Sam Kempner
VP International Growth OmneaSam Kempner leads Omnea's US Operations and was part of the early Omnea team (employee #7). He's worked closely with some of Omnea's most strategic and innovative customers such as Spotify, Adyen and Albertsons and has a background in building and scaling AI-native technology businesses. He was formerly the GM of Unbabel, an AI-native YCombinator startup where he worked closely with the teams at Adidas, Panasonic and Booking.com.
March 10, 2026
2:00 PM ProcureCon Partner Workshop: You Can't Automate Chaos: Making AI Work In The Real World
Procurement leaders know a fundamental truth: technology only scales what already exists. If you automate a fragmented process, you simply get faster chaos. In an era of exploding vendor sprawl and complex cross-functional requirements, the challenge isn’t just 'adding AI' - it’s architecting a system that can actually handle the nuance of global spend.
In this session, we share the blueprint for demonstrating ROI to your CFO. We move beyond the buzzwords of 'bolted-on' chatbots to explore the tangible shift towards context-aware AI. Attendees will walk away with a clear framework for moving from AI pilots to impact-driven procurement transformation.
Key takeaways:
- How to evaluate your current and future tech stack to ensure AI is embedded, not bolted-on
- Practical strategies to build a 'front door' for procurement that stakeholders actually want to use, ensuring 100% process adoption
- How to use orchestration to align Legal, Risk, IT, and Finance into a single automated workflow, removing the administrative burden from your team
- How to move from reactive reporting to proactive insights that protect EBITDA and identify risk before it hits the balance sheet
Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Sam.
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