Agentic AI in Procurement
Most procurement AI conversations stop at the tool – faster searches, faster drafts, faster approvals. Frankfurt goes one step further: what does it take to turn your organisation’s own data and decision history into a genuine agentic asset, not just a productivity boost? We’ll draw a clear line between using AI and building with it and what that means for the business case you take back to your board.
- 11 February 2027
- Maindock, Frankfurt
from using ai to owning it
KonnectHouse returns to Frankfurt to take the next step in Agentic AI for Procurement.
What you will learn:
Eight threads running through the day, drawn from how leading procurement and sourcing teams are actually deploying agentic AI right now, not the vendor pitch, the working reality.
Join a curated day or practitoner talks and roundtables focused on working examples with maximum interaction, brainstorming and live demos.
What will be discussed
1. AI vs. agentic: know the difference before you invest Using Copilot or ChatGPT to work faster and building a bespoke, private AI layer on your own organisation's data are not the same investment, the same risk, or the same payoff. We draw the line clearly, with working examples of each.
2. Your data as the new balance-sheet asset Decades of supplier history, category research and negotiation outcomes sit dormant in most procurement functions. What it takes to turn that into a private, reusable asset that compounds — not just a cleaner spreadsheet.
3. Redesigning the operating model A practical model for splitting spend into tail, self-serve and strategic channels — automating the low-value volume, giving the business self-service where it's safe to, and reserving your best people for the decisions that need judgment.
4. Craft over tooling Why the teams getting real value aren't the ones with the most AI, but the ones who bring category expertise, customer empathy and a clear point of view to it. Technology doesn't create the breakthrough — judgment does.
5. From copilots to orchestration The shift from general-purpose AI assistance toward agents embedded in workflow — observing how your team actually works and automating the repeatable parts, with humans directing the exceptions.
6. Future-proofing the practitioner A practical way to work out which parts of a procurement role stay human — judgment, ambiguity, stakeholder complexity, ethical and political weight — and which are heading toward the machine.
7. Governance you can defend A working framework — threat, risk, harm, control — for reasoning about supplier AI, model provider data practices and EU AI Act exposure, plus the contract clauses to have ready before your next renewal.
8. Earning the board's confidence What boards actually scrutinise in an AI investment case — long-term value over short-term efficiency, human oversight, accountable ownership — and how to build a business case that survives that scrutiny.
key takeaways
What delegates will walk away able to do differently, not just talk about differently.
- A working framework for deciding which procurement tasks are ready to hand to an agent, and which still need a human holding the decision
- A clearer view of where AI providers’ incentives diverge from your organisation’s, and the questions to ask before your data flows into a model
- Real deployment lessons from procurement leaders who’ve moved past the pilot stage – what got adopted, what got ignored, and why
- A people-first approach to change management, so adoption doesn’t stall on fear of replacement before it ever reaches the workflow
- A way to measure success beyond activity metrics – whether time saved is actually being reinvested into higher-value, strategic work
- A sharper sense of what stays distinctly human in procurement and how to build that edge deliberately, rather than assume it survives by default
- A threat–risk–harm–control framework for reasoning about supplier AI use, ahead of regulation such as the EU AI Act catching up with you
- A grounded answer to “how good does AI need to be before we trust it” – one that looks at consequence and harm, not just accuracy percentages
grounded in real deployments
KonnectHouse events are built around what’s actually happened, not projections. Here’s the calibre of story past sessions have drawn on.
GLOBAL LIFE SCIENCES
~50%
A global pharmaceutical procurement function restructured spend into automated, self-service and people-led channels — cutting its core transactional headcount by close to half over five years, while reinvesting the freed capacity into business partnering, decision support and category-adjacent “solutions” work the business actually asked for.
FAST-FASHION RETAIL
2 wks → mins
A global retailer replaced a black-hole supplier-onboarding process with an orchestration platform embedding compliance checks directly into the workflow — turning a multi-week email chase into a tracked process, and unlocking pull from legal, risk and marketing teams who hadn’t been part of the original business case.
REGULATED FINANCIAL SERVICES
80%
A fast-growing bank stood up procurement as a function from close to zero and cut intake-to-completion cycle times by roughly four fifths within a year — with the leadership team’s first question on any new deal now being whether procurement was involved from the outset.
MANUFACTURING JOINT VENTURE
4→1 ERP
A multi-entity manufacturing joint venture used AI-surfaced spend intelligence to unify category strategy across four legacy ERPs and reluctant local teams — turning tail-spend negotiation into a task even sceptical long-serving buyers adopted once the savings became visible to them directly.
Composite examples reflecting patterns from prior KonnectHouse sessions. Frankfurt speaker lineup 2027 to be confirmed.
Seats are limited to maximize learning and collaboration. Sell-side seats are extremely limited. Register for your seat today.
CIPS Members Attend for Free
Partner with us at Agentic AI in Procurement, and position your brand at the forefront of cutting-edge transformation. As a sponsor, you’ll have the unique opportunity to engage with procurement leaders and digital champions, showcase your expertize, and gain visibility through speaking roles, branding opportunities, and networking sessions. Join us to help shape the future of procurement through AI while enhancing your brand’s reputation as a thought leader in this field.
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