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: Adopt AI: How can you integrate AI & agents and define clear guardrails to unlock unprecedented efficiency and strategic decision making in procurement?
- How are you integrating AI into your organisation to capitalise on artificial intelligence and human intelligence?
- What AI projects didn't work and what did you learn from it to build success?
- How are you defining clear guardrails and fallback mechanisms for AI & agents in procurement to ensure clear risk management?
- What are the main savings from AI in procurement; real savings from better purchasing, or less labour overheads?
- What is the future of AI and how can procurement best prepare to ensure the business is ready to adapt in a rapidly evolving technological landscape?
2:30 PM Presentation: Workflow-Led Savings: How to redesign procurement workflows to unlock efficiency and embedded cost optimisation
- How to redesign intake-to-procure workflows to eliminate inefficiencies and reduce total cost at the point of demand
- How to embed AI-driven cost optimisation directly into procurement workflows to capture savings beyond sourcing events
- How to unify workflow execution and SaaS spend intelligence to drive continuous savings without increasing procurement workload
Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Johan.
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