Bob Patel is a Managing Partner in Highspring’s Retail Planning and Supply Chain Practice, with more than 26 years of experience in the retail planning and supply chain industry serving retail, food and beverage, CPG, and industrial clients. He’s held senior leadership roles at Wipro Technologies, Logility, and Blue Yonder. With deep domain expertise, Bob has gained extensive industry knowledge across retail grocery, soft-line and fashion, office products, hard goods, wholesale, food service, quick-serve restaurants, consumer packaged goods, food and beverage, high technology, and automotive aftermarket parts.

Bob’s clients view him as an integral member of their transformation teams and a trusted supply chain management and technology advisor. He brings a unique perspective on end-to-end operations for retail planning and supply chains focused on maximizing the customer experience. Many of his clients have earned transformational awards across FMCG, retail grocery, retail food service, and life sciences industries.

Outside of serving clients, Bob enjoys reading, following world news and events and their impact on supply chains. He also enjoys gardening, charting and reviewing technical stock analysis, and spending time with his parents and extended family, including his nieces and nephews, every Friday.