Executive Supply Chain Partner - CSCO Advisory

About our role:

Executive Supply Chain Partner (ESCP) serves as a trusted advisor to our members (clients) who are SVPs, EVPs and CSCOs from Global 1000 organizations and government agencies.

The ESCP’s role is to engage each member-client, and to help him/her identify mission critical priorities and key initiatives and to achieve specific enterprise goals.

Partnering with the member can include activities such as: defining, developing, coaching and/or critiquing strategies; helping develop and/or transform their organizations; assisting/advising with the development and execution of vision & strategy; aggregating and delivering Gartner research insights on key initiatives, priorities, and implementations; and in general, becoming a consigliore for the SVP, EVP or CSCO. With the support of their ESCP, our clients are able to achieve their goals more quickly and more cost effectively and with a higher assurance of success.

What you will do:

Relationship Management

The ESCP manages up to 24 senior executive member relationships, and participates in account planning with CSMs and Senior Account Executives. These three individuals collectively and individually have responsibility for each assigned account.

The ESCP participates in all phases of the member lifecycle: pre-sale, on-boarding, relationship management, delivery, review and renewal.

Success is defined by: executing a smooth hand-off from the sales team, regularly engaging the member in a substantive manner, creating a complete member profile, accurately identifying the member’s agenda, developing an engagement (value) plan, participating in quarterly account reviews and preparing value-added member meetings.

Sales and Marketing Support

The ESCP is responsible for member retention and for contributing toward growth in the region through direct support of Gartner Sales in prospect cultivation, account plan development and value demonstration activities.

Research Support

The ESCP supports research activities, such as facilitating member participation in research studies or case panels. The ESCP will be aligned with and leverage Gartner research positions and initiatives as well as provide feedback from the member base to the research organization. The ESCP works with research analysts to develop and deliver CSCO relevant research.

Program Delivery

·Define and deliver innovative solutions by assessing client member needs and developing a customized value plan in accordance with overall Gartner Supply Chain strategy and Gartner Supply Chain product deliverables.

·Work with client members in a variety of industries to further their levels of supply chain maturity through delivery of research, peer networking, and coaching.

·Critique client strategies, guide clients in building their organizations, and assist in developing supply chain strategies, establishing priorities, and planning for implementation around key supply chain initiatives.

·Establish and maintain working relationships with various internal groups to create a comprehensive, well designed sustainable set of key deliverables for clients (including targeted research, personal coaching sessions, scripted analyst sessions, etc.)

·Direct and facilitate member peer group calls and/or meetings

Content Development and Management

·Participate in presentations

·Participate in relevant research communities to keep topic area knowledge current and share member experiences with analysts

·Facilitate member interaction and collaboration through the Supply Chain member community portal and assisted member connections

·Lead and participate in a mix of on-site and virtual roundtables and Gartner Exec Series WebEx’s

What you will need:

Subject Matter Expertise

The ESCP must be a senior business executive and have demonstrated topic knowledge in developing and delivering overall Supply Chain strategy, execution and performance improvement. The ESCP will be an accomplished current or former SVP, EVP of Supply Chain or CSCO who has managed a significant P&L, direct reports and significant total number of Associates. Candidate must have a broad base of expertise in Supply Chain Strategy and has driven change at all levels.

Other requirements

·A university graduate (Masters preferred) with 10+ years’ experience working in a senior management role; such as a CSCO, SVP, EVP, or COO in a Supply Chain Executive level capacity; or 5+ years in the capacity with 5+ years in another Supply Chain Executive role, such as “Partner in Supply Chain Consulting”.

·End to End Supply Chain experience

·Candidates must have excellent interpersonal skills; demonstrate high levels of humility as well as having the ability and experience working with C level executives.

·This individual should have strong reflective listening skills and the ability to adjust to client cues and needs

·An in-depth understanding of Supply Chain industry and the role of the CSCO (including leadership, operations management, strategy and trends, use of metrics, etc.)

·In depth understanding of the business value of Supply Chain and the alignment of Business and Supply Chain strategies.

·Critical thinking and problem solving skills to assess member situations and provide actionable, outcome-based business advice, and the ability to leverage appropriate (Gartner and other) resources to help clients achieve business results

·Ability to lead and manage ambiguous situations

·Superior verbal and written communication skills and strong facilitation and presentation skills

·Collaboration and team leadership

·Sales and / or business development experience or ability with CXO level executives

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