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AOP and Zip's Peder Gustafson explore how procurement is evolving from a siloed, task-centric function into an embedded, cross-functional partner.

Automation is accelerating. AI is everywhere. And for many smart, capable people, the dominant feeling isn't excitement, it's exhaustion. In this session, Sam Conniff explores why compliance has quietly become the default response to automation, and why that loss of confidence, curiosity, and judgement is the bigger risk.

In the face of rapid AI acceleration, increasing global regulations, and ambitious business growth, Primark was changing — its procurement function needed to get ahead of that change.

AI is changing the world, and AI procurement orchestration is fundamentally changing how the work of procurement gets done.

This discussion used signals from the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant, to explore how AI, orchestration, and integrated intelligence are redefining procurement strategy, structure, and execution.

In 2026, the most successful CPOs aren't just managing spend, they’re mastering the entire supplier lifecycle. Yet, too many P2P teams are sidelined by the disconnect between the time a request is made and how and when a transaction is processed.