Johan Mills is a procurement executive currently serving as Vice President of Product Strategy at Vertice. His background includes seven years at Thoughtworks, where he established the global procurement function and scaled operations across 18 countries. Previously, he led procurement consulting engagements for PA Consulting and data centre procurement programs across Liberty Global's portfolio companies.
Day 1 | 22nd September
9:20 AM Interactive Keynote Polling Panel: Adopting AI in Procurement: How can you integrate AI & agents with the right guardrails to drive greater efficiency and smarter decision making?
Theme 1: Getting Started: Strategy and Execution
- What advice would you give to Procurement teams starting their AI journey?
- Buy vs. build for AI: which do you recommend and why?
Theme 2: Implementation: Operational Impact and Lessons Learnt
- Which AI projects failed, and what were the key lessons learned?
- How has your team's day-to-day work changed since adopting AI?
Theme 3: The Future: Impact & Evolution
- How will the CPO role evolve as AI adoption increases?
- What does a fully AI-native procurement function look like?
2:30 PM Presentation: How Thoughtworks and Vertice Solved AI's Blank Cheque Problem
- How to build governance around accelerating AI adoption to maintain control without slowing innovation
- How to bring procurement discipline to AI investment to improve visibility and strengthen cost decision-making
- How to measure AI against business value to identify what to scale, improve or stop
Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Johan.
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