Jeff Grabow

Jeff is a medical device supply chain veteran who brings 30 years of leadership experience across Plan-Source-Make-Deliver-Last Mile functions to ImplantBase. He began his career as a supply chain ERP Systems programmer/analyst with Accenture within their aerospace and defense practice. Upon becoming APICS-CPIM certified, moved into supply chain operational roles in the personal computer industry with Compaq Computer Corporation, implementing warehouse management systems, master planning systems, and advanced factory scheduling systems. Stepping into the medical device industry in 1999 with Medtronic-Spine, 2013 with Zimmer Biomet, and 2018 Globus, he led supply chain planning, sourcing, distribution, customer service, and field inventory management organizations. While leading these teams and seeing the need for modernization of systems and processes, he implemented SAP-APO advanced planning platform across the globe, surgical kit assembly optimization programs, along with RFID intelligent enclosures for field-based inventory management and control. Addressing the ongoing inefficiencies that existed in the last mile of the orthopedic supply chain between distribution and hospital customers, embarked on developing solutions to drive efficiency and service improvements. In 2014, while serving as the VP of Supply Chain for Zimmer Biomet, Jeff identified ImplantBase as the solution for optimizing the last mile of the Orthopedic supply chain and made it the platform for sales and operations. Jeff joined ImplantBase in August of 2020 to help drive ImplantBase to be the industry supply chain solution across Plan-Source-Make-Deliver-Last Mile functions. Jeff is a 1989 graduate of Purdue University, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer-Integrated Manufacturing Engineering.