Sponsored by Zycus

The AI window is closing - not on adoption, but on advantage.

Every procurement leader is experimenting with AI. 100% of procurement leaders now report some level of AI implementation, and yet 72% still consider their AI maturity only "moderate," with successful use cases in some functions but limited efficiency gains at scale. The real question for 2026 is no longer whether to use AI - it's how to operationalize it enterprise-wide before your competitors do.

The shift from Generative AI to Agentic AI is redefining what's possible in procurement. Autonomous agents can now execute across sourcing, supplier management, negotiation, and payments - but only organizations that redesign their operating model around AI will capture the full value.

In this thought leadership webinar, Zycus brings together procurement innovators and industry analysts to tackle the hard questions CPOs are grappling with right now:

• Why most AI pilots stall - and the operating model changes that unlock enterprise scale.
• The Intake-to-Outcomes shift: How AI agents are rewriting the procurement journey from first request to final payment.
• Winning the talent equation: As AI and automation remove transactional friction, human relationships matter more at the points of trust and innovation - what that means for your team structure.
• Responsible AI in practice: Nearly all large companies deploying AI have reported some risk-related financial loss from compliance failures and flawed outputs - and how governance frameworks are separating leaders from laggards.
• Real benchmarks from digital leaders: Digital masters deliver 2× higher savings as a share of spend and 2.6× higher ROI than the average - what they're doing differently.

This year, the differentiator will no longer be who uses AI, but who can source, integrate, and scale it across the enterprise. This webinar gives procurement leaders the frameworks, case studies, and roadmap they need to move from experimentation to transformation.

Presented by:

Saquib Jawed, Director, Product Management at Zycus

Director of Product Management at Zycus, driving AI-first product strategy and execution across the portfolio. With 15+ years building enterprise AI products, I focus on translating complex technology into scalable, high-impact outcomes - partnering closely with engineering, design, and go-to-market teams to deliver measurable value.

Orlando Malone, Global Sourcing Executive & Digital Transformation Architect

Orlando is currently on Technical Residency at the Harvard Data Science Initiative to master the transition to Autonomous AI systems. He is a pioneering strategist recognized for innovation, engineering organizational firsts, and scaling organizational capacity through transformative change.

Amanda Porchaska, Founder & Chief Wonder Officer at Wonder Services

Amanda Prochaska is the Founder and Chief Wonder Officer of Wonder Services, an AI-focused transformation consulting firm helping organizations achieve 90%+ adoption rates on AI and digital initiatives through people-first implementation strategies.

With more than 20 years of experience leading procurement and operational transformations, Amanda began her career as a practitioner, driving large-scale sourcing and source-to-pay transformations at MGM Resorts International and Kraft Heinz. Through that work, she identified a critical gap: organizations were investing heavily in technology but struggling to achieve meaningful adoption because they weren’t prioritizing the human side of change.

She founded Wonder Services in 2019 to close that gap. Today, the firm partners with Fortune 500 companies and high-growth organizations to implement AI across procurement and finance functions using proprietary frameworks designed to accelerate adoption and deliver measurable impact. Amanda is also the founder of Global Women Procurement Professionals and a recognized voice on the intersection of procurement, leadership, and AI-enabled transformation.