How Ivalua is Driving Transformation for its Customers

Ivalua NOW 2026 was built on the phrase "building new horizons" across two days on 11-12 March at the iconic Carrousel du Louvre in the heart of Paris. With more than 1,500 leaders in attendance, the event was about more than just managing spend; it was about survival and sovereignty.

As speakers took to the stage, the message was clear: those who successfully navigate these "New Horizons" will be the ones who stop viewing uncertainty as a hurdle and start using it as a catalyst for organisational resilience.

The two days were full of engaging discussions, keynotes, panels and firesides with a range of speakers. To start day two, leaders from Ivalua took to the stage for the opening keynote to explore the next evolution of the function: a world where humans and AI agents work seamlessly together.

Celebrating excellence in procurement

To close out the event, the AI-powered spend management platform announced the winners of its annual global customer and partner awards. Franck Lheureux, CEO at Ivalua, says: “Our customers’ achievements show the power of effectively combining people, technology and processes. 

“We are proud to support leading organisations worldwide and help them accelerate their ambitious transformation goals. Congratulations to this year’s award winners, we are honored to be part of your journey.”

These awards recognise those organisations which are showing exceptional impact, innovation and tangible business outcomes. This year’s winners featured exceptional use of AI in procurement, rapid deployment and effective supplier data management.

2026 Customer Award winners:

• Technology Innovation and Excellence Award: Hutchinson
• Procurement Trailblazer - Making a Difference: Körber
• Procurement Community Team Spirit: TÜV SÜD
• Best New Deployment: IPC International

Jenny Eisen, IPC International Project Lead, adds: “This recognition celebrates the success of our Source-to-Contract deployment, which wouldn’t have been possible without exceptional collaboration.

“It shows how teamwork, strong partnerships and a phased and structured approach to roll-out, can deliver digital transformation at pace.”

A growing ecosystem of partners

The partner awards recognise contributions to the success of Ivalua and its customers over the past year, based on joint business initiatives and the growth of certified consultants.

Partner Awards winners:

• Global Partner of the Year: Deloitte
• EMEA Partner of the Year: Capgemini
• AMER Partner of the Year: Deloitte
• APAC Partner of the Year: KPMG

Ivalua also recognised eight Value Award winners: KPMG (Northern Europe), PwC (Southern Europe/Middle East), Axys (France/Belux), Accenture (Procurement Transformation), Optis (Collaboration), Sourcing Champions (Channel Sales), Modali Consulting (Project Excellence) and Deloitte India (Ivalua Practice Development).

Gabriel Giret, VP Global Alliances & Academy at Ivalua, says: “From enabling organisations to fully harness our technology to helping us drive innovation, our partners play a vital role in Ivalua’s growth. 

“The continued expansion of our partner ecosystem and community of certified Ivalua experts demonstrates the strong momentum we’re achieving together. Congratulations to this year’s winners and thanks to all our partners for their ongoing, outstanding support."

Ivalua significantly expanded its partner ecosystem in the past year as the company continued to gain market share and partner interest. Certified implementation consultants grew by 27% worldwide to over 3,100. 

Similarly, technology partners grew by 39% as Ivalua rapidly expanded its ecosystem. Ivalua is the Source-to-Pay platform of choice for many technology partners due to Ivalua’s comprehensive, extensible data model and intelligent workflows. 

Partner data can be fully captured in Ivalua’s platform and used to guide intelligent workflows, automatically driving customer spending based on company policies and changing market conditions.