- August 5th, 11 AM ET
TEEM presents: Category Management in the AI Era
Category management should help procurement teams answer three critical questions:
- What’s the current state of this category?
- What should the future state be?
- How do we execute?
In this Launchpad series, we’ll discuss why traditional category management often breaks down across spreadsheets, slide decks, and disconnected systems, and how AI can help category managers build living, data-backed strategies. We’ll show how Teem brings together contracts, spend, renewals, supplier capabilities, stakeholder feedback, market intelligence, and supplier performance to help teams understand the current state, define the future state, and execute with confidence.
presenters
Meet your Launchpad host
Ben Mappen
Co-founder & CEO
TEEM
speaker bio
Ben Mappen is the co-founder and CEO of Teem, an AI-powered supplier intelligence platform that helps large enterprises rationalize software spend, consolidate vendors, and gain negotiation leverage against suppliers. A repeat entrepreneur with a track record of building, scaling, and selling technology companies, Ben combines deep expertise in procurement and enterprise software with a passion for solving complex operational challenges.