FOREWORD

PROCUREMENT MAGAZINE TEAM

SENIOR EDITOR AARON MCMILLAN

EDITORS GEORGIA COLLINS LOUISE COLLINS

LEAD DESIGNER VI AUSTIN

MEDIA DIRECTORS JONATHAN CARR KIERAN DELANEY DAN WHITE

PRODUCTION MANAGERS YEVHENIIA SUBBOTINA FREYA REID

MARKETING LEAD GEORGIA SWEET

MANAGING EDITORS LUCY BUCHHOLZ TOM CHAPMAN

PRODUCTION DIRECTORS DANIELA KIANICKOVÁ JANE ARNETA

MANAGING DIRECTOR LONDON & EVENTS JAMES CALLEN

CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER JAMES WHITE

CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER LEWIS VAUGHAN

CEO GLEN WHITE

This issue charts a function in the midst of reinvention. From From Schneider Electric’ s Christophe Quiquempoix explaining how he helped to drive supplier decarbonisation to Matthias Gutzmann’ s call to“ RECODE” the profession from the ground up, a common thread emerges: technology is not replacing procurement’ s judgement, it is redefining where that judgement matters most.

Across our features on automation, cyber risk and supply chain resilience, executives from Alibaba. com, NCC Group, Hexion and beyond make the case that AI can accelerate decisions, but accountability, trust and relationships remain firmly human. As agentic AI takes on the repeatable, procurement’ s real value is moving upstream, into strategy, risk and leadership. The function is not done evolving. Neither are we.

AARON MCMILLAN

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