Episode 014: Unlocking Procurement using Intake and Orchestration with ConvergentIS

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Guest: EJ Kosec – General Manager, Convergent Labs

Host: Justin Morse – Vice President, Center of Excellence, SAP North America, Finance & Spend

In a world where disparate technology landscapes and high employee turnover is commonplace, how are people supposed to know where to go and which processes to follow to request goods and services required for them to do their jobs? Further, how can these same users get crucial visibility into the status of these requests so they can plan accordingly?

Our guest today is EJ Kosec, General Manager at Convergent Labs. EJ has a passion for procurement and innovation, having spent over a decade at SAP with a focus on procurement and business network solutions. While at SAP, EJ co-founded a remanufacturing platform called Encore to increase the exposure of the circular economy market. Encore was funded and incubated within SAP.io before graduating to the SAP Business Network in only 7 months!

Today, EJ applies his procurement innovations to helping companies overcome the hurdles of intake and orchestration in those disparate technology landscapes. Using emerging new technologies and AI capabilities, EJ explains how companies are better able to guide users to request the goods and services they need while providing feedback and visibility into the status of their requests while simultaneously orchestrating complex procurement processes in the background that may touch many different systems.

Add in a touch of AI agents to drive automation and you’ve got a recipe for what the future of procurement can look like.

So, let’s dive in, and don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe. I am your host Erik Derenne, and you’re listening to The Future of Procurement Podcast.