2025 STATE OF AI IN PROCUREMENT
Industry-Tested Strategies for Real Impact
This comprehensive independent survey of 800+ procurement professionals reveals proven AI strategies that deliver results in your specific industry—so you can skip the experiments and invest in what drives impact.
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Learn where your peers are driving the most impact with AI
In this report, you’ll find where procurement professionals are finding success with AI in their industry, what’s holding them back, how they’re using it for everything from drafting RFPs to conducting spend analyses, and where you can start making it count for yourself.
Procurement AI adoption, governance, and investment varies heavily by industry
Finance leads at 91% adoption while retail sits at 65%—industry context drives success more than company size or budget.
Contracting is where procurement AI shines
With an impact score of 8.3/10 across all procurement use cases, AI for contracting is one of procurement’s most reliable and mature AI applications.
Clear AI vision can unlock career growth
Nearly 4 in 5 procurement professionals see AI as a career enabler, not a threat—but only in organizations with clear AI strategies.
What’s inside the report?
- Introduction: Key findings & methodology
- Part 1: Mapping the procurement AI landscape across industries
- Part 2: Leading the way: Finance, technology, and business services
- Part 3: The practical middle: Manufacturing, transportation, and energy
- Part 4: Proceeding with purpose: Retail, hospitality, and healthcare
- Part 5: Contracting: Procurement’s biggest opportunity to make impact with AI
- Part 6: Industry-specific AI adoption roadmaps
If we use these insights wisely, we won’t just adopt AI, we’ll shape it to serve procurement’s highest purpose: driving better decisions, building stronger partnerships, and creating lasting impact for our organizations.”
Tom MillsFounder of Procurement Protagonist Ltd.
