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10 Medtronic supply chain leaders
These ten Medtronic supply chain leaders hold or held vice president and senior director roles in global supply chain, supply planning, operational scheduling, distribution and logistics, inventory planning and integrated business planning. A reader can learn how supply chain leaders build and run their teams in medical device companies.
Professionals to explore
01—10Adrian Franco, CSCP, PMP
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director Global Supply Chain Planning - Medical Surgical Portfolio · Medtronic
Sr. Director Global Supply Chain Planning - Medical Surgical Portfolio at Medtronic since 2025. Earlier Medtronic roles listed include Sr. Director Inventory Planning & Optimization Global Supply Chain (2023–2025), Sr. Director Supply Chain Americas (2021–2024) and Director Supply Chain Planning Latin America (2019–2021).
Flavio De Simone
LinkedInExperience: VP Global Supply Chain Planning · Medtronic
Former VP Global Supply Chain Planning at Medtronic (2024–2025); the profile describes leading a global team of more than 450 people on integrated business planning and core planning. Earlier Medtronic roles listed include VP Global Supply Network Planning (2022–2024) and VP Supply Chain for the Minimally Invasive Therapies Group (2018–2021).
Gaurav Puri
LinkedInExperience: Vice President - Americas Supply Chain · Medtronic
Former Vice President - Americas Supply Chain at Medtronic (2018–2021), now Vice President - Global Service at Medtronic since 2022. Earlier Medtronic roles listed include Vice President CRHF Global Supply Chain (2017–2018) and Senior Director, Global Supply Chain (2015–2017).
Luma Raha
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, IBP & Supply Planning COE · Medtronic
Former Senior Director, IBP & Supply Planning COE at Medtronic (2024–2026); the profile describes leading global supply planning strategy, governance and digital transformation. Earlier roles listed include Senior Director, Global Supply Planning (2022–2024) and Director Supply Chain Logistics (2021–2022) at Medtronic, and Director, Global Supply Chain, Instrument Operations at Abbott (2019–2020).
Marc Williams
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Global Supply Planning & Operational Scheduling · Medtronic
Vice President Global Supply Planning & Operational Scheduling at Medtronic since 2026, after serving as Vice President Operational Scheduling from 2023 to 2026. Earlier roles listed include Sr Director Supply Chain Planning Medical Surgical at Medtronic (2020–2023) and roles at Guinness Ireland / Diageo (2005–2020).
Punit Menon
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Global Distribution & Logistics · Medtronic
Vice President Global Distribution & Logistics at Medtronic since 2023; the profile says the role also covers trade compliance. Earlier roles listed include Vice President, Global Logistics & Distribution at Johnson Controls (2019–2023) and Director Logistics & Distribution NA at Rockwell Automation (2016–2018).
Rob Varner
LinkedInExperience: VP, Americas Distribution & Logistics · Medtronic
Former VP, Americas Distribution & Logistics at Medtronic (2019–2025), now VP, Supply Chain, Americas at Smith+Nephew since 2025. Earlier Medtronic roles listed include VP, Distribution Operations (2017–2019) and Senior Director, US & Canada Logistics Operations (2010–2017). The profile cites expertise in field inventory and fulfillment network design.
Shantanu Suvarnapathaki
LinkedInExperience: Sr Director Global Supply Chain · Medtronic
Sr Director Global Supply Chain at Medtronic since 2023. Earlier roles listed include Operations and Supply Chain Director at Cummins Inc. (2020–2023), Supply Chain and Business Improvement Director for the Cummins distribution business unit (2017–2020) and Director of Operations at Cummins Inc. (2014–2017).
Steeve Yammine
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Global Supply Chain · Medtronic
Vice President of Global Supply Chain at Medtronic since 2025; the profile says the role covers all three portfolios and operating units and leads demand, supply and inventory planning along with IBP and S&OE. Earlier roles listed include Global SVP of Supply Chain at BIC (2024–2025) and VP Supply Chain Americas, APAC & Global Planning at BIC (2021–2024).
Vasant Hariharan
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director Global Supply Chain Planning · Medtronic
Sr. Director Global Supply Chain Planning at Medtronic since 2024. Earlier Medtronic roles listed include Supply Chain Director - APAC (2023–2024), Senior Manager, Supply Planning - APAC (2022–2023) and supply chain planning roles for Australia and New Zealand (2017–2022).
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Match the person's remit to your question: the vice presidents of global supply chain, planning and distribution and logistics saw enterprise-wide or Americas supply, while senior directors suit questions about planning for one portfolio, inventory optimization or integrated business planning. The former vice presidents fit questions about how the planning and distribution organizations changed over several years.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How should a medical device company organize global supply planning across several portfolios?
- 02What does it take to run distribution and field inventory for surgical and implantable devices in the Americas?
- 03How do you set up integrated business planning in a company with dozens of plants and distribution centers?
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