SAP | SAP Spend Management Innovation Day

Thursday, April 24, 2025
9:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m. CT
The LINE Hotel, Austin, TX

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Why Attend

Join your peers and SAP experts in Austin to explore and discuss how to achieve imperative procurement objectives:

Break down barriers for suppliers – making it easy for them to do business with you
Avoid non-compliance through guided, easy-to-follow end-to-end procurement processes
Have full spend visibility to control maverick spend and unlock saving opportunities
Improve sourcing, contracting, and invoice-to-payment cycle times
Leverage dynamic discounting as a recurrent savings mechanism
Spend with purpose by embedding sustainability and ESG into procurement decisions
Optimize external workforce and services procurement to avoid workforce disruption
Stay ahead of the curve with Artificial Intelligence in Procurement

Who Should Attend

This in-person event is designed for leaders and professionals in procurement, finance, supply chain, and human resources. We expect to have a total community of approximately 80 customers, prospects, partners, and SAP Spend Management professionals in attendance at this event.

Agenda

Time	Topic
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.	Check-In & Partner Showcase F&B Provided
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m.	Navigating Procurement’s Top Priorities in 2025: SAP’s Business Suite as a Strategic Enabler Andy Eagle, Director, Solution Consulting, SAP
1:30 p.m.–2:00 p.m.	Procurement Made Simple: Driving Adoption with SAP WalkMe John Wagner, Director, Solution Sales, WalkMe
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.	From Strategy to Action: Realizing the Full Value of Your Business with AI in Procurement Veronica Homrich de Pina Gouvea, Source to Contract Process Owner, Schlumberger Julian Howley, Process Improvement Leader, Schlumberger Michael Cerda, Director, Value Advisory, SAP Mike Rini, Customer Success Manager, SAP Sumeet Kulshrestha, Procurement Services Delivery, SAP
3:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.	Break
3:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.	Balancing Cashflow Needs with Supplier Resilence Victoria Thomas, Regional Account Executive, SAP Taulia
4:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.	Revolutionize Your External Workforce Strategy with Generative AI Lindsey Freedman, Director, Procurement Center of Excellence, SAP
4:30 p.m.–5:15 p.m.	Insights, Plan, Action: Your guide to winning the triple crown of strategic procurement Andy Eagle, Director, Solution Consulting, SAP Jay Brand, Director, Solution Consutling, SAP
5:30 p.m.–7:00 p.m.	Reception at Arlo Grey (The LINE Hotel)