EBG | Xperience Helsinki
March 25, 2026 | 09:30-15:00
For Procurement Leaders Who Enable Their Organizations to Act
Your teams are skilled. Your challenges are clear. But somewhere between capability and execution, momentum stalls. Approvals pile up. Priorities conflict. The organization asks for more—but doesn’t provide the mandate, data, or resources to deliver.
EBG | Xperience Helsinki brings together Nordic procurement leaders navigating this exact tension. This isn’t a conference. It’s a half-day where leaders share what they’re actually wrestling with—and where you can be honest about what’s working and what isn’t.
Three Strategic Challenges. Three Honest Conversations.
Building Teams That Can Actually Act
How do you give skilled teams the mandate to execute—without losing governance? When everything needs cross-functional collaboration but procurement rarely has formal authority, what does empowerment actually look like?
Managing Complexity You Can’t Control
You’re accountable for supply chain risk, sustainability compliance, and bridging gaps between Finance, Sales, and R&D—often beyond Tier 1 visibility. How do you prioritize when everything is “critical”? How do you manage risk you can’t see?
Making Technology Work for You
47% face pressure to automate while 42% face budget freezes (CPO Outlook 2025 + EBG | Xperience 2025 Surveys). How do you invest in AI and digital tools that actually ease workload—rather than adding another system to manage? What does “AI-ready” mean when you’re already underwater?
What Makes This Different
Procurement leader practitioners. Three procurement leaders share their lived experiences—what they tried, what worked, what didn’t, and what they’re still figuring out.
Diagnostic frameworks, not best practices. Interactive mapping exercises help you see where your organization actually is—and what barriers matter most.
Peer learning. Roundtable discussions (5-6 per table) where you tackle the same strategic dilemmas together.
Cross-city learning. Helsinki starts a three-city conversation (Stockholm April 23, Malmö April 28). Insights from today inform the series—building collective Nordic wisdom.
Who Should Attend
- Chief Procurement Officers
- Heads of Procurement
- Procurement Directors
- Senior Leaders responsible for procurement transformation
One participant per company to ensure diverse perspectives (maximum 30 practitioners).
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 09:30-10:00 | Coffee & Registration |
| 10:00-10:15 | Welcome & Context Setting |
| 10:15-10:30 | Topic 1 Presentation: Building Teams That Can Actually Act |
| 10:30-11:10 | Topic 1 Roundtable Discussion |
| 11:10-11:20 | Break & Table Rotation |
| 11:20-11:35 | Topic 2 Presentation: Managing Complexity You Can’t Control |
| 11:35-12:15 | Topic 2 Roundtable Discussion |
| 12:15-13:00 | Lunch & Networking |
| 13:00-13:15 | Topic 3 Presentation: Making Technology Work for You |
| 13:15-13:55 | Topic 3 Roundtable Discussion |
| 14:00-14:55 | Day Synthesis & Key Patterns |
| 14:55-15:00 | Closing |
| 15:00 | Workshop Ends |
Schedule may include spotlights from event partners. Changes to the agenda may occur.
What You’ll Leave With
✓ Clarity on where you stand – diagnostic frameworks that reveal your actual organizational barriers
✓ Peer insights you can use – how other procurement leaders are navigating the same strategic tensions
✓ Permission to be imperfect – this is about shared challenges, not polished success stories
✓ Cross-city learning access – insights from Helsinki inform Stockholm and Malmö; attend one or all three
Apply to Attend
This is an application-based workshop. EBG | Network approve participants to ensure role diversity, company diversity, and fit with the strategic themes. Consultants, service providers, researchers etc will not be able to secure a seat below – contact EBG for details.
Participation fee: Free of charge (includes workshop, materials, lunch, and series insights) See Terms & Conditions
Questions?
Anna Bjärkerud
Founder, EBG | Network
anna(at)ebgnetwork.com
+46 73 581 93 02
Part of the EBG | Xperience 2026 three-city series:
- Helsinki March 25th
- Stockholm April 23rd
- Malmö April 28th