About Frank Vorrath
Frank is a highly experienced and qualified executive with comprehensive experience in deploying overall supply chain and logistics management on strategic, tactical and operational level to deliver sustainable business performance and results. He has a proven track record of success in global business and supply chain strategies, supply chain excellence system, operations and lean management, manufacturing excellence, supply chain capability improvements, change management and business transformation, logistics and transportation procurement and strategic business value analysis.
Frank worked and lived in in Germany, South Africa, Brazil, and US. Prior of joining Gartner as an Executive Supply Chain Partner and Vice President Service Delivery EMEA & APAC, Frank worked at Johnson Controls as Vice President Global Supply Chain and at DHL in various Leadership positions. In 2016, Frank was rated by the Supply Chain Movement Magazine under the top 38 Supply Chain Professionals in Germany and served on the APICS corporate advisory board until May 2018. .Under his Leadership the Johnson Controls Team won the APICS Corporate Excellence Award for the Johnson Controls Supply Chain Excellence Operating System in 2017.
Frank contributed to the whitepaper from Lisa Harrington “Solving the Talent Crisis: Five Alternatives every Supply Chain Executive must consider”, contributed to the book from Prof.Dr.Bram Desmet ’ Supply Chain Strategy and Financial Metrics’ and the latest book ‘ The Strategy driven Supply Chain ‘ with the foreword and a Johnson Controls Business Case Study.
Frank is a frequent speaker at various Supply Chain conferences and has given interviews and published articles in management magazines such as Supply Chain Movement Magazine, CIO Review, Lloyds, APICS Magazine, Automotive Logistics Magazine, BVL Germany and the Automotive Purchasing and Supply Chain Magazine.
Frank is a Judge for Automotive Logistics Award Europe for the Automotive Logistics Media Group and a judge the European Top 28 Supply Chain Executives for Supply Chain Media.