In Q3 2026, ProcureCon Insights surveyed 100 senior CPOs from across Europe to understand the key challenges shaping the procurement landscape and the innovative strategies being deployed to address them. The research explores procurement leaders' attitudes towards AI, the barriers slowing adoption, and the operating model, governance, and investment decisions shaping successful transformation. 

• Methodology
• Key Findings
• Finding the AI Advantage in Procurement: Are We Missing a Trick?
• Part One: The AI Reality Check: Understanding Procurement's Readiness for Transformation
• Transforming How Procurement & Supply Chain Works: From Intake To Outcome, Autonomously
• Part Two: Building the Foundations: Governance, Investment and Strategic Ownership of AI
• Part Three: The Future Procurement Function
• Conclusion and Key Suggestions

This report looks ahead to the future of the procurement function, examining where AI will create the greatest value, where human expertise will remain essential, and how CPOs can build confidence in more autonomous ways of working.

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