Webinar: How Spend Intelligence is Driving Procurement

Procurement teams face mounting expectations to reduce costs, deliver meaningful insights and maintain control – all while working with fragmented systems that force them to rely on spreadsheets and time-consuming manual workflows.

Plus, as the last few years have presented procurement teams with unprecedented challenges, as global disruption has fundamentally altered how organisations approach spending and build resilience.

Procurement leaders have turned to tech solutions to harness real-time spend analytics, AI-powered tools and integrated platforms to transform spend management from a tactical function into a strategic asset.

By exposing purchasing patterns and supplier pricing structures, these tools enable organisations to identify savings, mitigate risk and secure more favourable contract terms.

As supply chains become increasingly intricate, organisations are turning to analytics platforms for the transparency and control they need. The ability to integrate diverse data sources and extract insights from unstructured information is driving rapid adoption, establishing spend analytics as fundamental to procurement's evolution.

Procurement leaders who adopt these real-time analytics and AI capabilities are transforming their departments into strategic business drivers. In an era of ongoing volatility, intelligent and resilient spend management isn't optional – it's essential. The future belongs to procurement teams equipped with accurate, live spend intelligence and the confidence to lead organisational change. 

During an exclusive webinar with Domo, it will show how a consolidated perspective on spending across all suppliers and categories enables teams to identify cost-saving opportunities, define strategic purchasing priorities and integrate these insights directly into routine buying decisions and approval workflows – creating a systematic approach that steers the organisation towards optimal purchasing choices at scale.

Spend intelligence at speed: How lean procurement teams move from insight to action, will take place from 3pm GMT on Thursday, 29 January.

Meet the speakers

Chris Sweeney, Senior Manager & Professional Services Lead at Domo

Chris Sweeney is a procurement transformation specialist who bridges the worlds of strategic sourcing and advanced data analytics. With dual expertise in procurement consulting and AI-driven technology delivery, he helps organisations achieve measurable cost savings whilst building smarter, more agile procurement functions.

Chris' career combines deep procurement domain knowledge from Efficio Consulting with technical leadership in data integration and AI analytics at Domo. This unique perspective allows him to address procurement challenges with both strategic rigour and technological innovation. Over the course of his career, he has led delivery of more than 100 transformation projects across diverse industries and global markets, generating millions in documented cost savings. His client portfolio includes major international brands, among them Sony PlayStation, Mastercard and Rolex.

He has guided the adoption of advanced analytics platforms. He has also directed complex procurement transformations for organisations including the UK Ministry of Defence, Wittur and Accudyne, applying proven category management frameworks, supplier negotiation strategies and sourcing best practices.

Chris specialises in helping procurement leaders gain control of fragmented spend data, identify optimisation opportunities and deliver quantifiable business value through the strategic application of data, AI and disciplined sourcing methodologies.

Libby Hargreaves, Editor at Supply Chain Digital

Libby Hargreaves is the Editor of Supply Chain Digital, reporting on topical events happening across the industry, interviewing executives and providing exclusive content for the Procurement and Supply Chain portfolio. She holds a degree in Politics and Literature, with modules covering trade and environmental policy.

She was also formerly Deputy Editor of Supply Chain Digital, Procurement Magazine, Scope 3 Magazine & Manufacturing Digital.

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