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April 13th

Welcome Day Chair

Stacy Joslin

Business Development Leader

ProcureAbility

3:30 pm

Registration

4:00 pm - 4:40 pm WELCOME DAY SPECIAL CONTENT

From Transactional to Transformational: Evolving the Procurement Operating Model

Paul Finch

(Former) Head of Corporate Sourcing

Amazon

Frederic Khalil

Chief Procurement and Real Estate Officer

Broadridge Financial Solutions

Eva Choe

CPO

Clorox

Patricia Schaun

VP Sourcing

L'Oreal

Mahasweta Rath

Vice President, Global Head of Technology Sourcing

News Corporation

Ben Dailey

VP Procurement Strategy and Operations

The Estée Lauder Companies

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  • Unlock greater enterprise value by modernizing procurement’s structure and mandate
  • Accelerate decision-making with operating models that reduce silos and improve visibility
  • Adapt faster to disruption by decentralizing authority while maintaining control
  • Enable strategic alignment by embedding procurement in business unit planning
  • Drive cultural change and team engagement through a transformation-ready mode
4:45 pm - 5:25 pm WELCOME DAY SPECIAL CONTENT

Building the Next Generation of Procurement Leaders

Tamra Pawloski

Managing Director Procurement Strategy

American Airlines

Kristyn O’Grady

Vice President Indirect Procurement

The Kraft Heinz Company

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  • Attract high-potential talent by positioning procurement as a strategic career path
  • Build future-ready teams by prioritizing digital fluency, agility, and collaboration
  • Improve performance and retention through targeted leadership development
  • Advance diversity and inclusion by removing bias from hiring and promotion pipelines
  • Future-proof the function with continuous learning and upskilling programs
5:25 pm - 6:00 pm KEYNOTE

Adding Value Beyond Savings: Governance Initiatives That Deepen Relationships and Elevate Procurement’s Reputation

Steve Wilson

VP, Chief Procurement Officer

FICO

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  • How Procurement can move beyond policy enforcement to owning high-impact governance forums such as software review committees and third-party risk councils
  • Using software usage controls and vendor rationalization to drive cost discipline, risk reduction, and executive trust
  • Expanding Procurement’s mandate into areas like real estate right-sizing and demand governance without creating friction with Finance, IT, or Legal
  • What best-in-class governance looks like in practice — and why teams that built it post-COVID are now being prioritized for greater responsibility
6:00 pm

Drinks Reception

6:30 pm

April 14th

Stream 1 Chair

Kailas Joshi

Chief Procurement Officer

Sallie Mae

Stream 2 Chair

Stacy Joslin

Business Development Leader

ProcureAbility

7:30 am - 8:15 am

registration & breakfast

8:15 am - 8:20 am

Opening Remarks

8:20 am - 8:30 am

Chair’s Welcome Address

8:30 am - 9:05 am KEYNOTE

Built for This: Procurement as the Nerve Center of Enterprise Value

Lorie Meola

Chief Procurement Officer

IBM

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Every major disruption of the last two decades — globalization, financial crisis, COVID, geopolitical fracture, AI — ran through procurement. We didn’t just survive it. We became more capable because of it. This session reframes procurement’s evolution from cost center to enterprise nerve center, explores why AI is a forcing function we were built to handle, and introduces a practical framework — Signal, Judgment, Value — for owning the strategic conversation at the highest levels of the enterprise. From mandated to invited. From proving value to owning it.

9:05 am - 9:40 am KEYNOTE

Get Ahead of Disruption with Smarter Supplier Relationships

Sirsij Peshin

Chief Procurement Officer

Pfizer

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  • Use real-time data to monitor supplier financial and operational health
  • Categorize suppliers based on criticality and exposure
  • Build scorecards to track evolving risks over time
  • Pre-qualify contingency suppliers and create rapid switch protocols
  • Align procurement with enterprise risk management strategies
9:45 am - 10:20 am Workshops
STREAM 1 WORKSHOP

Humans vs. AI Agents: Who Runs Procurement in 2026?

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This isn’t about replacing your team — it’s about what your team becomes when AI agents handle the rest. Why can we talk about this? Because we built the world’s first multi-agent system for procurement, already live at global enterprises: creating PRs, turning them into POs, sourcing vendors, and negotiating terms — all simultaneously. Used by 700K+ daily users, internationally awarded, and backed by a16z, the world’s leading AI investor.

STREAM 2 WORKSHOP

From Visibility to Resilience: Building the Intelligent Supply Chain

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  • Why supplier visibility beyond tier-1 is now a competitive advantage
  • How AI and event monitoring can detect and prevent disruptions before they hit
  • Examples of companies that used predictive risk analytics to keep production on track
  • The ROI of resilience — balancing cost optimization with continuity and trust.
10:25 am - 12:05 pm Pre-Arranged One-To-One Meetings Arrow Icon

These mutually agreed-upon conversations are arranged and facilitated by Executive Platforms staff to ensure attendees have valuable discussions about their top-of-mind questions, challenges, and opportunities.

  • 10:30 am – 10:50 am: Meeting Slot 1/Networking
  • 10:55 am – 11:15 am: Meeting Slot 2/Networking
  • 11:20 am – 11:40 am: Meeting Slot 3/Networking
  • 11:45 am – 12:05 pm: Meeting Slot 4/Networking
12:10 pm - 12:45 pm Case Studies
STREAM 1 CASE STUDY

Drive Smarter Decisions with Big Data You Can Actually Use

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  • Consolidate data across business units for better spend visibility
  • Identify trends and outliers to drive real-time decision-making
  • Develop dashboards that turn procurement data into action
  • Enable faster responses to pricing, demand, and risk shifts
  • Empower leadership with the insights they need—when they need them
STREAM 2 CASE STUDY

Supply Resilience in an Era of Structural Geopolitical Risk – a Framework for Procurement Leaders Navigating Permanent Volatility

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  • Analyze supplier footprints to identify risk exposure
  • Reduce dependence on high-risk regions through sourcing diversification
  • Balance cost, resilience, and proximity in reshoring decisions
  • Improve time-to-market and reduce logistics complexity
  • Strengthen supplier relationships in politically stable regions
12:45 pm - 1:45 pm THEMED LUNCH DISCUSSIONS

Explore this year’s themed lunch discussions led by industry leaders, where executives engage in focused conversations over a meal, discussing topics they’re passionate about alongside their peers.

Leading Procurement Transformation Through Integrating a Lean Mindset

Dominic LoTempio

Chief Procurement Officer

Coastal Carolina University

Working Capital Optimization Through Procurement Data

Kurt Witt

Managing Partner

Incorta

Supplier Diversity

Alejandro Ramirez

VP Global Procurement

Kontoor Brands

Scaling Procurement Through AI, Talent and Global Capability Models

Melissa Trevino

VP, Global Strategic Sourcing (Indirect)

Levi Strauss & Co.

Turning Supply Chain Challenges into Strategic Opportunities

Naina Patel

Former Head of Procurement

Former MassMutual financial services

Quick Agentic Wins: Orchestrated Workflows that Deliver Clear ROI

Emily Rakowski

Chief Marketing Officer

ORO Labs

Matt Kapadia

Head of Enterprise Solutions - North America

ORO Labs

Unlocking Hidden Value: The New Era of Enterprise Contract Performance

Briceson Jones

Director of Procurement Optimization

PRGX

Why Indirect Spend Is the Last Untapped Margin Lever in Manufacturing

Nicholos Pittmon

Senior Director

Procure Analytics

Agentic Implementation in Supply Chain

Miguel Ordoñez

CPO

Tallgrass Energy

Learning AI Through Fairytales

Elizabeth Wilson

Facilities Procurement Sourcing Lead

Texas Instruments

1:45 pm - 2:20 pm Case Studies
STREAM 1 CASE STUDY

Procurement Driving Strategic Change Across the Enterprise

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  • Overview of the transformation underway at Lumen Technologies
  • Positioning procurement as a strategic business partner
  • Realigning sourcing to support enterprise priorities
  • Enabling innovation and resilience through suppliers
  • Lessons learned: What it takes for procurement to shape, influence, and sustain enterprise transformation at scale
STREAM 2 CASE STUDY

Redesigning Procurement for Impact: Embedding Sustainability to Drive Long-Term Value

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  • Uncover how integrating procurement and sustainability unlocks stronger supplier collaboration
  • Build fundamental sustainability principles for how you lead a procurement organization
  • Gain practical insights from General Mills’ unique, impact-driven operating model
2:25 pm - 3:00 pm Workshops
STREAM 1 WORKSHOP

Beyond S2P to I2O: Intake to Outcomes with Agentic AI

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Why the next generation of procurement leadership is defined by orchestrating intake, Agentic AI, and end-to-end S2P execution around outcomes—not transactions.

STREAM 2 WORKSHOP

Deploying Agentic AI Today: Orchestration Strategies for Procurement ROI

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As organizations race to harness AI, procurement leaders face the challenge of building data, governance, and operating models that can scale with intelligence, without losing control or compliance. The question is no longer if AI will transform procurement, but how to deploy it at scale for autonomous decision-making.

  • Success stories & barriers to AI implementation
  • Considerations in application based on maturity
  • Next-steps for embracing AI-native workflows
3:05 pm - 4:15 pm Pre-Arranged One-To-One Meetings Arrow Icon

These mutually agreed-upon conversations are arranged and facilitated by Executive Platforms staff to ensure attendees have valuable discussions about their top-of-mind questions, challenges, and opportunities.

  • 3:05 pm – 3:25 pm: Meeting Slot 5/Networking
  • 3:30 pm – 3:50 pm: Meeting Slot 6/Networking
  • 3:55 pm – 4:15 pm: Meeting Slot 7/Networking
4:20 pm - 4:55 pm KEYNOTE

Simplifying and De-risking Supply Chains through Preferred Supplier Networks

Heidi Landry

CPO Johnson & Johnson MedTech

Johnson & Johnson

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  • Streamline sourcing and onboarding by consolidating suppliers into a trusted, high-performance network
  • Mitigate risk exposure with vetted partners who meet rigorous compliance, quality, and ESG standards
  • Boost agility and resilience by building deeper, strategic relationships with fewer, more capable suppliers
  • Drive cost efficiencies through volume consolidation, negotiated terms, and reduced transactional complexity
  • Improve visibility and collaboration across the supply chain with integrated systems and standardized processes
4:55 pm - 5:30 pm KEYNOTE

How to Connect Procurement and Finance to Improve Business Decision

Marcus Mounir Hanana

CFO

Amazon Business

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Marcus Mounir Hanana, CFO of Amazon Business, explores how a combination of technology and AI, a strong focus on value creation, and a modern, tech-focused finance organization can help procurement leaders to drive results CFOs care about. This session will draw on real customer examples and looks at how intelligent tools can improve spend visibility, speed up insights, and help teams work more effectively together and improve strategic decision making in 2026.

5:30 pm - 5:35 pm

Chair’s Closing Remarks

5:35 pm

Drinks Reception

April 15th

Stream 1 Chair

Roberto Magana

VP Enterprise Supply Chain & Chief Procurement Officer

Kimberly-Clark Corporation

Stream 2 Chair

Stacy Joslin

Business Development Leader

ProcureAbility

7:30 am - 8:20 am

Registration & Breakfast

8:25 am - 8:35 am

Chair’s Opening Remarks

8:35 am - 9:10 am KEYNOTE

Sustaining Value Creation in the Context of Increasing Volatility

Roberto Magana

VP Enterprise Supply Chain & Chief Procurement Officer

Kimberly-Clark Corporation

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  • Resilience through Holistic Risk Management Framework
  • E2E Cost and Cash Management
  • Supplier Innovation and Sustainability
  • Strong Business and Supplier Partnerships
9:10 am - 9:45 am KEYNOTE

Rebuilding Procurement from the Ground Up: Driving Business Value Through Transformation

Jonathan Jennings

Chief Procurement Officer

HP Inc.

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  • Align procurement strategy with the company’s true profit engines

  • Partner with suppliers to unlock new sources of value

  • Structure transformation efforts around people, process, and tools

  • Streamline bureaucracy while maintaining control and oversight

  • Deploy digital and AI to support targeted improvements

9:50 am - 10:25 am Case Studies
STREAM 1 CASE STUDY

Elevate Your Role: How to Position Procurement as a Strategic Powerhouse

Jon Peattie

SVP, Procurement

Mars

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  • Align procurement KPIs with enterprise goals and growth targets
  • Demonstrate procurement’s value at the board and C-suite level
  • Build influence through cross-functional collaboration and transparency
  • Shift from tactical execution to proactive business enablement
STREAM 2 CASE STUDY

Elevating Procurement Through Innovation: Lessons from a Journey in Progress

Christiane Ocampo

Vice President, Global Procurement

Tapestry

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  • A candid perspective from an ongoing journey to leverage AI and automation to elevate talent, unlock capacity, and influence change that delivers lasting value
  • Insights from an AI and automation journey in Procurement, from early ideas to implementation and the inflection points that continue to inform learning
  • How innovation is being intentionally used as a force multiplier to elevate procurement resources – Reducing transactional work while expanding strategic capacity
  • Ongoing lessons as AI and automation move from pilots into the procurement operating model
10:25 am - 11:15 am Pre-Arranged One-To-One Meetings Arrow Icon

These mutually agreed-upon conversations are arranged and facilitated by Executive Platforms staff to ensure attendees have valuable discussions about their top-of-mind questions, challenges, and opportunities.

  • 10:30 am – 10:50 am: Meeting Slot 8/Networking
  • 10:55 am – 11:15 am: Meeting Slot 9/Networking
10:45 am - 11:15 am FOCUS GROUP

Executive focus groups are informal moderated discussions among peers, held during networking breaks outside the summit agenda. No sign-up is required; delegates and speakers can join any group of interest.

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Advancing Sustainable Procurement Through Enterprise Transformation

Howard Peschel

Vice President Procurement & Global Trade Compliance

Momentive Performance Materials

11:20 am - 11:55 am Workshops
STREAM 1 WORKSHOP

The CPO Playbook for IT Power in 2026

Jon Winsett

CEO

NPI

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IT has become the enterprise’s most volatile and least controlled spend category, pressured by AI acceleration, pricing resets, renewal leverage erosion, component inflation, and geopolitical shocks. In this executive session, we reposition IT as a core CPO mandate and outline how leading procurement teams are moving from reactive deal cycles to disciplined portfolio governance. Learn how top CPOs are exposing hidden exposure, restoring pricing leverage, and institutionalizing forward-looking control models that protect margin and elevate procurement’s strategic influence.

Attendees will learn how to:

  • Diagnose structural drivers of current IT cost volatility
  • Reclaim renewal leverage before vendors do
  • Align enterprise stakeholders to strengthen authority
  • Institutionalize a 12-month proactive control model
STREAM 2 WORKSHOP

Automate the Mundane: Free Up Talent for High-Impact Procurement Work

Executive to be Announced

Negotiate AI

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  • Identify high-volume tasks that can be digitized or outsourced
  • Use automation to reduce cycle times and human error
  • Empower staff to focus on strategy, supplier collaboration, and insights
  • Improve job satisfaction by eliminating manual processes
  • Scale procurement’s impact without scaling headcount

 

12:00 pm - 12:35 pm Case Studies
STREAM 1 CASE STUDY

Risk Management in Procurement: Mitigating Supplier Risks and Ensuring Continuity

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  • Build redundancy in sourcing strategies to minimize disruption risks
  • Identify and evaluate risks across the entire supplier base
  • Develop contingency plans to secure supply continuity
  • Monitor and address emerging risks with predictive tools
STREAM 2 CASE STUDY

Modernizing Indirect Procurement

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  • Shifted a highly local, in‑market procurement model into a global category‑led organization
  • Accelerated adoption of preferred partners and guided buying.
  • Developing a unified entry point for all procurement activity through ServiceNow
  • Building front‑end digital pilots to help employees navigate processes and ways of working
  • Driving outcomes including greater spend consolidation, lower cost‑to‑serve, and streamlined procurement operations.
12:35 pm - 1:35 pm Interactive Think Tanks

These are Informal and unmoderated networking opportunities for like-minded attendees to get together in small groups to brainstorm and discuss issues of common interest. Icebreaking questions and topics of possible conversation will be provided but are by no means mandatory.

TOPIC ONE

Measuring Procurement Success Beyond Cost Savings

TOPIC TWO

What Procurement Should Own — and What It Should Let Go Of

TOPIC THREE

Gaining Control of Indirect Spend Without Sacrificing Speed or Flexibility

TOPIC FOUR

Balancing Centralization vs. Business Unit Autonomy in Procurement

TOPIC FIVE

Creating Compliance That the Business Actually Buys Into

TOPIC SIX

Embedding Procurement Earlier in Business Decisions Without Becoming a Bottleneck

TOPIC SEVEN

Standardizing Indirect Categories While Respecting Business-Specific Needs

TOPIC EIGHT

Working Effectively with Finance, Legal, and Operations Without Slowing the Business

TOPIC NINE

Managing Trade-Offs Between Speed, Cost, Risk, and Quality

TOPIC TEN

Future-Proofing Procurement Roles as Technology and Expectations Evolve

TOPIC ELEVEN

Embedding Procurement in Indirect Spend Decisions Before Contracts Are Signed

TOPIC TWELVE

Supplier Relationship Management: When Partnership Actually Makes Sense

1:35 pm - 2:10 pm KEYNOTE

Fireside Chat: From Transformation to Value Creation: Where Do We Go from Here?

Craig Reed

Vice President, Global Procurement & Chief Procurement Officer

Thermo Fisher Scientific

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  • Demonstrate procurement’s ROI by showcasing how investments in people, process, and technology deliver measurable enterprise value.

  • Elevate procurement’s influence by aligning directly with C-suite priorities and driving board-level impact.

  • Accelerate responsiveness without losing control by balancing agile decision-making with robust governance and risk management.

  • Turn digital tools into business gains by applying AI, analytics, and automation to unlock speed, savings, and innovation.

  • Embed continuous improvement to sustain transformation and build lasting competitive advantage.

2:10 pm - 2:45 pm KEYNOTE

Procurement Digitalization: Implementing E-Procurement Platforms for Smarter Purchasing Decisions

Kailas Joshi

Chief Procurement Officer

Sallie Mae

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  • Digitalization of Procurement is a journey
  • Having clarity of outcomes – process, adoption, improving spend visibility
  • Importance of Data integrity and hygiene
  • Change management – the critical factor to business case realization
  • Evolution of tech in procurement – robotic automation, AI, etc.
2:45 pm - 2:50 pm

Chair’s Closing Remarks