2026 Procurement Predictions: Inside The Trends That Will Define & Dominate The Year Ahead

What’s next for procurement—and which trends will truly define 2026?

Each year, Zip gathers predictions from the practitioners and leaders actively shaping the future of procurement at innovative organizations like Cloudflare, Anthropic, Sprinklr, and Coinbase. In this forward-looking session, we’ll break down those insights to uncover the themes that will define and dominate the year ahead.

Join Jason Powell, Managing Director of Enterprise Transformation at Zip, and Jordan Lipschutz, Senior Manager at EY, as they explore how agentic AI, orchestration platforms, and autonomous workflows are reshaping procurement operating models. The conversation will also cover how teams are measuring AI ROI, navigating the “messy middle” of transformation, and evolving their workforce and supplier relationships to create value at the speed of business.

Whether you’re planning your 2026 roadmap or pressure-testing current investments, this session will spark new ideas and provide practical perspective on where procurement is headed—and how to prepare for what’s next.

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