Agentic Procurement in Action
Learn how procurement teams are using agentic AI to move from insight to execution.
Watch NowProcurement has spent the last two years navigating an explosion of AI tools without clear guidance on what actually drives value. Many teams have remained stuck evaluating generic copilots that generate interesting outputs but fail to translate into governed, repeatable execution. Just as importantly, AI has often been positioned as complex, opaque, or even threatening rather than as something that empowers teams.
Watch the Replay
In this session, Dr. Elouise Epstein, AI expert and digital futurist, shared a grounded perspective on AI’s evolving role in procurement and why leaders should rethink how they position it internally. She explored how AI, when deployed with the right controls and business context, can help procurement teams reduce friction, make faster decisions, and spend more time on strategic work. As Dr. Epstein recently put it, “To me, Sligo is JOY,” because it brings greater clarity, momentum, and energy back to the work.
Scott Macfee, CEO of SpendHQ, discussed the strategic rationale behind the acquisition of Sligo AI and how the partnership accelerates SpendHQ’s vision to move procurement from data to value—faster and with greater precision.
Matt McCarick, CEO of Sligo, and Pierre Laprée, CPO of SpendHQ demonstrated agentic procurement in action. Viewers saw how AI agents—custom-configured to an organization’s data, taxonomies, workflows, and governance—can deliver structured, defensible outputs across category strategy, sourcing, and contract analysis. Unlike generic AI copilots, these agents operate within the realities of enterprise procurement, with human oversight and control built in.
The result is not just faster execution—it’s a fundamentally better day-to-day experience for procurement teams: less manual effort, less uncertainty, and more clarity, confidence, and impact.
This replay is ideal for CPOs and procurement leaders looking to move beyond AI experimentation and begin applying AI in a way that is both practical and powerful.
Key Takeaways
- Why procurement has been slow to adopt AI—and what’s changing now
- How to shift the narrative from “AI as risk” to “AI as an enabler of better work”
- The difference between generic AI tools and enterprise-grade, data-anchored AI agents
- How SpendHQ + Sligo enables Agentic Enterprise Procurement (AEP) to move from insight to action
- What real, production-ready AI looks like inside procurement workflows
Meet the Speakers
Dr. Elouise Epstein
Digital Futurist and Partner - Kearney
Dr. Epstein is a digital futurist and Kearney partner based in San Francisco. She has over twenty-five years working as a trusted adviser working with clients to develop digital procurement and supply chain strategies.
Chief Executive Officer - SpendHQ
Scott Macfee has a twenty-six year track-record of success in delivering results across a diverse set of roles. He has a demonstrated ability to inspire teams to deliver exceptional results, lead organizational change and transformation and plan, build, and manage business operations in complex environments.
Chief Product Officer - SpendHQ
Pierre Laprée is the Chief Product Officer at SpendHQ, where he leads product strategy to help organizations optimize procurement performance through real-time, high-quality data. A procurement and technology expert, Pierre began his career in IT before transitioning into procurement leadership. In 2012, he founded Per Angusta, a procurement performance management (PPM) solution designed to enhance procurement’s strategic impact. Following its merger with SpendHQ, Pierre now focuses on delivering best-in-class Spend Intelligence and Performance Management solutions. He is also an active member of the Galion Project, supporting innovation and entrepreneurship in Europe and the U.S.
Chief Executive Officer - Sligo AI
Matt is a seasoned B2B technology leader with more than 20 years of experience serving customers across a broad range of industries. His expertise was developed through his delivery of enterprise procurement advisory services, digital transformation programs, and B2B platform implementations for dozens of iconic enterprise customers. This experience gives him a unique, cross-dimensional understanding of the challenges contemporary Procurement Leaders face. Matt founded sligo.ai to help his customers improve their organizational performance through the use of responsible AI.
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