SAP | SAP Spend Management Innovation Day

Tuesday, April 1, 2025
9:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m. CT
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

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Why Attend

Join your peers and SAP experts in Nashville 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) This morning session is designed so that you can not only spend time meeting and engaging with your peers but aslo with partners and SAP subject matter experts thru our "innovation showcase". In addition to the sponsoring partners (ORO, iCertis, LeverX, and Relish), we have setup the following SAP learning pods: SAP Spend Management SAP Supply Chain Management SAP Financial Management SAP Business Transformation Management SAP Cloud Benchmarking
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 Jon Williams, Center of Excellence, SAP
1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m.	From Strategy to Action: Realizing the Full Value of Your Business with AI in Procurement Jenn Tierney, Director, Value Advisory, SAP Jay Myers, Director, Value Advisory, SAP Sumeet Kulshrestha, Procurement Services Delivery, SAP
2:30p.m. - 3:00 p.m.	Creating Impactful Partnerships: The Intersection of Procurement and Sustainability Pratik Rijal, Co-Founder, Nepal Tea Collective
3:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.	Break
3:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.	The Power of Continuing Education for Procurement Leaders Dawn Tiura, CEO and President, Sourcing Interest Group SPONSORED BY ORO
4:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.	Balancing cashflow needs with supplier resilience Jared Lightner, Regional Account Executive, SAP Taulia
4:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.	Revolutionize Your External Workforce Strategy with Generative AI Lindsey Freedman, Director, Center of Excellence, SAP
5:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m.	Insights, Plan, Action: Your guide to winning the triple crown of strategic procurement Sudy B, Global Vice President, Strategic Engagements, SAP
5:30 p.m.–7:00 p.m.	Reception