Agenda

We've professionalized sourcing. Built category management. Introduced SRM. Digitized P2P. Created procurement excellence. Built analytics. Now AI and agents promise another productivity leap. But the fundamental question isn't: “How do we make procurement better?” It's: “What should procurement actually be responsible for in the company of 2030?”

Like many procurement teams, Posten is being asked to deliver more with less. Following a 25% headcount reduction across the company, their procurement team has been affected too, while expectations have only grown. In this session, Petter Andresen from Posten shares their journey since 2010, how the function has evolved, what the recent changes have meant in practice, and how their new AI project is helping the team deliver value with fewer people. It's an honest look at what it actually takes to keep procurement delivering with a smaller team. A short Q&A follows, where Petter and Per Svanberg share their perspectives on what comes next for procurement.

Everyone is talking about AI in procurement. But where does it actually deliver today, and where are we still a few years away? Willy Hasselberg comes from a strategic procurement background at Vestas and has taken on a new role to bring AI into the function. He shares his approach to identifying where AI creates real value, the choices and trade-offs involved (including what to build versus what to buy), and an honest view of what the future might hold. Practical and honest, from someone actively building it.