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Brenda Westbrook
Sr Director Analyst
Gartner
Speaker Topics
- Organizational Design and Talent
- Resilient Supply Chain Planning
- Product Portfolio Management
- Advanced Practice
Speaker Bio
Brenda Westbrook is an experienced Supply Chain Planning Leader with over 25 years in senior positions in the High Tech industry. Ms. Westbrook helps Gartner clients evolve their supply chain planning and execution processes to improve operational outcomes, financial results and customer satisfaction. She has a strong focus on enhancing linkages across the value chain to deliver these results.
Ms. Westbrook is an end-to-end thinker, with experience in Operations, Sales, Marketing, and Consulting. She has a track record of delivering results and improvements in customer collaboration, planning, fulfillment, and inventory optimization.
Ms. Westbrook holds a Master's Degree in Applied Economics from The University of Michigan.
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Ms. Westbrook is an end-to-end thinker, with experience in Operations, Sales, Marketing, and Consulting. She has a track record of delivering results and improvements in customer collaboration, planning, fulfillment, and inventory optimization.
Ms. Westbrook holds a Master's Degree in Applied Economics from The University of Michigan.
Sessions
Tuesday, December 02, 2025 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM MST
Supply Chain Planning Leaders: Get Future-Ready
Brenda Westbrook,
Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
AI, access to data, geopolitical issues and talent scarcity will all impact the planning function, requiring more in terms of agility, resilience, and end-to-end visibility and collaboration. These drivers have significant implications for how we plan, as well as the roles and skills that will be required to deliver better outcomes. This session will focus on these requirements and how to achieve readiness. This session showcases advanced practices and explores high maturity content.
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Tuesday, December 02, 2025 03:15 PM - 04:00 PM MST
Ask the Expert: How Can I Influence Portfolio Complexity?
Brenda Westbrook,
Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Join this expert led interactive session to ask your questions about planning for a complex portfolio of products. Innovation remains the growth engine for most companies and complexity creates challenges. Ask about topics including your role in the innovation cycle, how to create an effective Portfolio Review, how to drive action against slow moving SKU's and how to make this an effective process.
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Tuesday, December 02, 2025 04:00 PM - 04:20 PM MST
Supply Chain Planning for Score
Brenda Westbrook,
Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Gartner’s Score Assessment an effective tool to understand and benchmark your current supply chain planning maturity and build a prioritized roadmap to move forward. Join this theatre sessions to gain insights on how to make the most the Score Assessment by selecting the right survey respondents, communicating the assessment findings and using the outcomes to create a structured plan to progress on your maturity journey.
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