Gartner Expert

Chris Kina

Sr Director Analyst

Chris Kina is Senior Director Analyst, Logistics & Customer Fulfillment. Based in the US (Atlanta, GA), he brings more than 30 years of logistics experience across multiple verticals. Before joining Gartner, Chris held several senior global logistics roles within wholesale, retail, ecommerce and manufacturing environments, with accountability for commercial operations teams in warehousing, transportation, distribution, customer service and 3PL functions with corporate P&L ownership.

Previous experience

Executive management of end-to-end global logistics functions, optimizing logistics metric performance, best practices and solution design to deliver best-in-class customer experience and logistics financial performance.

Professional background

DiversiTech Corporation, Senior Director, Logistics and Distribution, 11 years

KB Toys, Inc, Director, Transportation, 5 years

P&G/ Gillette/ Braun Inc, Senior Manager Logistics, North America, 4 years

Wheel Pros/ Hoonigan Industries, Senior Director, Logistics , 2 years

Areas of coverage
  • Supply Chain Transformation

  • Logistics and Fulfillment

  • Supply Chain Leadership

  • Spend Optimization and Supplier Value Enhancement

  • Logistics and Fulfillment Digital Transformation

Education

Merrimack College- Business Administration/ Finance

Management and Strategy Institute- Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt

The Wharton School- Communications

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Top Issues That I Help Clients Address

01

Last Mile Strategy, Ecommerce, B2B and B2C, Reverse Return Logistics

02

Logistics Organization Design, Optimization, Transportation, Warehousing, Labor Management and Fufillment

03

Sustainability in Logistics- Warehousing and Transportation

04

Logistics Metrics

05

3PL/ 4PL Management, Selection and Contracts