At CPO Outlook 2025, JAGGAER will host a Theme Discussion on how AI can enable smarter category management. Robert Lindqvist, Sales Director Nordics, will lead the session “How can we effectively use AI in Category Management – and where do we currently stand?”
Why this matters
Procurement teams are under pressure to deliver risk-aware, insight-driven, and ESG-aligned outcomes across every category. But many still struggle with fragmented data, unclear ownership, and reactive processes. AI and augmented analytics promise a breakthrough. However, this is only if the data foundation is solid and platforms, processes, and people are aligned. JAGGAER’s roundtable invites leaders to step back from buzzwords. They will reflect on what really needs to change to unlock smarter category decisions.
What will be discussed
- What core challenges still limit strategic category work — and how do they show up day to day?
- How ready is your organization to use AI — and how much is data still a barrier?
- Who owns the roadmap to integrated, AI-enabled category management — and are they empowered?
- To what extent can current platforms (like JAGGAER) support the shift — and what more is needed to scale impact?
About the moderator
Robert Lindqvist, Sales Director Nordics, JAGGAER
Robert leads JAGGAER’s engagements in the Nordics, helping organizations adopt digital procurement solutions that unlock category value. With extensive experience in spend management and procurement technology, he works with CPOs and their teams to drive transformation through data and AI-enabled insights.
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About JAGGAER
JAGGAER is a global leader in enterprise procurement and supplier collaboration. We are the catalyst for enhancing human decision-making to accelerate business outcomes. Our company helps organizations manage and automate complex processes. Additionally, we enable their highly resilient, accountable, and integrated supplier base. Backed by 30 years of expertise, our proven AI-powered industry-specific solutions, services, and partnerships form JAGGAER One. We serve direct and indirect, upstream and downstream, in settings demanding an intelligent and comprehensive source-to-pay solution. Our 1,200 global employees are obsessed with helping customers create value, transform their businesses, and accelerate their journey to Autonomous Commerce.
Knowledge loop: from Xperience to Outlook
At the EBG | Xperience workshops in 2025, participants stressed the growing workload in procurement. They also highlighted the difficulty of linking data, governance, and decision-making. JAGGAER’s roundtable continues this conversation. It asks how organizations can move from ambition to execution in AI-enabled category management.
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EBG | Xperience 2026
EBG | Xperience 2025 workshops were fully booked and rated 5.5 out of 6 by participants. In 2026, the series continues across the Nordics, offering hands-on peer-to-peer benchmarking in smaller groups.
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About CPO Outlook 2025
CPO Outlook 2025 brings together procurement leaders from across the Nordics for two days of interactive exchange. On October 15–16 in Stockholm, delegates will join 40+ roundtables, workshops, and keynotes. These will feature companies like Electrolux, Scania, SSAB, Equinor, Handelsbanken, Orion Pharma, Hempel, and Konecranes.
Expert organisations including JAGGAER, Ivalua, Coupa, Prewave, EcoVadis, SAP, ServiceNow, Zycus, GEP, Accenture, SPARETECH, and Kodiak Hub will contribute their perspectives on AI, sustainability, resilience, and supplier collaboration.
Seats are limited to ensure the depth of dialogue.
📍 Stockholm, Hotel Birger Jarl
🗓️ October 15–16, 2025
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