Gartner Expert

Victoria Bakrudinova

Director Analyst

Victoria is a Director Analyst covering Supply Chain Planning Technology. She advises supply chain leaders on technology selection, implementation and adoption best practices. Her research focuses on emerging technology trends in supply chain planning, the role of AI and the effective use of new capabilities in organizations.

Previous experience

Victoria brings over 10 years of supply chain planning experience across technology advisory and consulting roles. Prior to joining Gartner, she spent four years at SAP as a Senior Solution Advisor for Integrated Business Planning (IBP), supporting clients with solution positioning, use‑case development, and executive‑level engagements across S&OP, demand, supply and inventory planning. Before SAP, Victoria worked for seven years in supply chain consulting at EY and CNX Consulting Partners, delivering S&OP maturity assessments, solution design and SAP IBP implementations in international, agile projects.

Professional background

SAP, Senior Solution Advisor Integrated Business Planning , 4 years

Ernst & Young Consulting , Manager/ Senior Consultant/ Consultant , 5 years

CNX Consulting Partners , Consultant, 2 years

Areas of coverage
  • Supply Chain Planning Excellence

  • Supply Chain Planning Transformation

  • Supply Chain Technology and Service Provider Vendor Selection

  • AI and Digital Supply Chain Value Realization

Education

MSc in Supply Chain Management, Vienna University of Economics, Austria, Cranfield University, UK

BSc in International Logistics, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany

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Top Issues That I Help Clients Address

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Leverage technology solutions to increase supply chain planning (SCP)/ S&OP/ IBP maturity

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Scale adoption of SCP technology for IBP, demand, supply and inventory planning

03

Prepare and conduct software selection for an SCP technology solution

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Define and apply AI use cases in supply chain planning

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SCP technology implementation approach, selection and collaboration with system integrators