Gartner Expert

Martin Shreffler

Director Analyst

Director Analyst within Gartner’s Supply Chain Sourcing and Procurement Team. Martin supports the Supply Chain Sourcing and Procurement team on sourcing and procurement technology trends, technology implementation and vendor selection. This includes supplier management including supplier information, supplier performance, supplier collaboration, and supplier risk management technology.

Previous experience

Over 15 years of experience in leading both direct and indirect procurement organizations, supplier relationship management, procurement technology, and enterprise risk management. At Tempur Sealy he held roles in both direct and indirect procurement and risk management. Most notably he established a new corporate indirect sourcing strategy and organizational structure and introduced a number of first-time strategies on supplier segmentation, risk mitigation measures for ransomware and dependency on manufacturing partners in China, technology solutions for mapping n-tier and measuring supplier financial health. At Lexmark, he split time between managing large tier one manufacturers and the Practices and Systems team which including working on the Procure to Pay SAP global implementation as the SRM, CLM, and eSourcing lead.

Areas of coverage
  • Procurement Digital Transformation

Education

MBA, Eastern Kentucky University

BA, Asbury University

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Top Issues That I Help Clients Address

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Sourcing and procurement technology

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Supplier management technology

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Supplier information technology

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Supplier risk management technology

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Supplier collaboration technology