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What if everything we “know” about procurement is wrong? Procurement leaders: this is a conversation you don’t want to miss. 🎯 We’re partnering with Omid Ghamami, CGNE™, CPSCM™, President at the Procurement and Supply Chain Management (PSCM) Institute, to bring you an innovative thought leadership series challenging the assumptions holding procurement back: from where value is really created to how AI should (and shouldn’t) be applied. Over the coming weeks, we’ll tackle the biggest myths in the profession and explore what it takes to elevate procurement from transactional execution to enterprise value creation. 🥅The goal: move procurement beyond the back office and into true strategic influence. 💡New insights dropping weekly - join us to follow along for the full series of videos, blogs, and podcasts. In the meantime, stay in the know! Subscribe to our Insights: https://lnkd.in/efg_WxSG #ProcurementLeaders #ProcurementInnovation #ValueCreation #SupplyChainResilience

🏆 We are proud to share that ProcureAbility has been recognized as 'Procurement Consulting Firm of the Year 2026 – USA' and received the 'Innovation Award for Digital Solutions 2026 – USA' at the 2026 AI Business Excellence Awards by Acquisition International Magazine. 🎯 These recognitions highlight our ability to deliver specialized, high-impact procurement solutions, combining deep expertise, flexible delivery models, and AI-powered innovation to drive measurable enterprise results. We tailor solutions to each client’s needs and balance advanced technology with human insight to help organizations achieve scalable, sustainable performance. 🌏 This achievement reflects the strength of our people-first culture and our continued commitment to excellence in procurement and supply chain transformation. 📍 Read more: https://lnkd.in/eVgkJhbZ #ProcurementLeaders #AwardWinner #AIInnovation #ProcurementTransformation #SupplyChain

🔭What happens when procurement looks beyond traditional contracting and applies operational insight, data, and supplier‑centric thinking? In our latest ProcureAbility Strategic Sourcing Story, Conrad Snover sits down with Joe Adamski, Managing Director, to share how simple, but highly strategic, changes to procurement operations helped a North American dredging company: ✅ Improve continuity and reliability of critical equipment ✅ Reduce spend volatility and lower total cost by 5% ✅ Enable regional resource sharing through better data and visibility This is a great example of how procurement can move from reactive buying to delivering measurable operational and enterprise value. ▶️ Watch the brief video below to learn how Joe and the team made it happen. Contact us to put our strategic sourcing expertise to work for you: https://lnkd.in/eYz8SNUc #StrategicSourcing #ProcurementLeadership #SupplyChain #ValueCreation #ProcurementTransformation

From a more in-depth conversation on procurement workload: real impact doesn’t come from constant involvement, it comes from clear priorities and empowering others. 🎯 On a LinkedIn LIVE, ProcureAbility's Workforce Solutions Leader, Kimberly Neisen, and Tom Mills, Founder of Procurement Protagonist Ltd, spoke candidly about burnout: why it happens, and why being focused on the highest-value activities is essential to sustaining performance and driving measurable business impact. Procurement teams don’t need to do more, they need to double down on what matters most. 🔥 Discover practical strategies to mitigate burnout and build more resilient teams: Read our blog https://lnkd.in/gMtrTNTY #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth2026 #ProcurementLeaders #ProcurementTalent #SupplyChainInnovation

The strongest procurement organizations don’t just focus on strategy, they focus on culture. Because culture is what ultimately drives performance, trust, and long-term success. 🎯 In Part I of the Procurement Pathways Podcast, 'From Chicken Farm to the C-Suite: A Masterclass in Limitless Leadership,' Stacy Joslin, Business Development Leader at ProcureAbility and podcast host, sat down with Howard Richman, Owner, Levelfield Enterprises, LLC and Retired CPO, Citrix, to explore a powerful idea: leaders should amplify strengths, not fix weaknesses. When people lean into their strengths, confidence grows, and so does the quality of outcomes. In Part II, the conversation moves from philosophy to execution. 💡 A few standout insights: ✔️ Environment leaders create shapes how teams perform, collaborate, and grow ✔️ Leadership behaviors and incentives directly influence outcomes ✔️ Strong cultures are essential to retaining top procurement talent 🎧 Listen to Part II of Stacy and Howard's engaging conversation: https://lnkd.in/dQbrADDs #ProcurementLeadership #TalentStrategy #ProcurementTalent

What happens when procurement drops the jargon, raises the energy, and meets stakeholders in their language? 📣 Trust grows. Collaboration improves. And the value delivered extends far beyond cost savings. 🤝 In this clip from our Linked LIVE, Creating a Winning Mindset for Procurement Leaders', featuring Emily Cole, co-owner of the Savannah Bananas, and ProcureAbility's Bridget Pepe, we explored why stakeholder experience must be treated as a strategic priority, and how a “fan-first” mindset, inspired by the Savannah Bananas, can reshape how teams communicate, build relationships, and measure impact across the business. Learn more about how procurement can go beyond cost savings with our recent whitepaper on procurement’s shift to performance-based outcomes, written in partnership with Omid Ghamami, CGNE™, CPSCM™ at the PSCM Institute: https://lnkd.in/geKxTJZr #ProcurementInnovation #ProcurementLeaders #SupplyChainResilience #WinningMindset #PerformanceKPIs

📉Most AI use in procurement isn’t delivering measurable enterprise impact. If your team is still focused on drafting emails and accelerating RFPs, you’re not transforming procurement, you’re optimizing the margins. The trailblazers breaking away from the pack are using AI to drive decisions across risk, market intelligence, and analytics; that’s where the real competitive advantage is taking shape. And the gap is growing. 📍Join us for this AOP Live session, The CPO Agenda: Scaling Value Through AI, Data, and Intelligent Automation, on Tuesday, June 23 at 11 AM ET. Led by Philip Ideson and Kelly Barner of Art of Procurement, and featuring, Darshan Deshmukh, President at ProcureAbility, this timely conversation will break down: ✔️Why most AI efforts in procurement stall at “good enough” ✔️What leading teams are doing differently right now ✔️How to move from experimentation to real, trusted impact If you want the agenda for how procurement to play a bigger role in C-Suite decision-making, not just execution, this conversation is for you. 👉 Register now: https://lnkd.in/guGcc2jS #ProcurementLeaders #AIinProcurement #IntelligentAutomation

Consulting Magazine's Top Consultants Awards, recognizing the most influential practitioners driving impact across clients, firms, and the consulting industry, has announced this year’s honorees. 🌟 Join us in congratulating Joe Adamski, Managing Director at ProcureAbility, named as a 2026 'Top Consultant' in the category of 'Strategy & Transformation'. ⚡ This distinction highlights leaders who have driven large-scale transformations, delivering measurable financial results while aligning teams around meaningful change. This year’s honorees stood out for their strong ideas, disciplined execution, and ability to create lasting impact through practical methods and proven processes. 🏆Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gFAEYi4B #ProcurementLeaders #ConsultingExcellence #Strategy #Transformation #Leadership #AwardWinner

In the most recent episode of our Procurement Pathways Podcast, Howard Richman sits down with Stacy Joslin, ProcureAbility Business Development Leader, in the first part of their discussion to explore how his leadership approach has focused on amplifying people’s strengths rather than trying to close every perceived gap. 💡 When individuals are given the space to lean into what they do best, they build confidence, thrive, and deliver their highest‑quality work. 🎧Take a listen to this compelling episode ahead of the release of Part II of Howard and Stacy's conversation next week: https://lnkd.in/eHgnGwmF #ProcurementInnovation #ProcurementLeaders #SupplyChainResilience #Talent

🌏A clear shift is underway toward value chains that are not only more sustainable, but more resilient to disruption, volatility, and uncertainty. Sustainability is no longer a statement of intent, it’s a strategic lever for resilience, risk mitigation, and long‑term value. And it increasingly depends on stronger collaboration across the value chain. 🤝 💡If you missed it live, the CIPS - The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply and ProcureAbility Earth Day webinar is now available on‑demand, featuring insights from global industry leaders on turning disruption into an opportunity to build smarter, more sustainable supply networks. 🎬Watch the replay: https://lnkd.in/ec2RXCj4 Darshan Deshmukh, James Moore, Aparna Prabhakar, Kristina Andric, Maxfield Weiss #SupplyChainResilience #Sustainability #ProcurementLeaders #EarthDay #Innovation