Expectations Are Rising.
Is Procurement Ready to Execute?
Procurement leaders are being asked to deliver more savings, scale AI, strengthen supply resilience, and play a greater role in business decision-making. Yet the capabilities needed to deliver against those expectations are not keeping pace.
The 2026 ProcureAbility CPO Benchmark Study draws on insights from 160 procurement leaders across 21 industries to examine where organizations are making progress, where execution gaps remain, and the five priorities shaping a future-ready procurement function.
Inside the report, you’ll learn:
Why procurement’s biggest savings barrier may occur before sourcing even begins.
What it will take to move AI from pilots to enterprise performance.
Why trusted data is becoming foundational to procurement transformation.
How organizations are building future-ready procurement capabilities without relying on headcount alone.
Why supply resilience requires a broader approach to supplier risk and relationships.
What leading organizations are doing differently across all five priorities.
Business Engagement
Engage early to influence business decisions
Organizational AI Readiness
Embed AI into high-value procurement work
Trusted Procurement Data
Build trusted data that powers every decision
Future-Ready Talent
Develop the talent and capabilities to sustain transformation
Supply Resilience
Build resilient supplier strategies for a volatile world
Download the 2026 CPO Benchmark Study
Discover where procurement leaders are making progress and where they’re stuck. Learn why 43% cite late engagement as their biggest barrier to savings, why only 11% have scaled AI, and what it takes to build the data, talent, and supplier strategies to deliver on procurement’s expanding mandate.
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