CPO Compass 2026
Subject-matter experts explore the long-term trends shaping an ever-more complex macro environment
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Procurement Leaders Resources
- Strategy & Org Design
- Category Management
- Supplier Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Risk Management & Sustainability
- Procurement Technology
- Developing Skills
Strategic Planning Guide 2026
Challenge and validate your plans for next year with insights into CPO priorities, resource allocation and functional performance
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Procurement Salary Survey 2025
Explore the skills and roles leaders intend to prioritise as AI continues to revolutionise the function
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Focus on feelings – and facts – to enable successful transformation
Data may drive decision-making, but leaders should ensure they consider the human aspect
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Thank you, John Paterson
Procurement Leaders remembers a thought leader, innovator and trusted friend
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Unilever surpasses stretch savings target through negotiation programme
An emphasis on tech and training is driving improved performance at the consumer goods giant
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Conflict, decoupling and inflation spell danger for supply chains
As uncertainty continues to grow, leaders are accelerating the process of shifting their supply chains
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Pause and effect: CPOs accelerate localisation as US delays tariffs
Recent announcements have prompted leaders to double down on localisation efforts
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‘Remain calm and observe’: CPOs react to Trump’s executive orders
With a slew of policy announcements making headlines, procurement chiefs gathered to share their strategies
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Building compelling strategies through category excellence
Discover how leading organisations develop best-in-class category strategies
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Amplifying procurement’s social impact
Amid a challenging environment, social impact procurement can deliver significant commercial value
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Supplier inclusion opportunities emerge amid localisation push
The growing localisation trend means organisations are considering the merits of small and local businesses
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Developing future-fit supplier segmentation methods
The time has come to revisit how organisations segment suppliers
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What we learned at World Procurement Congress 2025
The most valuable takeaways from the leaders accelerating progress in procurement
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8 things we learned about partnerships at WPC 2025
Leaders shared the secrets of their most powerful collaborations
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Treat every stakeholder as a customer to strengthen internal relationships
Procurement teams must reset key stakeholder relationships to ensure the organisation’s success
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Simple office stationery switch positively impacts 6,000 underprivileged lives
Selecting social enterprise suppliers for nonstrategic categories is delivering significant social benefits
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Centre supplier management around stakeholder priorities
Rightsizing the number of strategic suppliers and aligning on stakeholder priorities can deliver significant value
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Influencing and partnering with the business
Discover the importance of partnering with the business, as well as techniques for identifying – and winning over – key stakeholders
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Gianluca Colombo: ‘There is no sourcing without responsible sourcing’
The deputy CPO at dsm firmenich offers his views on the importance of ESG, revisiting operating models and procurement as a breeding ground for talent
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‘It has a ripple effect across everything’: How teams are managing tariffs
With increased import duties a reality for many buyers, members shared their mitigation strategies
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Coupa regional chief: ‘The leaders who think ahead will set the agenda’
Joao Paulo da Silva, regional president, EMEA and APAC, discusses the impact of AI on productivity and resilience
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High-profile cyberattacks show the value of digital diligence
Several incidents resulting from supply chain weaknesses highlight procurement’s role in safeguarding the business
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Sustainable procurement leads turn to tech – but warn it isn’t a panacea
Specialist tools are helping to drive progress towards ESG targets
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Prepare yourself and your function for further disruption in 2025
CPOs must ensure they’re mentally prepared to deal with the demands of ‘planning for the unplanned’
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Data analytics leads not dashing to ditch dashboards for AI
WIth dashboard usage slowly dwindling, procuretech leaders considered the case for using chatbots instead
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From chaos to clarity: delivering data to drive AI-powered procurement
Develop strategies to overcome the barriers to building a strong data foundation and deploying AI
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Function-wide data effort crucial to AI success at Axpo
Staff taking collective responsibility for data quality has enabled procurement to automate spend classification
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The agentic age approaches
AI capabilities becoming increasingly autonomous raises huge questions for CPOs
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7 things we learned about digitalisation and AI at WPC 2025
From the dawn of agentic to chief AI officers, delegates at WPC were provoked with new ideas
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Procurement Salary Survey 2025
Explore the skills and roles leaders intend to prioritise as AI continues to revolutionise the function
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Unilever surpasses stretch savings target through negotiation programme
An emphasis on tech and training is driving improved performance at the consumer goods giant
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9 things we learned about talent and leadership at WPC 2025
CPOs revealed how they are empowering future leaders, navigating major change and developing high-performing teams
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Look to build ‘experience capital’ to help bridge the gender divide
McKinsey partner Theano Liakopoulou says workplace experiences are key to progression
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Develop capabilities – not skills – to build the function of the future
Skills are just one piece of the puzzle when it comes to ensuring procurement teams can deliver on their strategic aims
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