⚙️ 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐈 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥. Many procurement platforms are either built by technologists who have never managed finance or procurement, or by domain experts who have never built software. Look for team leadership that have the unique intersection of both. Before buying something, here's how to check if your system can truly enable AI to automate parts of your workflow: -AI-native data structures (not AI bolted onto legacy systems) -End-to-end visibility (from budget to request to payment to reporting) -Workflow automation capabilities -Integration with existing financial systems -Actionable spend analytics

📈 You can't forecast revenue without understanding your investments. Yet over 60% of procurement and business leaders report limited visibility into company-wide spending commitments in our conversations. The right procurement systems change this dynamic by: -Providing real-time visibility across all spending categories -Identifying spending patterns invisible to traditional analysis -Creating connections between investments and growth

🔍 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐀𝐈 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬? The language-intensive nature creates unparalleled leverage. Procurement balances quantitative analysis with an outsized emphasis on communication that's unique within finance: -Vendor negotiations -Contract analysis -Stakeholder alignment -Exception handling

𝐀 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐈 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐅𝐎𝐬 Over the next 5 days, I'll be sharing why technology & AI investment in procurement is highest ROI opportunity for finance leaders. I'll draw from my experience scaling finance and spend processes at Uber and include testimonials from Sudozi customers who are seeing transformational results. 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐭: 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 📊 CFOs: Want to instantly impact your profit margins? Look to procurement.

𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 > 𝐄𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 (in procurement and really any leadership role) Great procurement teams don’t win by forcing compliance. They win by building trust, asking better questions, and making it easier to do the right thing. If your team sees you as the blocker, you’re too late.

𝐀𝐈 𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐚𝐚𝐒 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 “𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐭” 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧👚 It might look new, but it’s awkward, not functional, and doesn't always boost performance. AI isn’t something you can just bolt onto an old interface. It demands rethinking the foundation: