John McNiff

John McNiff is Vice President in the Global Digital Supply Chain Center of Excellence at SAP. He is leading strategic go to market topics that enable customers to achieve sustainable & risk resilient supply chain and manufacturing operations. The Digital Supply Chain covers SAP’s portfolio focussed on the offices of Chief Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering and Manufacturing. From Planning & Logistics, through Manufacturing and Operations, to Product and Asset Lifecycle Management. Covering traditional topics of PLM, Industry 4.0, Supply Chain, through Asset and Service Management.

For over four years John led the Digital Supply Chain business in EMEA North, and prior to this was Global Vice President – Solution Management for Product Lifecycle Management. Since joining SAP in 2008, he has held a number of regional and global roles responsible within the Supply Chain, Manufacturing and R&D/Engineering Lines of Business. In Industry, John started his career working in various roles in manufacturing, including software development, manufacturing solutions, and applications implementations. John lives close to Manchester, UK with his family, is a keen football follower, and “would-be” golfer, rambler, sailor.