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Ken Chadwick
Distinguished VP, Advisory
Ken Chadwick is a VP, Distinguished Advisor covering supply chain strategy, operations, and leadership. Using in-depth cross-industry research, he provides insight to Chief Supply Chain Officers on the trends, strategies, and best practices necessary to confront the complexity of 21st century supply chains. In his 12 years as an analyst and keynote speaker at Gartner, he led impactful research on organization design, change and transition management, leading social organizations, and next generation productivity for supply chain. He currently advises Chief Supply Chain Officers on topics including:
- Supply chain trends, current and future
- End to end supply chain leadership
- Supply chain strategy and governance
- Organization design and organization behavior
- Leadership transitions for new to role CSCOs
- Supply chain transformation and technology transition
Previous experience
Mr. Chadwick's experience prior to Gartner includes over 25 years in supply chain industry roles in retail operations, human resources, IT reengineering, strategic planning, management consulting, and not-for-profits. During this time, he ran retails stores, developed and launched innovative corporate strategic planning programs, led people strategies for mergers and acquisitions, facilitated large-scale process and technology redesigns, and developed thought-leading leadership development programs.
Ken received his BS in Resource Economics from the University of New Hampshire. He earned an MBA from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College, focused on leadership and systems thinking.
Professional background
Shaw's Supermarkets, Corporate Strategic Planning Lead, 17 years
Stop and Shop Supermarkets, Strategy and Strategic Initiatives, Supply Chain, 4 years
The Student Conservation Association, Managing Director of Operations, 4 years
Areas of coverage
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Supply Chain Transformation
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Supply Chain Leadership
Education
M.B.A., Wallace E. Carroll Graduate School of Business at Boston College, Member Beta Gamma Sigma National Honor Society
B.S., Resource Economics, University of New Hampshire
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
How do I design a supply chain organization structure to deliver on our business and operating model?
How do I design and implement a supply chain center of excellence?
What people organizing strategies can be used to increase supply chain agility?
What are the most effective ways for helping people and organizations embrace change?
How can I shift the culture of supply chain to support the shifting needs of the business?