Top Five Stories in Procurement

Why Amazon Business is now Offering Same-day Fresh Groceries

Amazon Business has officially launched Same-Day Delivery for fresh groceries, fulfilling a top request from its professional clientele.

From schools and offices to gyms and salons, businesses in more than 2,300 US cities can now order perishables, including produce, dairy and frozen goods, alongside their standard supplies. This expansion integrates thousands of local and national grocery brands directly into the existing Amazon Business marketplace.

Amazon has seen a strong response to its offering of fresh grocery delivery to its customers, so it will now provide this to its business customers.

“We’re continuously innovating to make business buying simpler, faster, and more cost-effective for our customers. Our customers have been asking for an easier way to order fresh groceries alongside the everyday business essentials they rely on to run their operations,” says Shelley Salomon, VP Amazon Business. 

Scaling Finance: Zip Unveils Procure-to-Pay AI Automation

Leading AI platform for procurement, Zip, has launched AI automation for Procure-to-Pay – offering a suite of AI agents, purpose-built to automate the full accounting workflow, from purchase request to payment.

Zip, which already offers an array of tools, has helped to orchestrate more than US$500bn in spend for hundreds of the world’s biggest companies – including Anthropic, AMD, Discover, Dollar Tree, OpenAI and T-Mobile.

Now, Zip is extending that same AI automation to the finance and accounting teams responsible for recording every dollar of that spend accurately.

“Zip was built as a procurement platform first, which means that by the time an invoice arrives, we already have the purchase request, the approved purchase order, the contract terms, the budget position and the supplier history. That 360-degree context is what lets our AI get it right when 95% isn’t good enough,” says Rujul Zaparde, Co-Founder and CEO of Zip.

MTN’s New Global Sourcing & Supply Chain Exec: Andrew Savage

MTN Group has announced the appointment of Andrew Savage as Executive: Global Sourcing and Supply Chain (GSSC), effective 1 May 2026. 

The move formalises a leadership transition that has been underway for several months, following his tenure in an acting capacity. 

With more than two decades of experience in global sourcing and supply chain management, Andrew steps into the role at a time when procurement is increasingly central to enterprise value creation. 

His appointment signals continuity in MTN’s transformation agenda, alongside a renewed focus on resilience, digitalisation and sustainability.

“I’m really grateful (and a little humbled, if I’m honest) to be stepping into the role of Group Executive: GSSC-Global Sourcing and Supply Chain at MTN,” writes Andrew Savage, Executive: Global Sourcing and Supply Chain at MTN, on LinkedIn.

Everything You Need to Know for Coupa Inspire 2026

In an era defined by high interest rates, shifting geopolitical landscapes and strict ESG mandates, procurement has become the focal point for businesses. 

As the industry prepares to gather at the ARIA Las Vegas from 11–14 May, Coupa Inspire 2026 arrives at a vital time for the function.

This year’s theme, "The Network Effect", explores the powerful synergy between AI-native technology and a global community fuelled by Coupa's US$9.5tn dataset.  For the leaders in attendance, the event offers a definitive roadmap to move beyond transactional purchasing and embrace the age of agentic procurement.

PepsiCo & Talus: Decarbonising Fertiliser Production

PepsiCo and Talus have entered into a collaboration agreement to advance the decarbonisation of fertiliser production across global agriculture supply chains. 

Harnessing low-carbon ammonia environmental attributes, the initial agreement will span PepsiCo’s Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia Pacific and Global Teams, with broader collaboration to extend to the US and the proposed Blue Earth, Minnesota project. 

Being one of the most emissions-intensive and hard-to-abate components of global food systems, fertiliser production's biggest impact lies in the upstream of direct supplier relationships. 

"Decarbonising fertiliser is important to advancing climate progress at scale, but it should be done in a way that works for farmers," says Margaret Henry, Vice President of Sustainable and Regenerative Agriculture at PepsiCo.