and managing complex supply chain integrations during mergers and acquisitions. Ankur's expertise also includes transforming quality and supply chain functions by incorporating best practices and pragmatic approaches to better align with organizational goals and objectives.
Professional background
Cisco Systems Inc., Senior Business Strategy, Planning and Operations Manager, 6 years
Cisco Systems Inc., Senior Manager, Global Supply Chain, 5 years
Tandberg Inc., Manager, Quality and Reverse Logistics, 4 years
Areas of coverage
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Supply Chain Transformation
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Supply Chain Leadership
Education
Masters, Systems Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park
Bachelors, Industrial Engineering, Nagpur University, India
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
Define supply chain performance management strategies
Provide visibility on benchmark data, support the identification of best-in-class practices and how to get there
Facilitate trade-off decisions based on the hierarchy of supply chain metrics
Help understand the true profitability of a business using cost-to-serve methodology
Helps to evaluate maturity of supply chain and identify most impactful priorities for their strategic plan.