AI for Procurement

Attendance at the AI for Procurement programme at IMI. This is a two day in person programme, which took place on the 23rd and 24th June 2026. This two-day programme equips procurement professionals to use AI safely and strategically in real procurement contexts. Through practical application, participants explore how AI can support better decisions across sourcing, supplier management, contract review, spend analysis, forecasting, and workflow redesign

Programme Themes

• AI in procurement: what it is and where it applies.
• High-value AI use cases across procurement.
• Data-driven decision-making using spend analytics and forecasting.
• Prompting for procurement tasks.
• Improving AI output quality.
• Evaluating AI outputs critically.
• Workflow thinking in procurement.
• Redesigning procurement workflows using AI.
• Agentic AI in procurement with an M365 focus.
• AI risk, governance, and supplier exposure.
• Emerging technology trends in procurement.
• Building a 90-day AI implementation plan.