What are we hiring for when the procurement function itself might look different in two years? Yesterday’s article looked at what 60+ live Nordic procurement job ads describe this summer. Some ads name explicit AI capability. Some name specific procurement platforms. Many describe procurement much as it looks today. All of them are being written […]
AI & Digitalisation in Procurement
How Nordic procurement functions move from AI pilots to everyday work, and what it takes in data, process and people. In EBG's Xperience 2026 survey, reliance on digital procurement tools rose from 55% to 71% in a year.
Hiring for procurement in 2026 — what 60+ Nordic job ads describe
What are Nordic procurement functions hiring for right now? During the summer of 2026, EBG has read more than 60 live Nordic procurement job ads to see what the picture looks like. Not manually. AI made it possible to read this many, this fast — which is part of the point. The analyst and vendor […]
Zycus join CPO Outlook 2026 — and the question that follows agentic AI into the room
Zycus is among the expert organisations at CPO Outlook 2026, 14–15 October at Hotel Birger Jarl in Stockholm, hosting a roundtable across both discussion sessions on Day 1. They arrive from a year in which they put a considerable amount of research into the market. So, the observation before the welcome: the question in the room […]
Ivalua join CPO Outlook 2026 —bringing the foundations question with it
EBG | Network welcomes Ivalua back to CPO Outlook 2026, 14–15 October in Stockholm — an Expert organisation we have worked alongside since 2017. Here is why a company that spent a decade building the foundation, not the feature, is worth a conversation in the year everyone discovered agents. The thesis, before the praise. In […]
Coupa join CPO Outlook 2026 — bringing the autonomy question with it
EBG | Network welcomes Coupa back to CPO Outlook 2026, 14–15 October in Stockholm. Here’s why a company on a three-acquisition AI run is worth a conversation, not a logo. The thesis, before the praise. The interesting thing about Coupa’s last twelve months is not the acquisitions. It is the bet underneath them — that […]
More Responsibility. Less Control. Faster Change.
EBG | Xperience Stockholm 2026 brought thirty procurement leaders together at Scandic Grand Central for a focus day on AI, risk, leadership and transformation. The day’s red thread, set out at the opening: more responsibility, less control, faster change. Three expert organizations — Coupa, Accenture and IntegrityNext — opened the day with views from the […]
The New Engine in the Old Factory — and Why Change Is Harder Than It Looks
There is a statistic circulating right now that keeps coming back: ninety-five percent of generative AI pilots fail to deliver measurable financial impact. Not because the technology doesn’t work. Because deploying it in a way that delivers results turns out to be an organizational challenge, not a technical one. At EBG | Network, we have […]
EBG | Play: What Does Your AP System Know About Your Suppliers That You Don’t?
Every step in source-to-pay can be skipped except the invoice. Fredrik Rydqvist of Medius on why AP data may be procurement’s most underused supplier intelligence.
Three Leaders. Three Perspectives. One Conversation About the Future of Procurement.
EBG | Xperience Malmö | April 28, 2026 On April 28th, EBG | Xperience returns to Malmö – and with it, a half-day designed around something procurement events rarely priorities: leadership. Not leadership as a buzzword. Leadership as the practice of creating conditions where skilled teams can actually move forward. Where complexity becomes navigable. Where […]
IntegrityNext Joins EBG | Xperience 2026 STHLM as Expert Organization
When 75% of procurement leaders cite lack of visibility beyond Tier 1 as their biggest challenge, the conversation shifts from frameworks to operational reality. We’re pleased to welcome IntegrityNext to EBG | Xperience 2026 in Stockholm as Expert Organization – a role that goes beyond sponsorship to active participation in the peer discussions that define […]