Tim Stratman

 

Tim Stratman is founder and President of Stratman Partners Executive Coaching, Inc. a Chicago-based coaching firm focusing on helping executives become more effective leaders. He is retained by C-Level executives and their organizations to provide one-on-one executive coaching, executive team development, strategic visioning, and operating plan development.

Mr. Stratman has worked with executives across a diverse set of industry verticals covering both private and publicly held companies. In addition to his C-Level practice, he has a sub-specialty practice focused on helping senior supply chain executives improve their enterprise-wide effectiveness.

Mr. Stratman developed his core belief in the power of senior level executive coaching during his twenty-year career in the Fortune 500. Emerging from practical experience, his coaching expertise evolved during a career that
progressed through a series of diverse roles and challenges. These included global senior sales and marketing leadership, supply chain management, and business unit president with P&L responsibility.

For over twenty years, Mr. Stratman held increasingly responsible positions with RR Donnelley. As President of RRD Direct, he led a business serving one of Donnelley's fastest growing segments: consumer and business-based direct marketers. During his tenure as SVP of Supply Chain Management, Mr. Stratman played a critical leadership role in bringing industry-wide standardization to an extremely dysfunctional supply chain. His leadership was cited in James Champy's book X-Engineering the Corporation to illustrate the power of extending strategic business processes across traditional boundaries. While SVP of Information Services, Mr. Stratman's organization marketed integrated, innovative services to global clients.

Mr. Stratman is a member of several professional associations and The Chicago Club, serving on its program committee.  Mr. Stratman has spoken to many organizations including the US State Department in Washington DC, Supply Chain 50, MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, the Distribution Business Management Association, The National Association of Executive Recruiters, the Executive Recruiters Roundtable, and the Institute of Supply Management. Mr. Stratman has published many articles including Supply Chain Management Review, Inside Supply Management, Supply Chain Quarterly and other professional publications. 

Mr. Stratman received a BA in Marketing from Michigan State University. He is married with three children and resides in the Chicago area.