Buse Aras is a Director Analyst in the Supply Chain and Procurement team, covering supply chain planning technology. She advises CSCOs and supply chain planning leaders on vendor and implementation partner selection, roadmap development, contract negotiation and implementation best practices. She also covers emerging trends in the planning technology market. Her current research focuses on AI in supply chain planning, setting up right implementation teams , and turning planning technology investments into realized value.
Buse has 12+ years of consulting experience in supply chain planning and digital transformation, delivering programs across life sciences, high-tech, consumer goods and other industries in EMEA, APAC and North America. Prior to joining Gartner, she was Practice Director, End-to-End Supply Chain Planning at a supply chain consulting firm. There she led large-scale planning transformations, owned solution provider partnerships and supported go-to-market and commercial engagements. She brings 8 years of hands-on Kinaxis Maestro and PlanningOne deployment and sales experience.
mSE Solutions, Director Supply Chain Planning, 10 years
Supply Chain Planning Transformation
Supply Chain Strategy Development
Supply Chain Technology and Vendor Selection
MSc in Industrial and Systems Engineering, National University of Singapore / Singapore
Vendor selection, technology scoping, proposal review, RFI/RFP support, proposal/contract review, post go-live adoption guidance